Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Football
BYU at Central Florida — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Hampton at North Carolina A&T — ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota State at Winona State — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
College Football Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 7 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
San Diego State at Stanford — Pac-12 Networks, 9 p.m.

Women’s
Alabama at LSU — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Portland at BYU — BYUtv, 8 p.m.
Stanford at UCLA — Pac-12 Networks, 11 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Texas Tech at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Texas-Pan American at New Mexico State — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 9 p.m.
Montana at Northern Arizona — Fox College Sports Pacific, 10 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
Portugal Masters, Oceanico Victoria Golf Course, Vilamoura, Portugal
1st Round — Golf Channel, 6:30 a.m. & 10 a.m.

PGA Tour
Frys.com Open, Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa, CA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (West Course), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 11:30 p.m.

Gymnastics
45th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Guangxi Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanning, Communist China
Men’s All Around Final — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

MLB
The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

NASCAR
Nationwide Series
October Charlotte Race, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Practice 2 — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series
Chase for the Cup, Contender Round
Bank of America 500, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, NC
Qualifying — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

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

NBA Preseason
Memphis at Houston — NBA TV, 8 p.m.
Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
Indianapolis at Houston — CBS/NFL Network, 8:25 p.m.

Sound FX: J.J. Watt — NFL Network, 1:30 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.
Fantasy Football Live — NBCSN, 6 p.m.
NFL Total Access Kickoff live from Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Thursday Night Kickoff live from Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX — CBS/NFL Network, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Night Football Postgame live from Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX — NFL Network, 11:30 p.m.
Finding Giants: Episode 3 — NFL Network, midnight

NHL
Anaheim at Pittsburgh — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Buffalo — Fox Sports Ohio/MSG Buffalo/Bell TV, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Washington — Sportsnet 360/RDS/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia — MSG Plus/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Boston at Detroit — TVA Sports 2/NESN/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Florida/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
New York Rangers at St. Louis — MSG Network/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Ottawa at Nashville — TSN5/RDS2/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas — Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Southwest, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Minnesota — NBCSN, 9 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton — Sportsnet 360, 9:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Arizona — TSN3/Fox Sports Arizona, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 11:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Tonight — Sportsnet/NHL Network (US), midnight
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)

Soccer
International Friendly
Mexico vs. Honduras — ESPN2, 8:55 p.m./UniMás/Univision Deportes, 9 p.m.

Fútbol Central — UniMás/Univision Deportes, 8 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 8:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.NFL AM — NFL Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 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.
ROME — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 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.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
Shanghai Masters, Qi Zhong Tennis Center, Shanghai, Communist China
Round of 16 — Tennis Channel, 1 a.m.

UEFA Euro 2016
Qualifiers, Match Day 2
Group C, Štadión MŠK Žilina, Zilina, Slovakia
Slovakia vs. Spain — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

Group E, Wembley Stadium, London, England, United Kingdom
England vs. San Marino — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

Group G, Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden
Sweden vs. Russia — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.

Group E, Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia
Slovenia vs. Spain — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Euro 2016 Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
UEFA Euro 2016 Highlights — Fox Sports 2, 11 p.m.

Entertainment
Bones — Fox, 8 p.m.
Raised Wild — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Food Truck Face Off: Brawl in Bayfront Park — Food Network, 8 p.m.
Ironclad — The Movie Channel, 8 p.m.
Portrait of Jennie — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Bad Judge — NBC, 9 p.m.
Food Factory USA: A Whole Lotta Dough — FYI, 9 p.m.
Rehab Addict: In at the Deep End — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Gracepoint — Fox, 9 p.m.
The First 48: Family Ties; A Good Neighbor — A&E, 9 p.m.
Airplane Repo: Wheels Up: Wounded Warbird — Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Layover With Anthony Bourdain: Extra Miles: Singapore — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Food Factory USA: Holy Cannoli! — FYI, 9:30 p.m.
Carnival Eats: Carnival — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Beat Bobby Flay: Sun Up to Show Down — Food Network, 10 p.m.
House Hunters — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Airplane Repo: Wheels Up: Flying Blind — Discovery, 10 p.m.
The L Word: Litmus Test — Showcase, 10 p.m.
No Reservations: Asia Files, Volume 2 — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Dead Again: Key Witness — A&E, 10:01 p.m.
House Hunters International — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Black Jesus: WTFWBJD — Cartoon Network, 11 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Jeremy Renner — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Robert Plant — 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.
Prozac Nation — TMC Extra, 11:35 p.m.
Late Night With David Letterman — CBS, 11:50 p.m.
At Midnight: Grace Helbig; Henry Zebrowski; Matt Mira — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Friday)
Adam Devine’s House Party: Potagoo — 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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