Thursday's Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Elon at Duke — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Lipscomb at Memphis — Fox Sports Net-regional (Arizona/Florida/San Diego/Wisconsin/SportSouth/Sun Sports)/Fox College Sports Atlantic, 8 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 8:30 p.m.
Cal-Poly at Washington — Pac-12 Network, 9 p.m.
Cal-Irvine at USC — Pac-12 Network, 11 p.m.

Women’s
Valparaiso at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
UC-Riverside at Oklahoma — Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus, 8 p.m.

College Football
Poinsettia Bowl, San Diego, CA
BYU vs. San Diego State — ESPN, 8 p.m.

College Football Live — ESPN, 3:30 p.m.
Notre Dame Coaches Roundtable — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Audibles — ESPN2, 7 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.

Golf
Golf Central: Champions Tour & Web.com Tour Year in Review — Golf Channel, 6 p.m.

Hockey
IIHF World Junior Championships Pre-Competition, Ufa, Russia
United States vs. Sweden — NHL Network, 12:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight: Top 50 UFC Moments in 2012, Part 1 — Fuel, 8 p.m.

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

NBA
Oklahoma City at Minnesota — TNT, 8 p.m.
Miami at Dallas — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)

NFL
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
Around the League Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Top 10 Most Underrated Players — NFL Network, 9 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup, Are, Sweden
Women’s Slalom — Universal Sports, 12:30 p.m.

Soccer
UEFA Champions League Draw — Fox Soccer, 5 a.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The ‘Lights — NBC Sports Network, 8 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, 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.
The Best of The Dan Patrick Show — NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.
Dan Le Batard is Morally Bankrupt Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4:30 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
NBC Sports Network Year in Review — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Lead Off — CBS Sports Network, midnight

Entertainment
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown — ABC, 8 p.m.
A White House Christmas: First Families Remember — NBC, 8 p.m.
Apollo Live — BET, 8 p.m.
Personal Justice: Til Death Do Us Part — Discovery Fitness & Health, 8 p.m.
Scary Movie 2 — IFC, 8 p.m.
Wicked Tuna: Hooked Up: The New Kid — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Foodography: Winter Holidays — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Raising House: Durham — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Personal Justice: Vanished — Discovery Fitness & Health, 9 p.m.
Project Nim — HBO, 9 p.m.
2012 the End is Now — History Channel, 9 p.m.
The Will: Family Secrets Revealed: The Estate of John Kennedy Toole — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Symon’s Suppers: Comforting Classics — Cooking Channel, 9:30 p.m.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia — FX, 10 p.m.
Very Bad Men: Last Call Killer — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Rock Center with Brian Williams — NBC, 10 p.m.
Beyond Scared Straight: Richland County, SC — A&E, 10 p.m.
Shocking Family Secrets: Nowhere to Run — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
Behind the Music Remastered: Rick James — VH1 Classic, 10 p.m.
House Hunters International: Rome, Italy — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The League — FX, 10:31 p.m.
Dave’s Old Porn — Showtime, 11 p.m.
Pop-up Video: Christmas Special — VH1 Classic, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Reality Show: It’s Not What You Think It Is (season finale) — Showtime, 11:30 p.m.
Late Show with David Letterman — CBS, 11:35 p.m.
Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC, midnight

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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