Saturday’s TV highlights

SERIES

The Graham Norton Show: This chat show from across the pond is back for another season (7 and 10 p.m. BBC America).

Iconoclasts: Filmmaker Ron Howard and NBA star Steve Nash are featured in this new episode (9 p.m. Sundance).

Austin City Limits: Texas singer-songwriters Robert Earl Keen and Hayes Carll perform in this new installment of the concert series (11 p.m. KLCS).

Saturday Night Live: “Mad Men’s” Jon Hamm returns as host, with musical guest Rihanna (11:29 p.m. NBC).

SPECIALS

The Truth Behind Zombies: Do the living dead really walk the earth? Find out in this new special (7 and 10 p.m. National Geographic).

Scared Shrekless: NBC encores this computer-animated Halloween special featuring the green ogre (Mike Myers) and his storybook pals (8 p.m. NBC).

MOVIES

Amelia: Hilary Swank portrays famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart in this 2009 biopic directed by Mira Nair (8 p.m. HBO).

Alien: Sigourney Weaver and John Hurt star in director Ridley Scott’s terrifying 1979 creature feature (8 p.m. IFC).

Red: Werewolf Hunter: “The Guild’s” Felicia Day stars in this 2010 made-for-cable action fable about a modern-day descendant of Little Red Riding Hood (9 p.m. Syfy).

Cat People: Simone Simon stars in this eerie 1942 thriller (11 p.m. TCM).

SPORTS

College football: The UCLA Bruins battle Arizona (12:30 p.m. FS Prime) and the USC Trojans host Oregon (5 p.m. ABC).

Baseball: The World Series continues as the Texas Rangers host the San Francisco Giants visit for Game 3: (3:30 p.m. Fox).

Hockey: The Kings welcome the New Jersey Devils (7:30 p.m. FSN) and the Ducks visit the San Jose Sharks (7:30 p.m. FS Prime).