Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Baseball
NCAA College World Series, TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, Omaha, NE
Elimination Game
TCU vs. LSU — ESPN, 8 p.m.

College World Series Postgame — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

College Basketball
Inside College Basketball: Draft Special: The Backcourt — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Copa América
Group C, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile
Peru vs. Venezuela — beIN Sports, 7:20 p.m.

The Express: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
The Express Wrap-Up: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 9:30 p.m.
The Express: Chile 2015 — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Cycling
Tour de Suisse
Stage 6: Wil SG to Biel/Bienne — Universal Sports, 11 a.m.

Golf
U.S. Open, Chambers Bay Golf Course, University Place, WA
1st Round — Fox Sports 1, noon
1st Round — Fox, 8 p.m.

Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.
Live From the U.S. Open — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

Horse Racing
Royal Ascot, Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Day Three — beIN Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Minor League Baseball
Southern League
Mississippi Braves at Tennessee Smokies — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.

MLB
Interleague
Baltimore at Philadelphia — MLB Network/MASN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota — MLB Network/Fox Sports Midwest, 1 p.m.
Houston at Colorado — Root Sports Southwest/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 3 p.m.
Anaheim Angels at Arizona — Fox Sports West, 3:30 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland — Fox Sports San Diego/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
Boston at Atlanta — NESN/SportSouth, 7 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Cleveland — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/STO, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Cincinnati — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Miami at New York Yankees — Fox Sports Florida/YES, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Toronto — SNY/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington — Sun Sports/MASN, 7 p.m.
Milwaukee at Kansas City — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago White Sox — Root Sports Pittsburgh/WGN, 8 p.m.
San Francisco at Seattle — MLB Network/Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Root Sports Northwest, 10 p.m.
Texas at Los Angeles Dodgers — MLB Network/Fox Sports Southwest/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
MLB Whiparound — Fox Sports 1, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NBA
NBA Action — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA Sounds of the Finals: 2015 — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Network Minicamp Special — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

NHL
2015 Blackhawks Stanley Cup Championship Parade — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/NHL Network, 10 a.m.
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
Radius: Battle Ready — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Radius: Kettle Bell Blast — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 8:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 11 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m
Sports Minds — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.
SVP & Russillo (The Final Days) — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — Fusion, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m
One2One: Rob Manfred — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Billion Dollar Game — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
Center Court: Aegon Championships (ATP), Aegon Classic Birmingham (WTA), Gerry Weber Open (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 3:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Astronauts Wives Club (series premiere) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Dateline NBC: Secrets on Shalimar Way — NBC, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast — The CW, 8 p.m.
Inside the Actors Studio: Jim Parsons — Bravo, 8 p.m.
Blazing Saddles — Encore, 8 p.m.
Draft Day — HBO2, 8 p.m.
August: Osage County — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
The Fly — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
How It’s Made — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
The Seventies: United States vs. Nixon — CNN, 9 p.m.
Naked and Afraid: Alone Together — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: The Idiot’s Lantern — Disney XD, 9 p.m.
Prison Break: Killers on the Run — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Life Below Zero: The Crash — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Guys Choice 2015 — Spike, 9 p.m.
Metropolis: Rome — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Man Cave Edition — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: No Formalities — Food Network, 10 p.m.
The Comedians: Red, White & Working Blue — FX, 10 p.m.
Broke Bites: What the Fung?!: Charleston: Fung Bros Each Dine on $50/Day — FYI, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Cape Girardeau, MO — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Maron: The Mode — IFC, 10 p.m.
How Do They Do It? — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
The New High: Extreme Sports — CNBC, 10 p.m.
BBQ Pitmasters: In Like a Brisket; Out Like a Lamb — Destination America, 10 p.m.
Women in Prison: Student and the Rebel — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dead End Express: Fueling the Fire — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Boyhood — The Movie Channel, 10 p.m.
Metropolis: London — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Paris — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Malala Yousafzai — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Olympus: The Speed of Time — Syfy, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Real Sex — HBO, 11:05 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore: Rep. Joaquin Castro — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Spike Feresten; Greg Fitzsimmons; Alison Rosen — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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