Christmas Day Viewing Picks

Boxing
Boxing’s Best of 2012: Mayweather vs. Cotto — HBO, 11 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu, HI
7th Place Game: San Francisco vs. East Tennessee State — ESPN3, 2 p.m.
5th Place Game: Mississippi vs. Hawaii — ESPNU, 4:30 p.m.
3rd Place Game: Indiana State vs. Miami (FL) — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.
Final: Arizona vs. San Diego State — ESPN2, 10 p.m.

College Football
2013 Outback Bowl Preview Show — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Football
2012 Pop Warner Championship — ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central Special: Major Championships 2013 Preview — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

MLB
Baseball: The Faith of 50 Million People — MLB Network, 12:30 a.m.
Baseball: A National Heirloom — MLB Network, 3 a.m.
Baseball: Shadow Ball — MLB Network, 5:30 a.m.
Baseball: The National Pastime — MLB Network, 8 a.m.
Baseball: The Capital of Baseball — MLB Network, 11 a.m.
Baseball: A Whole New Ball Game — MLB Network, 1:30 p.m.
Baseball: Home — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball: Top of the Tenth — MLB Network, 7 p.m.
Baseball: Bottom of the Tenth — MLB Network, 9:30 p.m.

NBA
Boston at Brooklyn — ESPN, noon
New York at Los Angeles Lakers — ABC, 3 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Miami — ABC, 5:30 p.m.
Houston at Chicago — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Denver at Los Angeles Clippers — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL PrimeTime — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL Films Presents — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
Around the League Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL’s Greatest Games: Super Bowl XLIII, Arizona vs. Pittsburgh — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
NFL Road Tested: The Cleveland Browns: Denver Broncos — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The Best of The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m,
Best of the Tim Brando Show — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV)/DanPatrick.com, noon
SEC Storied: Herschel Walker — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.
SEC Storied: 40 Minutes of Hell — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.
SportsCenter: Year in Review — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
Best of ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
30 for 30: Benji — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPNU, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Express — ESPNU, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
A Christmas Story — TBS, midnight
Christmas Eve — AMC, 2 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 2 a.m.
A Christmas Carol (1938) — AMC, 4 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 4 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 6 a.m.
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut): The Ultimate Holy Grail Episode — IFC, 6:45 a.m.
Disney’s A Christmas Carol — ABC Family, 7 a.m.
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut): Lust for Glory — IFC, 8 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 8 a.m.
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut): Finally! The Last Episode (Ever) (For Now…) — IFC, 9:15 a.m.
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade — ABC, 10 a.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 10 a.m.
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut): The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings — IFC, 10:30 a.m.
The Santa Clause — ABC Family, 11 a.m.
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut): The Much Funnier Second Episode — IFC, 11:45 a.m.
Pulp Fiction — Cinemax, noon
A Christmas Story — TBS, noon
The Santa Clause 2 — ABC Family, 1 p.m.
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut): And Now, the Sordid Personal Bits — IFC, 1 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 2 p.m.
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause — ABC Family, 3 p.m.
Top 10 of 2012 — CNN, 3 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 4 p.m.
The King’s Speech — Sho2, 5 p.m.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy — HBO, 5:30 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 6 p.m.
Turner & Hooch — The Movie Channel, 6:15 p.m.
Home Alone — ABC Family, 7 p.m.
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas — ABC, 8 p.m.
Breakfast Special 2: Revenge of the Omelets — PBS, 8 p.m.
Noah’s Ark — Encore, 8 p.m.
Chuck’s Eat the Street: Food With a View — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
GoodFellas — Spike, 8:30 p.m.
Downton Abbey Revisited — PBS, 9 p.m.
Doctor Who: The Snowmen — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Joyful Noise — HBO, 9 p.m.
The Italian Job — Showcase, 9 p.m.
Rizzoli & Isles (season finale) — TNT, 9 p.m.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
The Terminal — HBO2, 10 p.m.
Leverage (series finale) — TNT, 10 p.m.
The Night James Brown Saved Boston — VH1 Classic, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10:20 p.m.
House Hunters International: Puerto Morales, Mexico — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance — Starz, 10:50 p.m.
Nightline — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Contraband — HBO, 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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