“Cake Boss” (8 p.m., TLC): “Cake Boss” launches its seventh season

“Cake Boss” (8 p.m., TLC): “Cake Boss” launches its seventh season with a two-hour installment. The first mission for the folks at Carlo’s Bake Shop? Make a special cake for Oscar-winners Common and John Legend.

“In Their Own Words: MUHAMMAD ALI” (8 P.M., PBS): The boxing champ discusses his conversion to Islam and battle with Parkinson’s disease.

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (11:35 P.M., CBS): The post-David Letterman era begins as Colbert makes his high-profile transition. Opening-night guests include George Clooney and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush.

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Vatra bonfire marks Slavic fall tradition

BOARDMAN

The third annual Carpatho-Rusyn/Slovak vatra, or bonfire, picnic will take place Saturday on the grounds of Infant Jesus of Prague Byzantine Catholic Church, 7754 South Ave. The kitchen will be open from noon to 8 p.m., offering homemade Slavic food, including slanina (smoked bacon) for roasting in the fire and eating with diced tomatoes and peppers on rye bread; holubki (stuffed cabbage), pirohi, haluski with dumplings, kolbasi, vinegar cucumber and sweet onion salad, smoked ham and barley soup (krupi) and more.

Vatras are a tradition of Slavic people in the Carpathian Mountains between Slovakia and Ukraine. Saturday’s event will include genealogy material, including village maps to trace roots and ethnic sales tables. The bonfire will burn into the evening with music, singing and dancing. Slavic folk musicians will perform. For information, call Jim Basista at 330-544-0107 or Robert Demoko at 330 719-4418.