CHANNEL GUIDE: Sat-Sun Music

Compiled by Blurt Staff

206 digital, satellite and hi-def channels and nothin' on? Not likely. Here are BLURT's top music television picks of the day. The time is followed by the network/cable/satellite channel, then the name of the program and/or featured artist(s). All times are EST. For a comprehensive hour-by-hour listing, go to the VH1 Rock On TV site. Note that for certain channels, shows frequently repeat during the day on or subsequent days.

TIME (EST) / CHANNEL / PROGRAM / ARTIST(S)

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27:

9:00 AM Showtime Next: Herbie Hancock: Possibilities

10:00 AM Biography: Bob Dylan

12:00 PM PLD HD: MTV Live: R.E.M.

12:15 PM Showtime: All We Are Saying w/Chrissie Hynde , Peter Gabriel , Radiohead , David Crosby , Sheryl Crow , Elton John

4:00 PM Encore Mystery: The Cotton Club (1984)

4:00 PM VH1C: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Class of 2008

6:00 PM Sundance: Live from Abbey Road: Panic at the Disco, David Gray & Suzanne Vega

7:30 PM IFC: A Hard Day's Night (1964)

7:30 PM VH1C: Bob Dylan - No Direction Home

8:30 PM GREEN: Living with Ed: Jackson Browne is Green

9:00 PM PBS: Austin City Limits: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival: Emmylou Harris , Earl Scruggs , Doc Watson , Ricky Skaggs , Bruce Hornsby , Bela Fleck

11:00 PM PLD HD: Rothbury 2008: Dave Matthews Band , John Mayer , Widespread Panic

11:30 PM NBC: Saturday Night Live:  Anna Faris / Duffy

1:00 AM ETV: Saturday Night Live (E!): Janet Jackson

SUNDAY SEPT. 28:

8:30 AM Comedy Central: The Colbert Report: Jackson Browne

11:15 AM Encore Love: High Fidelity (2000)

11:30 AM HBOS: Once (2006)

1:00 PM PLD HD: BBC Electric Proms: Paul McCartney

4:00 PM Gospel Music Channel: Hometown Gospel: New Orleans

5:00 PM HBO: Flight of the Conchords: Bowie

6:00 PM FUSE: Green Day: Making of "Wake Me Up When September Ends"

6:30 PM FUSE: Loaded: Green Day

8:00 PM HDNet Concert Series: Best of Michael Bolton Live (!)

8:00 PM VH1: Behind The Music: New Kids on the Block: A Behind the Music Special Event

9:00 PM RAVE HD: From The Basement: Beck , Jamie Lidell , Jarvis Cocker

10:30 PM HDNet Concert Series: Aimee Mann Live in Brooklyn

11:30 PM IFC: Z Rock: Dave Navarro

12:20 AM Encore Western: Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (1986)