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Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, September 15

Australian Rules Football
Semifinal
Collingwood Magpies vs. West Coast Eagles — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.

Boxing
Middleweight Championship, Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez — HBO PPV, 9 p.m.
Championship Boxing: Knockout Kings, WBC Super Welterweight Championship, Canelo Alvarez vs. Josesito Lopez — Showtime, 10 p.m.

CFL
Edmonton at Hamilton — TSN/ESPN3, 3 p.m.
Toronto at BC — TSN/ESPN3, 7 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

Cycling
Tour of Britain: Stage 7 — Universal Sports, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Wigan Athletic — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Chelsea — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Southampton — Fox Soccer, noon (same day coverage)
Sunderland vs. Liverpool — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
Stoke City vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Aston Villa vs. Swansea City — Fox Soccer Plus, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Fulham vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Soccer, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
Champions Tour: Hawaii Championship, 2nd Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
European PGA Tour: Italian Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
LPGA: Women’s British Open, 3rd Round — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Web.com Tour: Boise Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

IndyCar
Auto Club Speedway — NBC Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — WGN America/Fox Sports North, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees — Fox, 4 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Kansas City — Fox Sports West, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Texas — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Baltimore at Oakland — MLB Network/MASN2/Comcast SportsNet California, 9 p.m.

National League
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 1 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — Fox, 4 p.m.
Cincinnati at Miami — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Milwaukee — WPIX/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 8 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports San Diego, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 9 p.m.

MLB Player Poll — Fox, 3 p.m.
Fox Saturday Baseball Pregame — Fox, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, midnight

MLS
Toronto vs. Philadelphia — TSN/RDS/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Portland vs. Seattle — NBC, 3:30 p.m.
New York vs. Columbus — MSG Network/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
DC United vs. New England — Comcast SportsNet New England, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago vs. Montreal — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/TVA Sports, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas vs. Vancouver — KTXA/Rogers Sportsnet Pacific, 8:30 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. San Jose — Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet California Plus, 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series: Dollar General 300 — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
St. Johnstone vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer, 7:25 a.m.
Dundee vs. Motherwell — Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
SportsNation — ESPNU, 10 a.m.

Tennis
Davis Cup
Semifinals
Spain vs. United States, Gijon, Spain
Doubles Rubber #3 — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.

Argentina vs. Czech Republic, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Doubles Rubber #3 — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Entertainment
Hideous Houses: Bachelor Pad Becomes a Home — A&E, 10 a.m.
Giada at Home: Just Desserts — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong: Inie Lake, Myanmar — Cooking Channel, 12:30 p.m.
The Perfect 3: Cheesecake — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes — HBO, 8 p.m.
History of the World in Two Hours — H2, 8 p.m.
Willie Barcena: I Gotta Be Honest — Showtime, 8 p.m.
Tanked: Love Is an Illusion — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Happily Never After: Bizarre Love Triangle — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: Vanity Fair: Hollywood Scandal — CBS, 10 p.m.
I Was Impaled: Danger Outside — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
Deadly Affairs: Fatal Finale — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
That Metal Show — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with guest host Seth MacFarlane with musical guest Frank Ocean — NBC, 11:29 p.m.
Good Fellas — AMC, midnight
Big Brother After Dark — Sho2, midnight

Sunday, September 16

Australian Rules Football
Semifinals
Adelaide Crows vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 6:30 a.m.

CFL
Saskatchewan at Montreal — TSN/ESPN3, 1 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Wisconsin at Penn State — Big Ten Network, 1 p.m.
Missouri at South Carolina — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Iowa at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 3 p.m.

Cycling
Tour of Britain: Stage 8 — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Reading vs. Tottenham Hotspur — Fox Soccer, 10:30 a.m.

Goals on Sunday — Fox Soccer, 1 p.m.
Being: Liverpool (series premiere) — Fox, 3 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. (depending on NFL on Fox game in your area)
Being: Liverpool (series premiere) — Fox Soccer, 9 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour: Hawaii Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
European PGA Tour: Italian Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.
LPGA: Women’s British Open, Final Round — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Web.com Tour: Boise Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

MLB
American League
Boston at Toronto — NESN/Rogers Sportsnet, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees –TBS/Sun Sports/YES, 1 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Kansas City — Fox Sports West/Fox Sports Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland — Fox Sports Detroit/STO, 3 p.m.
Seattle at Texas — Root Sports Northwest/Fox Sports Southwest, 3 p.m.
Baltimore at Oakland — MASN2/Comcast SportsNet California, 4 p.m.

National League
Cincinnati at Miami — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 1 p.m.
New York Mets at Milwaukee — SNY/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston — WPHL/Fox Sports Houston, 2 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs — Root Sports Pittsburgh/WGN America, 2:20 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego — Root Sports Rocky Mountain/Fox Sports San Diego, 4 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Fox Sports Arizona, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles Dodgers — Fox Sports Midwest/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 4 p.m.
Washington at Atlanta — ESPN, 8 p.m.

Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 2 a.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
Plays of the Week — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series: Geico 400 — ESPN, 2 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

Paralympics
Highlights — NBC, 2 p.m.

Soccer
Women’s International Friendly
United States vs. Australia — NBC, 3:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
The Sports Reporters — ESPNews, 9:30 a.m.
E:60 — ESPNU, 1 p.m.

Tennis
Davis Cup
Semifinals
Spain vs. United States, Gijon, Spain
Reverse Singles Rubber #4 — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Reverse Singles Rubber #5 — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.

Argentina vs. Czech Republic, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Reverse Singles Rubber #4 — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)
Reverse Singles Rubber #5 — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. (same day coverage)

WNBA
New York Liberty at Washington Mystics — NBA TV, 4 p.m.
Chicago Sky at Phoenix Mercury — NBA TV, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning (featuring a story on Vin Scully) — CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa D’Arabian: Catch of the Day Cookout — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Sandwich King: Say Cheese! — Food Network, 11 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7:30 p.m.
Broadway or Bust — PBS, 8 p.m.
Women on Death Row — Biography, 8 p.m.
Survivorman’s Top Ten — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Alien Deep with Bob Ballard: Wrecks of the Abyss — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Big Brother 14 — CBS, 8:30 p.m.
The Great Food Truck Race: Music City Madness — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Boardwalk Empire (season premiere) — HBO, 9 p.m.
Sins & Secrets: Fresno — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Alien Deep with Bob Ballard: It’s Alive — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Jessica Hill — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Bar Rescue: Owner Ousted — Spike, 9 p.m.
Leverage — TNT, 9 p.m.
Behind the Music: Train — VH1, 9 p.m.
Copper — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers: Race the Melt — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Unusual Suspects: The Perfect Suspect — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Alien Deep with Bob Ballard: Ocean’s Fury — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Weeds (series finale) — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Leverage — TNT, 10 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Sho2, midnight