Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
North Carolina at Pittsburgh — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
Texas State at Georgia Southern — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
West Virginia at TCU — FS1, 7:30 p.m.
Oregon at Arizona State — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

B1G Football & Beyond — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2 p.m.
The Experts: Coaching Legends — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
FS1 College Football Pregame — FS1, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

College Hockey
Women’s
Minnesota at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

College Soccer
Women’s
Cal vs. UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m.
Georgia vs. Florida — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
BYU vs. Pepperdine — BYUtv, 9 p.m.
Missouri vs. Texas A&M — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
Stanford vs. USC — Pac-12 Network, 10 p.m.

English Football Championship
Leeds United vs. Blackburn Rovers — beIN Sports, 3:40 p.m.

Golf
LPGA Tour
Blue Bay LPGA, Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course, Hainan Island, Communist China
1st Round — Golf Channel, 2:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

European Tour
Turkish Airlines Open, The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 a.m.

Asian Tour/European Tour/PGA Tour
CIMB Classic, Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10:30 p.m.

Gymnastics
2015 Artistic World Championships, The SSE Hydro, Glascow, Scotland
Women’s All-Around Final — Universal Sports (The Final Days), 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB
Path to the Championship: World Series Games 1 & 2 — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight: World Series — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

MLS Playoffs
Knockout Round
Montreal vs. Toronto FC — UniMás/Univision Deportes/TSN/TSN4/TSN5/RDS, 7 p.m.
Portland vs. Sporting KC — UniMás/Univision Deportes/Root Sports Northwest/KMCI, 10 p.m.

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

NBA
Atlanta at New York — TNT, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles Clippers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
The Starters — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
Thursday Night Football, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Miami at New England — CBS/NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
TNF GameDay live from Foxboro, MA and Los Angeles, CA — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Kickoff live from Foxboro, MA and Los Angeles, CA — CBS/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
TNF Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
Buffalo at Pittsburgh — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Carolina at New York Islanders — Fox Sports Carolinas/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia — MSG Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Tampa Bay — Altitude/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Winnipeg — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Dallas — Sportsnet Vancouver/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Montreal at Edmonton — Sportsnet/Sportsnet 360/RDS, 9 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet 360/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet (East/Ontario/West), 8:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, midnight

Soccer
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Round of 16
Estadio Municipal Ester Roa, Concepcion, Chile
Croatia vs. Germany — FS1, 3:55 p.m.
Russia vs. Ecuador — Fox Soccer Plus, 6:55 p.m.

Estadio Fiscal, Talca, Chile
Mali vs. Democratic Republic of Korea — FS2, 3:55 p.m.

Estadio Chinquihue, Puerto Montt, Chile
France vs. Ecuador — NBC Universo, 6:48 p.m./FS2, 6:55 p.m.

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

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC Sport Today, 6:45 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 10 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain)
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:45 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports (The Final Days), 7:30 p.m.
Iverson — Showtime, 9 p.m.
30 for 30: Trojan War — ESPN2, 10:30 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN2, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
WTA Finals, Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Doubles, Red Group: Chan Hao-Ching/Chan Yung-Jan vs. Garbiñe Muguruza/Carla Suárez-Navarro — Tennis Channel, 1 a.m.
Singles, White Group: Simona Halep vs. Agnieszka Radwanska — Tennis Channel, 3 a.m.

Center Court: WTA Finals: Maria Sharapova vs. Flavia Pennetta/Swiss Indoors Basel: Round of 16 (ATP) — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 5:30 p.m.

WTA Tour
WTA Finals, Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Doubles, Red Group: Martina Hingis/Sania Mirza vs. Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic — Tennis Channel, 11:30 p.m.

Entertainment
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown — ABC, 8 p.m.
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
The Great Outdoors — Encore, 8 p.m.
Chopped: Chopped: Impossible, Part 2 — Food Network, 8 p.m.
The Peanuts Movie: HBO First Look — HBO, 8:15 p.m.
How It’s Made — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Sleepy Hollow — Fox, 9 p.m.
Restaurant: Impossible: Ambush: Son Sneak Attack — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown — FYI, 9 p.m.
Surviving Evil: The Last Straw — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Monument: Smoky the Yorkie; Golden Gate Bridge; Impossible Climb — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Monsters Inside Me: There’s Something Living in My Knee (season premiere) — Animal Planet, 9:01 p.m.
How It’s Made: Top Five Ways to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse — Science Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Nathan for You: The Movement — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
House Hunters — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Benders: The Sport of Kings — IFC, 10 p.m.
Late Night Chef Fight: Trend Setters — FYI, 10 p.m.
V for Vendetta — HBO2, 10 p.m.
Evil Twins: Do No Harm (season finale) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Haven: Wild Card — Syfy, 10 p.m.
Monsters Inside Me: Help! My Son is a Leper — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
BBQ Blitz: Alabama Brawl — Food Network, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Robert Kirkman Wears a Tan Blazer and Red Suit Pants — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert — CBS, 11:50 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, 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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