Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, December 15

Boxing
IBF World Bantamweight Championship
Leo Santa Cruz vs. Alberto Guevara — CBS, 4:30 p.m.

World Championship Boxing
WBO Welterweight Championship: Nonito Donaire vs. Jorge Arce plus Pacquaio/Marquez 4 replay — HBO, 9:30 p.m.

Super Lightweight Bout
Amir Khan vs. Carlos Molina — Showtime, 10:30 p.m.

All Access: Cotto vs. Stout-Epilogue — Showtime, 10 p.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
NCAA Division II Championship, Florence, AL
Winston-Salem vs. Valdosta State — ESPN2, 1 p.m.

NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Semifinal

Sam Houston State at Eastern Washington — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

New Mexico Bowl, Albuquerque, NM
Arizona vs. Nevada — ESPN, 1 p.m.

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Boise, ID
Utah State vs. Toledo — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.

College Football Live — ESPN, 12:30 p.m.

College Hockey
Colorado College at St. Cloud State — Altitude, 8 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
NCAA Championship, Louisville, KY
Oregon vs. Texas — ESPN2, 8 p.m.

English Championship
Blackpool vs. Blackburn — beIN Sport, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Newcastle vs. Manchester City — ESPN2, 7:30 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Sunderland — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Queens Park Rangers vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer Plus, 10 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Aston Villa — Fuel, 10 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Everton — Fox Soccer, noon (same day coverage)

Golf
Asian PGA Tour: Johor Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. (same day coverage)
European PGA Tour: Alfred Dunhill Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.
The Royal Trophy: Asia vs. Europe, Day 2 — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
PGA: Father/Son Challenge — NBC, 4 p.m.
Australian PGA Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
The Ultimate Fighter: Finale Prelims — Fuel, 7 p.m.
The Ultimate Fighter: Finale — FX, 9 p.m.

NBA
Brooklyn at Chicago — WGN America, 8 p.m.
Boston at San Antonio — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Dundee United vs. Inverness Caledonian Thistle — Fox Soccer Plus, noon (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup, Val d’Isere, France
Women’s Super G — Universal Sports, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine World Cup, Val Gardena, Italy
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
Women’s
International Friendly
United States vs. China — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
ESPN Sports Saturday — ABC, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson — ESPN Classic, 6:30 p.m.
Senna — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 9 a.m.
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 10 p.m.
Bath Crashers: Modern and Massive, With a Hidden TV — HGTV, 10:30 a.m.
Kitchen Crashers: White on White Kitchen — HGTV, 11:30 a.m.
House Crashers: Master Basement Retreat — HGTV, noon
Flipping Vegas: Haunted House — A&E, noon
Symon’s Suppers: Southern Favorites — Cooking Channel, 1:30 p.m.
The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo: Mousse au Chocolate — Cooking Channel, 2:30 p.m.
Cops (season premiere) — Fox, 8 p.m.
Too Cute!: Kitten Dolls — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Live From The Rolling Stones — E!, 8 p.m.
Merry In-Laws — Lifetime (The Network That Hates Men), 8 p.m.
The Mechanic — Showtime, 8:25 p.m.
Renovation Realities: The Martin Job, Part III — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Celebrity Ghost Stories — Biography, 9 p.m.
Redneck Island — CMT, 9 p.m.
Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case: Dying to Fit In — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Green Lantern — HBO, 9:15 p.m.
Renovation Realities: The Ciriello Job — DIY Network, 9:30 p.m.
Family Under Construction: Fire and Flood — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
How the States Got Their Shapes: Big vs. Small — H2, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Tragedy in Newtown — CBS, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10 p.m.
The Haunting Of…: Michael Rapaport — Biography, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Diagnose Me! — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
Fatal Vows: Death in the Family — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic — Logo, 10 p.m.
Wedding Band — TBS, 10 p.m.
Family Under Construction: Move In Madness — DIY Network, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host Martin Short and musical guest Paul McCartney — NBC, 11:29 p.m.

Sunday, December 16

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Swansea City — Fox Soccer, 8:25 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. West Ham United — Fox Soccer, 10:30 a.m.

Goals on Sunday — Fox Soccer, 1 p.m.

FIFA Club World Cup
Championship
Corinthians vs. Chelsea — Fox Soccer, 5:30 a.m.

Golf
Asian PGA Tour: Johor Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. (same day coverage)
European PGA Tour: Alfred Dunhill Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 5:30 a.m.
The Royal Trophy: Asia vs. Europe, Final Day — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
PGA: Father/Son Challenge — NBC, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight: UFC on FX 6/The Ultimate Fighter — Fuel, midnight

NFL Viewing Picks

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup, Val Gardena, Italy
Men’s Giant Slalom, 1st Run — Universal Sports, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine World Cup, Courchevel, France
Women’s Giant Slalom, 1st Run — Universal Sports, 11:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 10 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Broke — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Benji — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
My Grandmother’s Ravioli: Chris Massie-Christmas at the Firehouse — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Inside Story: Scarface — Biography, 11 a.m
The Best Thing I Ever Made: Crowd Pleasers — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7:30 p.m.
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir — PBS, 8 p.m.
AXS TV Concerts: 2012 Americana Music Honors and Awards — AXS TV, 8 p.m.
In Time — HBO, 8 p.m.
Bonanno: A Godfather’s Story — Reelz, 8 p.m.
Survivor: Philippines (season finale) — CBS, 8:30 p.m.
What Destroyed the Hindenburg? — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Fatal Encounters: Death Undercover — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Drugs Inc.: Hollywood High — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Mia Gonzales — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Dexter (season finale) — Showtime, 9 p.m.
VH1 Divas 2012 — VH1, 9 p.m.
Building Alaska: Cast Away — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
I Survived…: The Taliban: Jere — Biography, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Renovation: Creating a Modern Craftsman Kitchen — HGTV, 10 p.m.
On the Case with Paula Zahn: A Tale Tell Call (season premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Ultimate Warfare — Military Channel, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Homeland (season finale) — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Top 20 Most Shocking: Holidays From Hell — truTV, 10 p.m.
Angel Heart — Sundance Channel, 10:15 p.m.
Survivor: Philippines Reunion Show — CBS, 10:30 p.m.
Be The Boss: The Melting Pot — A&E, 11:01 p.m.