Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
DePaul at Providence — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
Michigan State at Rutgers — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Saint Louis at George Mason — A-10 Network, 7 p.m.
Western Kentucky at Louisiana Tech — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Bryant at St. Francis (PA) — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Cox Ocean State Networks, 7 p.m.
Maryland at Ohio State — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Dayton at UMass — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at Texas-San Antonio — American Sports Network, 8 p.m.
UConn at Cincinnati — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Weber State at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports North Plus, 8 p.m.
UAB at Texas-El Paso — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Kentucky at Missouri — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky at Murray State — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Colorado at USC — Fox Sports 1, 9:30 p.m.
Utah at UCLA — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Long Beach State at Cal State-Fullerton — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports San Diego, 10:30 p.m.
San Francisco at BYU — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Cal at Washington State — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Oklahoma at Texas — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
Tennessee at Kentucky — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Rutgers at Purdue — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m. (joined in progress)
Louisiana Tech at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Ohio State at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
Mississippi at LSU — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports 1 College Hoops Extra — Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.
BTN Basketball Report — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPNU, 2:30 p.m.

College Volleyball
Men’s
Stanford at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 8:30 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU European Championships 2015, Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
Ladies Short Program — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)
Ice Dance Free Dance — Universal Sports, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Omega Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 a.m. & 5:30 a.m.

LPGA Tour
Coates Golf Championship, Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, Ocala, FL
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 11 a.m.

PGA Tour
Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, AZ
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2 p.m.
Feherty Live! — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Denver at Memphis — TNT, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles Lakers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
Super Bowl Live — NFL Network, 10 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Super Bowl Tonight — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Players Only: Super Bowl XLIX — NFL Network, 10 p.m.
Best of Radio Row Show — CBS Sports Network, midnight

NHL
Boston at New York Islanders — Sportsnet 360/Sportsnet (Ontario/Pacific)/TVA Sports/NESN/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Montreal at New York Rangers — NBCSN/RDS/Sportsnet East/MSG Network, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Philadelphia — TSN3/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Toronto — Fox Sports Arizona/TSN4, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Ottawa — RDS2/Fox Sports Southwest/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Detroit Plus/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Florida — Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at St. Louis — Fox Sports Tennessee/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Calgary — Fox Sports North/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Buffalo at Edmonton — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Sportsnet Oilers, 9:30 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose — NBCSN/Sportsnet 360, 10:30 p.m.

Martin Brodeur Press Conference — Sportsnet, 11:30 a.m.
Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Sports Talk
Radius — NBCSN, 6 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Radius — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 p.m.
The Dan Patrick Show live from Glendale, AZ — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show live from Glendale, AZ — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers live from Scottsdale, AZ — ESPN2, noon
SVP & Russillo live from Scottsdale, AZ — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 2 p.m.
The Box Score from Glendale, AZ — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show live from Phoenix, AZ — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPNews, 6:30 p.m.
Keepers of the Streak — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 p.m.

Tennis
2015 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Men’s Semifinal: Tomas Berdych vs. Andy Murray — ESPN, 3:30 a.m.
Mixed Doubles Semifinal & Women’s Doubles Final: Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Lucie Safarova vs. Chan Yung-Jan/Zheng Jie — Tennis Channel, 11 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live at the Australian Open — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Wild West Alaska: Guys vs. Girls — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Godzilla — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Quiet Riot: Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back — Showtime, 8 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: The Long Island Serial Killer — TLC, 8 p.m.
Sinister — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Mom — CBS, 8:30 p.m.
World’s Worst Mom: Meltdown at a Museum — Discovery Life Channel, 9 p.m.
American Rehab: Detroit: First Floor Fixes — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Rebuild Below — HGTV, 9 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Porsche 918 Spyder — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Backstrom — Fox, 9 p.m.
The First 48: The Passenger; Death Call — A&E, 9 p.m.
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: Le Deck — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man: Club Med — CNN, 9 p.m.
The Counselor — HBO2, 9 p.m.
Unraveled: Supermarket Slaughter — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: Spies, Lies & Secrets — TLC, 9 p.m.
Expedition Unknown: The Legend of Jesse James — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
World’s Worst Mom: Locked in a Box — Discovery Life Channel, 9:30 p.m.
American Rehab: Detroit: Classic Kitchen Upgrade — DIY Network, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Defend the House — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Archer: Edie’s Wedding — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Kansas City, MO — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: Seaworld — IFC, 10 p.m.
How It’s Made: Deflate-Gate Special — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Alaska: Battle on the Bay: A Whale of a Catch — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Million Dollar Critic: Charleston, SC — BBC America, 10 p.m.
American Greed: Ea$y Being Green — CNBC, 10 p.m.
50 Ways to Kill Your Mother: South Africa — Discovery Life Channel, 10 p.m.
Hostage — Encore, 10 p.m.
Breaking Point: Pierce — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Babylon: Victoria Park — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Wizard Wars: Fire and Mice — Syfy, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Hard Evidence: Murder at Sea — TLC, 10 p.m.
No Reservations: US Files: Volume 6 — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Nightwatch: Those We Rely On — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Duff Till Dawn: Monster Mayhem — Food Network, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Slovenia — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Sarah Chayes — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Peep World — IFC, 11 p.m.
Close-Up Kings: New York (series premeire) — Syfy, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Vikings: Sneak Peek: Athelstan’s Journal: Gods — History Channel, 11:03 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore — Comedy Central, 11:31 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, 11:35 p.m.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Rocky III — Encore, 11:55 p.m.
Fearless — The Movie Channel, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Randy Sklar; Jason Sklar; Matt Walsh — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
This Is Not Happening: Battle — Comedy Central, 12:31 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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