Thursday's Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
SEC/Big East Challenge
Kentucky at Notre Dame — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
South Carolina at St. John’s — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Marquette at Florida — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
Seton Hall at LSU — ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.

UNH at UConn — Big East Network, 7 p.m.
Manhattan at Fordham — YES, 7:30 p.m.
Western Illinois at South Dakota — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
Southern Utah at TCU — Fox Sports Southwest/Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
Tennessee-Martin at Memphis — Fox Sports South/Fox Sports Arizona/Fox Sports San Diego, 8 p.m.
Texas-San Antonio at Oregon — Pac-12 Network, 9 p.m.

Women’s
Virginia at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
Northwestern at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Oklahoma, 8 p.m.

College Basketball Live — ESPNU, 3 p.m.

College Football
Louisville at Rutgers — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
ESPNU Recruiting Nation — ESPNU, 5 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 7 p.m.

Golf
Nedbank Golf Challenge, First Round — Golf Channel, 9:30 a.m. (same day coverage)
World Challenge, First Round — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Awards — Golf Channel, 7:30 p.m.
Golf Central: PGA Tour Q-School — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
MMA Uncensored Live — Spike, 11 p.m.

MLB
Clubhouse Confidential — MLB Network, 5:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 6 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Awards Ceremony: Nationwide & Camping World Truck Series — Speed, 8 p.m.

NBA
San Antonio at Miami — TNT, 8 p.m.
Denver at Golden State — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
New Orleans at Atlanta — NFL Network, 8:20 p.m.

NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Around the League Live — NFL Network, 4 p.m.
Thursday Night Kickoff — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Thursday Night Football Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
NFL Total Access: Thursday Night Football Postgame — NFL Network, midnight

Sports Talk
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The ‘Lights — NBC Sports Network, 8 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), 9 a.m.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show — CBS Sports Network, 10 a.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV)/DanPatrick.com, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 3 p.m.
Dan Le Batard is Quickly Sinking Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
CNBC Sports Biz: Game On! — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Lead Off —  CBS Sports Network, midnight
UNITE — ESPNU, midnight

Tennis
100 Greatest of All Time — Tennis Channel, 7 p.m.

Entertainment
The Big Bang Theory — CBS, 8 p.m.
Last Resort (The Final Shows) — ABC, 8 p.m.
Apollo Live — BET, 8 p.m.
Return to Lonesome Dove: The Passing — Encore, 8 p.m.
Wicked Tuna: Hooked Up: First Frenzy (series premiere) — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Beauty and the Beast — The CW, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Killer Debt; House of Rage — A&E, 9 p.m.
The Will: Family Secrets Revealed: The Estate of LaTanya Haggerty, 9 p.m.
Moneyball — Starz, 9 p.m.
Mysteries at the Museum: Prophet Of Oak Ridge; Human Scalp; Mothman — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
100 Greatest Kid Stars: Hour 1 — VH1, 9 p.m.
Person of Interest — CBS, 9:01 p.m.
Symon’s Suppers: Clambake Party — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia — FX, 10 p.m.
Very Bad Men: A Killer In Disguise — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Rock Center with Brian Williams — NBC, 10 p.m.
Panic 9-1-1: I Need You to Put the Gun Down (series premiere) — A&E, 10 p.m.
Shocking Family Secrets: Debutante in Distress — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
100 Greatest Kid Stars: Hour 2 — VH1, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Dubai — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The League — FX, 10:31 p.m.
Dave’s Old Porn — Showtime, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Reality Show: Fired-Up — Showtime, 11:30 p.m.
The Teenie Weenie Bikini Squad — Cinemax, 11:45 p.m.
Next Stop for Charlie (season premiere) — Showtime, 12:30 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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