College Football
Bahamas Bowl, Thomas A. Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan — ESPN, noon
Hawaii Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI
Cincinnati vs. San Diego State — ESPN, 8 p.m.
Golf
Drive Chip & Putt Championship 2015 — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf: Jack Nicklaus vs. Arnold Palmer — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.
Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf: Fred Couples vs. Ernie Els — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
USGA 2015 Year in Review — FS1, 10 p.m.
Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf: Paul Azinger vs. Severiano Ballesteros — Golf Channel, 10:30 p.m.
MLB
MLB Network Countdown: 2015 Plays of the Year — MLB Network, noon
NFL
Thursday Night Football, The Colosseum Formerly Known as Oakland Alameda County, Oakland, CA
San Diego at Oakland — NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
TNF GameDay live from Oakland, CA — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Kickoff live from Oakland, CA — NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
TNF Postgame live from Oakland, CA — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
The Timeline: The Merger — NFL Network, midnight
NHL
NHL Tonight: 2016 IIHF World Junior Preview — NHL Network, 11:30 p.m.
Soccer
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
The Locker Room Special: 2016 Year Preview 1 — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.
Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show live from Oakland, CA — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
The Box Score (series finale) — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 3 p.m.
SportsCenter Top Plays of the Year — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
SportsNation: 101 Holiday Jeers — ESPNews, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live: Bowl Preview — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: 2015 Countdown to The1 — FS1, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11:30 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision Deportes, midnight
Entertainment
A Charlie Brown Christmas — ABC, 8 p.m.
TV’s Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special — Fox, 8 p.m.
It’s a Wonderful Life — NBC, 8 p.m.
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol — The CW, 8 p.m.
Nightwatch: After Hours: Trust the Ones You’re With — A&E, 8 p.m.
The Brothers Grimm — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Die Hard — Encore, 8 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 8 p.m.
Santas in the Barn: America’s Best Santa is Declared! (season finale) — truTV, 8 p.m.
Food Porn: Sweet & Savory Seduction — FYI, 9 p.m.
It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown — ABC, 9 p.m.
Nightwatch: After Hours: Fallen Brother — A&E, 9 p.m.
Disney’s A Christmas Carol — Disney XD, 9 p.m.
Boyhood — Showtime, 9 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 9 p.m.
Mysteries in the Monument: The Mystery of Captain Thunderbolt; Newsboy’s Versus the World; The Rocket Man — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Food Porn: Sinfully Delicious Dive — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Nightwatch: After Hours: Guardians of the City — A&E, 10 p.m.
The Fault in Our Stars — HBO, 10 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TBS, 10 p.m.
Die Hard 2 — Encore, 10:15 p.m.
A Christmas Story — TNT, 11 p.m.
Nightwatch: After Hours: United We Stand — A&E, 11:02 p.m.
The Christmas Eve Mass from St. Peter’s Basilica — NBC, 11:34 p.m.
May Peace Prevail on Earth: An Interfaith Christmas Special — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
National Lampoon’s Animal House — IFC, midnight
Listen to Me, Marlon — Showtime, midnight
A Christmas Story — TBS, midnight