{"id":829815,"date":"2026-08-29T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/829815\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T13:34:10","slug":"what-to-watch-on-tv-and-streaming-saturday-august-29-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/829815\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Watch On TV And Streaming Saturday, August 29, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch<\/a> column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming \u2014 organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot.<\/p>\n

On TV this Saturday: “The Rookie” star Melissa O’Neil hunts a “Copycat Killer,” “How I Met Your Mother” vet Ashley Williams leads “Much\u00a0About Love,” and college football Week 0 continues.<\/p>\n

If you’d like a recommended watchlist delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for TVLine’s free What to Watch newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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Showtimes for August 29, 2026<\/p>\n

\n 12:00 PM
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Cook Like An Italian With Gabe Bertaccini<\/p>\n

\n Food Network<\/p>\n

Chef\u00a0Bertaccini whips up a seafood feast.<\/p>\n

\n 3:30 PM
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Big Ten Saturday Night<\/p>\n

\n NBC<\/p>\n

Season 4 premiere:\u00a0San Jose State visits USC, live from Los Angeles Memorial Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n 7:00 PM
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ACC College Football Series<\/p>\n

\n The CW<\/p>\n

Season 4 premiere:\u00a0New Mexico State takes on Florida State, live from\u00a0Doak S. Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla.<\/p>\n

\n 7:30 PM
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Saturday Night College Football<\/p>\n

\n ABC<\/p>\n

Season 21 premiere:\u00a0Alabama A&M plays Howard, live from\u00a0Greene Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n 8:00 PM
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Copycat Killer<\/p>\n

\n Lifetime
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When a reclusive criminal profiler (Melissa O’Neil) reluctantly returns to the spotlight at a true crime conference, she’s thrust back into the nightmare she thought she’d escaped when a fan is found murdered in the same signature style as the Sigil Slayer she once caught; Greyston Holt and Peter Facinelli co-star.<\/p>\n

Much About Love<\/p>\n

\n Hallmark Channel
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A TV director (Ashley Williams) returns to her theater roots for a Shakespeare festival and runs into an old flame (Niall Matter), rekindling a merry war of wits in this modern retelling of “Much Ado About Nothing.”<\/p>\n

\n 10:00 PM
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CFB on Fox<\/p>\n

\n Fox<\/p>\n

Season 16 premiere:\u00a0UNLV hosts Memphis, live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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