Thursday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
World Baseball Classic Qualifier
1st Round, Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Australia vs. Philippines — MLB Network, 3:30 a.m.

College Basketball
Men’s
St. Francis (PA) at Robert Morris — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
North Texas at Old Dominion — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky at Morehead State — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Florida State at Syracuse — ESPN, 7 p.m.
UConn at Temple — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
Virginia Commonwealth at UMass — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Central Connecticut State at St. Francis (NY) — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Middle Tennessee State at Louisiana Tech — American Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Illinois State at Evansville — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Iowa at Indiana — ESPN, 9 p.m.
Oregon at Cal — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Radford at North Carolina-Asheville — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
Farleigh Dickinson at Bryant — Fox College Sports Atlantic/MSG Network/Cox Ocean State Networks, 9 p.m.
BYU at San Francisco — BYUtv, 10 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at Pacific — Campus Insiders, 10 p.m.
San Diego at Santa Clara — Campus Insiders, 10 p.m.
Washington State at Colorado — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Mountain, 10 p.m.
Gonzaga at Portland — ESPNU, 11 p.m.
Oregon State at Stanford — FS1, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Penn State at Michigan State — Big Ten Network, 6:30 p.m.
Syracuse at Virginia — ACC Regional/Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Mississippi State at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Iona at Quinnipiac — SNY, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Eastern Washington at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Ohio State at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.
Montana State at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Vanderbilt — SEC Network, 9 p.m.

Katz Korner — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
B1G Basketball Report — Big Ten Network, 11 p.m.
College Basketball Live — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Inside College Basketball — CBS Sports Network, 11 p.m.

College Softball
Arkansas at Texas — Longhorn Network, 7 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Tshwane Open, Pretoria Country Club, Waterkloof, South Africa
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 a.m.
1st Round — Golf Channel, 7:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach Golf Links; Spyglass Hill Golf Course; Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Short Course), Pebble Beach, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Top 10 Right Now: Catchers — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Top 10 Right Now: Right Fielders — MLB Network, 10 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
A Perfect Storm: The 1979 Daytona 500 — FS1, 6 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub: Daytona Rising — FS1, 7 p.m.

NBA
New Orleans at Oklahoma City — TNT, 8 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV 6:30 p.m.
NBA Tip-Off — TNT, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 10:30 p.m.
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.

NFL
NFL HQ — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 2 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Sound FX: Super Bowl 50 — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
The Gold Jacket Class of 2016 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

NHL
Anaheim at Columbus — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Philadelphia — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at New York Islanders — Sportsnet (East/Ontario/360)/TVA Sports/Fox Sports West/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Colorado at Ottawa — RDS/Altitude/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Winnipeg — NESN/TSN3, 8 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Plus/Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago — Sportsnet Pacific/Fox Sports Southwest/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto at Edmonton — TSN4/Sportsnet West, 9 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose — Sportsnet 360/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Hockey Central: Oilers Pregame — Sportsnet West, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 11:30 p.m.

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.
SportsCenter: AM — ESPN, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show live from Los Angeles — 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, 10:30 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
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, 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 — ESPN, 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.
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Center Court: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (ATP), Argentina Open (ATP), St. Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 3 a.m.
Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.
Center Court: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (ATP), Argentina Open (ATP), St. Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy (WTA) — Tennis Channel, 11:30 a.m.

News
Democratic Debate — PBS/CNN, 9 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Wild West Alaska: The New Girl — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Inside the Actors Studio: The Walking Dead Cast — Bravo, 8 p.m.
Smokey and the Bandit — Encore, 8 p.m.
American Sniper — HBO, 8 p.m.
Imitation of Life — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Science Presents DNews — Science Channel, 9 p.m.
Flip or Flop: Natural Disaster — HGTV, 9 p.m.
The First 48: The Case That Haunts Me 2 — A&E, 9 p.m.
Wild West Alaska: Grizzly Sized: Special Delivery — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Murder Book: Blood Diamond — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Tomorrowland — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Monument: Roosevelt’s Moroccan Mission; The Last Bare Knuckle Boxer; America’s First Spy Ring — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Mom — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Porsche Panamera — Science Channel, 9:01 p.m.
Smokey and the Bandit II — Encore, 9:40 p.m.
Alaska Proof: Tundra Tea — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
Workaholics: Gone Catfishing — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Sweet and Spicy — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Baskets: Easter in Bakersfield — FX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Putting Down Roots in Phoenix — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Portlandia: Weirdo Beach — IFC, 10 p.m.
Lip Sync Battle: Hayden Panettiere vs. Eva Longoria — Spike, 10 p.m.
London Spy — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Real Detective: Darkness — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Sean Penn: Fame and Scandal — Reelz Channel, 10 p.m.
The Imitation Game — Sho2, 10 p.m.
Gold Diggers of 1933 — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
Machines: How They Work: Safes, Tennis Ball Launchers, and Music Boxes — Science Channel, 10:01 p.m.
Nightwatch: Memorable Cases and Chases — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Idiotsitter: Fumigation — Comedy Central, 10:29 p.m.
House Hunters International: We Dig Amsterdam, The Netherlands — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ben Stiller — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Dark Net: CTRL — Showtime, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Taxicab Confessions: New York, New York 3 — HBO2, 11 p.m.
Five Day Flip: Starter Home Flip — HGTV, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore: Alexis Ohanian — 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
Robert Downey, Jr.: Fame and Scandal — Reelz Channel, midnight
Bikini Spring Break — TMC Extra, midnight
At Midnight With Chris Hardwick: Brian Posehn, Kevin Smith, Matt Mira — 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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