HBO, 8:00 p.m. ET
Rebel Wilson stars in this 2019 comedy, playing a woman who suddenly finds herself living in the world of a romantic comedy, and bound by its rules and conventions. Conceptually, it’s similar to 1991’s Delirious, in which John Candy played a TV soap opera writer who gets hit on the head and wakes up inside his own show. In Isn’t It Romantic, Rebel Wilson’s Natalie gets hit on the head during a mugging, and wakes up inside one of the romantic comedies she professes to detest – with Liam Hemsworth as her fantasy world’s billionaire sex symbol. Other co-stars include Priyanka Chopra from ABC’s Quantico, Betty Gilpin from Netflix’s GLOW, and Jennifer Saunders from Absolutely Fabulous. And while all that talent may not be utilized fully, at least it’s there…
NBC, 11:29 p.m. ET
SEASON PREMIERE: Every time SNL starts a new season, I get a little nostalgic, and feel a little older. The original premiere of the first season of Saturday Night Live was the way I talked my way onto the TV critic job for a real newspaper, Florida’s The Gainesville Sun (“Hey, this is a college town, I’m a college student, this new NBC show is aimed at college kids – why not let me review it?”). And now, since tonight marks the Season 45 premiere of SNL, that means it’s also the 45thanniversary of me doing what I’m doing right now: writing about television. Tonight’s host is Woody Harrelson, who would have been 14 years old when SNL premiered in 1975. The musical guest is Billie Eilish, who would not have been born – for another 26 years.