Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Notre Dame at Boston College — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Texas-El Paso at Middle Tennessee — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Bryant at Wagner — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at SMU — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Louisville at North Carolina State — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Michigan at Purdue — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Florida International at Western Kentucky — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
New Mexico State at Utah Valley — American Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Old Dominion at Louisiana Tech — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Illinois at Michigan State — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Arizona at UCLA — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Alabama at Mississippi — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Cal-Davis at Cal-Irvine — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 10:30 p.m.
Arizona State at USC — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Santa Clara at BYU — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Nebraska at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Old Dominion — Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Weber State at South Dakota — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
Utah Valley at New Mexico State — Fox College Sports Pacific, 9 p.m.

SEC Whiparound Coverage — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
B1G Basketball Report — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.

College Football
College Football Live — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
ESPN Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 6 p.m.

College Swimming
Auburn at Texas — Longhorn Network, 5 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
South African Open, Glendower Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.

PGA Tour
Tournament of Champions, Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Kapalua, Maui, HI
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Golf Channel Pregame — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — FS1, 7 p.m.
UFC Main Event: Dillashaw vs. Barão, 8 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight: 2016 Hall of Famers — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America: Stories of NASCAR — NBCSN, 5 p.m.

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

High Tops: Plays of the Month (December 2015) — NBA TV, 5:30 p.m.
Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off live from Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, NV — TNT, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA live from Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, NV — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Replay: Kansas City at Houston — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota — NFL Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
NFL Replay — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Gold Jacket Finalists — NFL Network, 8 p.m.

NHL
Washington at New York Islanders — Sportsnet 360/TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Florida at Ottawa — RDS/Fox Sports Florida/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota — NBCSN/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Dallas — TSN3/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Arizona at Calgary — Fox Sports Arizona/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Detroit at San Jose — Fox Sports Detroit/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.
Toronto at Los Angeles — Sportsnet Ontario/Fox Sports West, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Flames Pregame — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
Hockey Central: Leafs Pregame — Sportsnet Ontario, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:45 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

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.
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 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/Southwest), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 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.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
E:60 Profile: J.J. Watt — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
WTA Tour
Brisbane International, Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Quarterfinals — Tennis Channel, 1:30 a.m.

Hopman Cup, Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia
Czech Republic vs. United States — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.
Center Court: ASB Classic (WTA), Brisbane International (ATP/WTA), Hopman Cup — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Beyond the Tank (season premiere) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Heroes Reborn — NBC, 8 p.m.
Wild West Alaska: Glacier Girls — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Inside the Actors Studio: Jeff Daniels — Bravo, 8 p.m.
Unfinished Business — HBO, 8 p.m.
Vietnam in HD: On the Frontlines: The Tet Offensive (1968)/An Endless War (1968-1969) — History Channel, 8 p.m.
Ghostbusters — IFC, 8 p.m.
Murder Book: Still Waters — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
Backcountry — Showtime, 8 p.m.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — HBO, 8:50 p.m.
Science Presents DNews — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Food Porn: Stick to Yo’ Ribs — FYI, 9 p.m.
The First 48: M.I.A. — A&E, 9 p.m.
Dateline on ID: Deadly Betrayal — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Entrapment — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Monument: Superman vs. the KKK; Who Killed Huey Long?; Marches to Montgomery — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Mom — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Spy Cars — Science Channel, 9:01 p.m.
Angel From Hell (series premiere) — CBS, 9:30 p.m.
Food Porn: Savory, Seductive and Sweet — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Rules Are Meant to be Broken — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Todd Margaret: Todd Margaret Part 1 (season premiere) — IFC, 10 p.m.
Vietnam in HD: On the Frontlines: A Changing War (1969-1970)/Peace With Honor (1971-1975) — History Channel, 10 p.m.
Real Detective: Redemption (series premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: Channing Tatum vs. Jenna Dewan Tatum (season premiere) — Spike, 10 p.m.
Nightwatch: Triumph & Tragedy — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Wild West Alaska: Grizzly Sized: Grandma Cowboys Up — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
Todd Margaret: Todd Margaret Part 2 — IFC, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Dalia Mogahed — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Todd Margaret: The Decisions of Todd Margaret — IFC, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Real Sex — HBO2, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore: Hank Azaria — Comedy Central, 11:31 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, 11:35 p.m.
Animation Domination — FXX, midnight
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs: Fame and Scandal — Reelz Channel, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Doug Benson; Rory Scovel; Erica Rhodes — Comedy Central: 12:01 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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