Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

Editor’s note: Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2 has rebranded and will be listed as “FS1” and “FS2” from now on.

College Football
B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
College Football Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Scarlet and Gray Days: Inside Ohio State Training Camp — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Football Kickoff — FS1, 7 p.m.

Cycling
La Vuelta a España
Stage 11: Andorra la Vella to Cortals d’Encamp — Universal Sports, 9 a.m.

UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Vallnord-La Massana, Andorra
Cross Country — Universal Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
Golfing World — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.
European Tour Weekly — Golf Channel, 5:30 p.m.
School of Golf: Chapter 27: Playing Under Pressure — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
Golf’s Greatest Rounds: 2013 Presidents Cup — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 8 p.m.
UFC Ultimate Insider — FS1, 9 p.m.
UFC Main Event: Machida vs. Rockhold — FS1, 9:30 p.m.
UFC Main Event: Machida vs. Rockhold — FS1, 10 p.m.

MLB
American League
Anaheim Angels at Oakland — MLB Network/Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet California, 3:30 p.m.
New York Yankees at Boston — MLB Network/YES/NESN, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at Toronto — STO/Sportsnet, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Baltimore — Sun Sports/MASN, 7 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Kansas City — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Houston — Root Sports Northwest/Root Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.

National League
Miami at Atlanta — Fox Sports Florida/SportSouth, noon
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs — Fox Sports Ohio/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 2:20 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Mets — Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/SNY, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Milwaukee — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 8 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis — ESPN/MASN2/Fox Sports Midwest, 8:15 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado — Fox Sports Arizona/Root Sports Rocky Mountain, 8:30 p.m.
San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers — Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/SportsNet LA, 10 p.m.

Interleague
Texas at San Diego — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox Sports San Diego, 10 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight
MLB Whiparound — FS1, midnight
Quick Pitch — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.

NFL
NFL Preseason HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 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.
ESPN Radio With Ian Fitzsimmons — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain/Southwest), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Sport Today — BBC World News, 12:45 p.m.
Russillo and Kannell — ESPNews, 1 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.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
America’s Pregame — FS1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Live — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
SEC Storied: Wuerffel’s Way — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
U.S. Open, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York, NY
Men’s and Women’s 2nd Round — ESPN3/DirecTV, 11 a.m.
Men’s and Women’s 2nd Round — ESPN, 1 p.m.
Men’s and Women’s 2nd Round — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the U.S. Open — Tennis Channel, 8 a.m.
Primetime at the U.S. Open — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
U.S. Open Tonight — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m. or at conclusion of ESPN2’s coverage

WNBA
Washington Mystics at Phoenix Mercury — NBA TV, 3:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Big Brother 17 — CBS, 8 p.m.
MasterChef — Fox, 8 p.m.
America’s Got Talent: Semifinal Results 1 — NBC, 8 p.m.
Big Blue Live (series finale) — PBS, 8 p.m.
America’s Next Top Model — The CW, 8 p.m.
The Surprising Lives of Billionaires: Inside Mega Mansions — Discovery Family Channel, 8 p.m.
Million Dollar Arm — Encore, 8 p.m.
Blade II — IFC, 8 p.m.
48 Hours on ID: A Shot in the Dark — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
A Man Called Horse — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Car Matchmaker: A Hoop Dream Car — Esquire Network, 9 p.m.
Extant — CBS, 9 p.m.
CNN Special Report: Murder on Cape Cod: Who Shot Shirley Reine? — CNN, 9 p.m.
Airplane Repo: Diving for Repos — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Cutthroat Kitchen: Camp Cutthroat: If It Bleeds, We Can Skillet — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Property Brothers: Buying & Selling: Santino & Andrea — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Swamp Murders: Mississippi Black Widow — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Taylor Swift: America’s Sweetheart — Reelz, 9 p.m.
Cold in July — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Ghost Hunters: Too Many Apparitions in the Kitchen — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Food Paradise: Street Food Paradise — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Dating Naked: Passive and Aggressive — VH1, 9 p.m.
Wahlburgers: Matchmaker Mark (season finale) — A&E, 9:30 p.m.
Key & Peele: The 420 Special — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Carnival Cravings With Anthony Anderson: Bacon-Wrapped Heartland — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Nashville, TN — HGTV, 10 p.m.
The Jim Gaffigan Show: Superdad — Nick at Nite/TV Land, 10 p.m.
Manhunt: Kill or Capture: Mexican Godfather — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
Alpha Dog — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Make Me a Millionaire Inventor: Going the Extra Mile — CNBC, 10 p.m.
Suspicion: The Killing Oath (season finale) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Southern Justice: Blue Ridge Bandit — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: Quicksand Quagmire — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Paranormal Witness: Nightmare on Chestnut Street — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Barry Lydon — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
Mr. Robot (season finale) — USA Network, 10 p.m.
Beach Eats, U.S.A.: Island Bites — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Digital Nomads in Chiang Mai, Thailand — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Exes: Gone Girls — TV Land, 11:01 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Big Brother After Dark — Pop TV, midnight

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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