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What to Watch on Saturday: Classic horror and Jon Hamm's "SNL" trifecta

Horror Movie Marathons - On Turner Classic Movies, the classic horror fare begins before dawn with Boris Karloff in "The Devil Comands," and continues with scary movies from Joan Crawford, Charles Laughton, Bette Davis, and Peter LorreAMC starts the creepy cinema cavalcade at 9am with "Blood of Dracula." Also airing on AMC, zombie flick "28 Days Later" and "Evil Dead 2," which was filmed in North Carolina and features Bruce Campbell's infamous chainsaw hand.

World Series (6:30pm, Fox) - Game three of the World Series has the San Francisco Giants at the Texas Rangers. If the game ends by 9:30, Fox will show the hilarious Halloween episode of "Raising Hope."

Red: Werewolf Hunter (9pm, Syfy) - Red (Joss Whedon fave Felicia Day), a descendant of "Little Red Riding Hood," brings her fiance home to meet the family, where he learns that they hunt werewolves. When a werewolf bites her betrothed, it's up to Red to save his life. I'm not making that up.

Pit Bulls and Parolees (10pm, Animal Planet) - In the Season 2 opener, Tia searches for two puppies reported loose in a trucking yard. Elsewhere, Tia must decide if former parolee Jake can return to the ranch.

Saturday Night Live (11:30pm, NBC) - The dreamy (and funny) Jon Hamm (aka Don Draper on "Mad Men") hosts for the third time in three seasons. They really like him -- and so do we. Rihanna is the musical guest.

Austin City Limits (12midnight, UNC-TV) - Texas singer-songwriters Robert Earl Keen and Hayes Carll perform.

Robert Earl is Keen

Texas singer/songwriter/all-around-funny-dude Robert Earl Keen plays in Raleigh on Wednesday night. Click through for a spot of verbiage on him, past as well as present.

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