Best-bets for Sept. 10: from “SNL” fun to 9/11 pain

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. Simu Liu, one of the newest members of the superhero universe, hosts this rerun, with Saweetie as music guest. Liu was born in China, but spent much of his childhood in Canada, where he did a TV comedy, “Kim’s Convenience.” But his fame came with the action film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (shown here); the character is expected to return in a sequel and in an “Avengers” movie. Read more…

1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:29 p.m., NBC. Simu Liu, one of the newest members of the superhero universe, hosts this rerun, with Saweetie as music guest. Liu was born in China, but spent much of his childhood in Canada, where he did a TV comedy, “Kim’s Convenience.” But his fame came with the action film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” (shown here); the character is expected to return in a sequel and in an “Avengers” movie.

2) “CSI: Vegas,” 9 p.m., CBS. In a rerun of the season’s second-to-last episode, Hodges’ trial begins as he faces a plea bargain; also, two sideshow performers are found burnt in a pit. That follows an “NCIS: Hawaii” in which Ernie and some hackers try to prevent a dam from failing.

3) “George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview,” 2:30 p.m., National Geographic. This is followed at 3:30 by a rerun of the beautifully crafted “9/11: One Day in America” documentary series. A new hour is at 10 p.m., with more reruns from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. On Sunday (the 21st anniversary of the attacks), both History and National Geographic have rerun marathons.

4) “Moonfall” (2022). 8 p.m., HBO. For decades, Roland Emmerich made movies with big budgets and big profits. He went from “Independence Day” to disaster films; combined, his movies made $3 billion. Then this one crashed, a victim of Covid and, critics said, an odd, moon-is-fake story.

5) More movies. The three “Matrix” movies are at 6 p.m. (1999), 9 p.m. (2003) and midnight (also 2003). For kids, Freeform has a full day of Disney cartoons, peaking with “Toy Story: (1999) at 3:10 p.m. and “Up” (2019) at 5:10. For their elders, Turner Classic Movies has Audrey Hepburn’s brilliant, Oscar-nominated work in “Wait Until Dark” (1968) at 10 p.m. ET.

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