Smallville, Saturday Night Live, and Mad Men

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8

8 p.m., CW

Smallville

Jor-El sends Kara (Laura Vandervoort), a.k.a. Supergirl, to help Clark (Tom Welling) protect Smallville against an ominous dark force. That reminds me, what should I be for Halloween this year?

10 p.m., CBS

Blue Bloods

Erin (Bridget Moynahan), Frank (Tom Selleck), and Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) work a challenging case, in which the primary suspect is protected under diplomatic immunity. Ouch.

Season 1 finale, 10 p.m., Syfy

Haven

In the Season 1 finale, a criminal shows up in Haven—and he's got creepy connections to most of the town's residents.

Also on the airwaves...
Medium, 8 p.m., CBS
CSI: NY, 9 p.m., CBS
The Good Guys, 9 p.m., FOX
Supernatural, 9 p.m., CW
Law & Order: UK, 9 p.m., BBC America
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 9 p.m., CARTOON
Outlaw, 10 p.m., NBC
Teach: Tony Danza, 10 p.m., A&E;
The Soup, 10 p.m., E!
Real Time with Bill Maher, 10 p.m., HBO
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, 10 p.m., IFC
MLB Baseball Playoffs: Reds v. Phillies, Braves v. Giants
NHL Hockey: Hurricanes v. Wild, Blue Jackets v. Sharks
College football: Connecticut v. Rutgers, Oklahoma State v. Louisiana Lafayette

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9

Check local listings

College football

It's time for some major rivalry action! Matchups include: Indiana v. Ohio State, Illinois v. Penn State, Central Michigan v. Virginia Tech, Alabama v. South Carolina, Pittsburgh v. Notre Dame, Clemson v. North Carolina, Michigan State v. Michigan, Virginia v. Georgia Tech, LSU v. Florida, Auburn v. Kentucky, Eastern Michigan v. Vanderbilt, Oregon State v. Arizona, California v. UCLA, and San Jose State v. Nevada.

11:30 p.m., NBC

Saturday Night Live

Glee's Jane Lynch hosts and Bruno Mars is the musical guest. (I sure hope Christopher Guest, Jennifer Coolidge, or any one of Lynch's former movie co-stars makes a cameo.)

Also on the airwaves...
MLB Baseball Playoffs: Rays v. Rangers, Twins v. Yankees
NHL Hockey: Bruins v. Coyotes

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10

6 a.m., TCM

Tony Curtis movie marathon

Celebrate the late Tony Curtis' illustrious movie career with a 24-hour marathon of his best feature films, including Sweet Smell of Success, Sex and the Single Girl, and Trapeze.

9 p.m., HBO

Boardwalk Empire

Jimmy (Michael Pitt) and Al Capone (Stephen Graham) make the rounds in Chicago, Nucky (Steve Buscemi) lobbies a few politicians for more road access to Atlantic City, and Chalky (Michael K. Williams) and Elias (Shea Wigham) try to solve a murder.

9 p.m., SHO

Dexter

Dexter (Michael C. Hall) hires a nanny to help take care of Harrison, Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) finds her new partner annoying, and Quinn (Desmond Harrington) suspects that Trinity didn't kill Rita. Wonder how that bold idea will go over at the station...

9:30 p.m., FOX

American Dad!

In part two of the season premiere, Stan clones Steve so that he and Francine can have a competition to determine who's the better parent. Sounds fair.

10 p.m., AMC

Mad Men

While dealing with a crisis, Don (Jon Hamm) runs into an old friend. I wish I knew more than that.

Also on the airwaves...
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, 8 p.m., ABC
The Amazing Race, 8 p.m., CBS
The Simpsons, 8 p.m., FOX
Jerseylicious, 8 p.m., STYLE
The Cleveland Show, 8:30 p.m., FOX
Desperate Housewives, 9 p.m., ABC
Undercover Boss, 9 p.m., CBS
Family Guy, 9 p.m., FOX
Rubicon, 9 p.m., AMC
The Next Iron Chef, 9 p.m., FOOD
Mel B: It's a Scary World, 9 p.m., STYLE
Brothers and Sister, 10 p.m., ABC
CSI: Miami, 10 p.m., CBS
Keeping Up with the Kardashians, 10 p.m., E!
Bored to Death, 10 p.m., HBO
Sister Wives, 10 & 10:30 p.m., TLC
The Spin Crowd, 10:30 p.m., E!
Eastbound & Down, 10:30 p.m., HBO
MLB Baseball: Giants v. Braves
NFL Football: Eagles v. 49ers

What are you watching this weekend?

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