1) “Saturday Night Live,” 11:30 p.m., NBC. Colman Domingo (shown here) has fresh fame in his 50s. He co-starred in “Color Purple,” got Oscar nominations for “Rustin” and “Sing Sing” and drew a Tony nomination for writing the play “Fat Ham.” Now, at 56, he hosts “SNL,” with Anitta, 33, as the music guest. It’s the first time for both of them.
2) Fighters. They overlap tonight, sometimes brutally. CBS recently started airing Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts; tonight, that’s from 8-10 p.m,. Also, HBO has two movies, one fictional (“The Smashing Machine,” 5:55 p.m.), the other not (“Christy,” at 8). Both drew praise for their stars (Dwayne Johnson and Sydney Sweeney), but few viewers.
3) More sports. This is a rare no-basketball Saturday. The college season is done and the pros wrap their regular season Sunday, before starting the playoffs. So now we have all the others — baseball (7:15 p.m. ET, Fox), NASCAR (7:30, CW), hockey (8 p.m., ABC) and UFC (8 p.m., CBS).
4) Movie series. Try “Cars” films, at 4:10, 6:50 and 9:25 p.m. on Freeform. Or Indiana Jones, 2, 4:30, 7 and 10 p.m., Bravo. Or “Hangover,” 3, 5:25 and 7:55 p.m., MTV, with the first two repeating at 10:15 and 12:35. Or “Lord of the Rings,” 1:45, 6 and 10:15 p.m., Paramount Network. Or “Back to the Future” at 3 ad 5:30 p.m., AMC, repeating at 8 and 10:30.
5) ALSO: “The Wall” reruns its season-opener at 8 p.m. on NBC; a father-son team includes a man who (as an off-duty cop) did Pentagon rescues after the Sept. 11 attacks. And there are more movies, led by “Barbie” (2023), 7:30 p.m., TBS; and “Animal House” (1978), 8:45 p.m., Sundance.