Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
Central Florida at Houston — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Florida International — Fox Sports Net, 7 p.m.
Alabama State at Alcorn State — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Benedict at Miles — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon — ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
Lemming Report — CBS Sports Network, 6:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.
College Football Scoreboard — ESPN, 10 p.m.
College Football Weekend Kickoff — ESPNU, 10:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.

College Soccer
Men’s
Cal at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 10 p.m.

Women’s
Nebraska at Michigan — Big Ten Network, 3:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Missouri — SEC Network, 7 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
San Francisco at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Alfred Dunhill Links Championships, St. Andrews Golf Club (Old Course); Carnoustie Golf Links; Kingsbarns Golf Links; Scotland, United Kingdom
1st Round — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.

Big Break Invitational, Reynolds Plantation (Great Waters Course), Lake Oconee, GA
Day 3: Match Play — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Reignwood LPGA Classic, Pine Valley Golf Club, Beijing, Communist China
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Reloaded: UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.

MLB Postseason
American League Division Series
Game 1: Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles — TBS, 5:30 p.m.
Game 1: Kansas City Royals at Anaheim Angels — TBS, 9 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight: LDS Preview — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Postseason Pregame on TBS — TBS, 5 p.m.
The Postseason Show — TBS, 8:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Division Series — MLB Network, midnight
The Postseason Show — TBS, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Friday)

MLS
Philadelphia vs. Chicago — ESPN2/TSN5, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.

NFL
Minnesota at Green Bay — CBS/NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

Around the NFL — NFL Network, 2 p.m.
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
NFL Total Access Kickoff live from Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
Fantasy Football Uncensored — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
NFL Thursday Night Kickoff live from Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI — CBS/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Night Football Postgame — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
Finding Giants: Episode 2 — NFL Network, midnight

NHL Preseason
Philadelphia at Washington — NHL Network (US)/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton — Sportsnet 360, 9 p.m./NHL Network (US), 10 p.m. (joined in progress)
Winnipeg at Calgary — TSN3, 9 p.m.

NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gotttlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
Podium 360 — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
SEC Featured — SEC Network, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Synchronized Swimming
13th Synchronized Swimming World Cup, PEPS Aquatic Centre, Université Leval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Duet Technical — Universal Sports, 6 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour/WTA Tour
Communist China Open, National Tennis Center, Beijing, Communist China
Men’s & Women’s Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 4:30 a.m.

ATP Tour
Japan Open Tennis Championships, Ariake Colosseum & Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Tokyo, Japan
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 9:30 a.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Center Court: Communist China Open & Japan Open Tennis Championships — Tennis Channel, 10 p.m.

UEFA Europa League
Match Day 2, Group Stage
Group H, Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar, Russia
Krasnodar vs. Everton — Fox Sports 1, noon

Group H, VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany
VfL Wolfsburg vs. LOSC Lille Metropole — Fox Sports 2, 12:50 p.m.

Group I, Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovan Bratislava vs. Napoli — Fox Soccer Plus, 1 p.m.

Group C, White Hart Lane, London, England, United Kingdom
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Beşiktaş — Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.

Group D, Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Celtic vs. Dinamo Zagreb — Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m.

Group F, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
Internazionale Milano vs. Qarabağ — Fox Soccer Plus, 3 p.m.

UEFA Europa League Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 11:30 a.m.
UEFA Europa League Full Time — Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.
UEFA Europa League Highlights — Fox Sports 2, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
A Fistful of Dollars — Encore, 8 p.m.
Food Truck Face-Off: Showdown on South Congress — Food Network, 8 p.m.
Red 2 — HBO, 8 p.m.
Man of Steel — HBO2, 8 p.m.
Haven: Much Ado About Mara — Syfy, 8 p.m.
truTV Top Funniest — truTV, 8 p.m.
Bad Judge (series premiere) — NBC, 9 p.m.
Donut Showdown: Jungle — Cooking Channel, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Broad Daylight — A&E, 9 p.m.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back — IFC, 9 p.m.
Jarhead — Showtime, 9 p.m.
The Layover With Anthony Bourdain: Extra Miles: São Paulo — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: Distressed Dining Room — HGTV, 9:30 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Against All Odds — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Kansas City — HGTV, 10 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
The Devil’s Advocate — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
The L Word: LMFAO — Showcase, 10 p.m.
Aliens — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
No Reservations: Asia Files: Volume 1 (series premiere) — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Dead Again: Behind Closed Doors (series premiere) — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
Carnival Eats: Miami-Dade County Fair/Sarasota County Agricultural Fair — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: São Paulo, Brazil — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Black Jesus: Gangsta’s Paradise — Cartoon Network, 11 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Ben Steele — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Longineers: They Call Us the Longineers (series premiere) — DIY Network, 11 p.m.
E! News! — E!, 11 p.m.
Atlantic City Hookers: It Ain’t E-Z Being a Ho — HBO, 11 p.m.
The L Word: Leaving Los Angeles — Showcase, 11 p.m.
The Canterville Ghost — Turner Classic Movies, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Lynn Sherr — 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.
Late Show With David Letterman — CBS, 11:50 p.m.
Monster — Sho2, midnight
A Dark Truth — The Movie Channel, midnight
At Midnight: Tim Minchin; Rhys Darby; Emily Heller — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
Adam Devine’s House Party: The Wolf of Bourbon Street — 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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