Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
ESPNU College Basketball Media Days — ESPNU, 3 p.m.

College Football
BTN Football & Beyond 2014 — Big Ten Network, noon
CFB Daily — ESPNU, 1 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN, 2:30 p.m.
ESPNU Film Room — ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.
SEC Film Room — SEC Network, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Florida at South Carolina — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Wisconsin at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Arkansas at Texas A&M — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Kansas State at Texas Christian — Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Texas Tech at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Illinois at Iowa — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour
World Match Play Championship, The London Golf Club, Ash, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Day One — Golf Channel, 9 a.m.

PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Port Royal Golf Course, Southampton, Bermuda
Day Two — TNT, 4 p.m.

PGA Tour
Shriners Hospital for Children, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, NV
Pro-Am — Golf Channel, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
KEB HanaBank Championship, Sky 72 Golf Club, Ocean Course, Incheon, Republic of Korea
1st Round — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

European Tour Weekly — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
School of Golf: Chapter 32: From Tee to Green — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
Lesson Tee Live: David Leadbetter — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

MLB Postseason
American League Championship Series, Kaufman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Game 4: Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals — TBS, 4 p.m. (Kansas City leads series 3-0)

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 3 p.m.
MLB Postseason Pregame — TBS, 3:30 p.m.
The Postseason Show — TBS, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7:30 p.m.

National League Championship Series, AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
Game 4: St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m. (San Francisco leads series 2-1)

MLB on Fox Sports 1 Pregame Show — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: League Championship Series — MLB Tonight, 11 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, midnight

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

NBA Preseason
Brooklyn vs. Sacramento at Beijing, Communist China — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland vs. Indiana at Cincinnati, OH — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NBA Press Conference: Nets/Kings Post Game — NBA TV, 10 a.m.
ESPN the Magazine: NBA Season Preview — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
The Starters: Season Preview, Part 2 — NBA TV, 9:30 p.m.
Hang Time Road Trip — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NFL
NFL Insiders — ESPN, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
Around the NFL — NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Replay: Dallas at Seattle — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2014 Week 7 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
NFL Turning Point: 2014 Week 6 — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

NHL
Boston at Detroit — NBCSN/Sportsnet One/TVA Sports, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Chicago — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 8 p.m.
Edmonton at Arizona — Sportsnet West/Fox Sports Arizona, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet East/Sportsnet Ontario/NHL Network (US), noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Live — NBCSN, 7 p.m.
NHL on the Fly — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Overtime — NBCSN, 10:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
Hockey Central Tonight — Sportsnet East/Sportsnet Ontario/Sportsnet Pacific/NHL Network (US), 11:30 p.m.

Soccer
Men’s
African Cup of Nations 2015
Qualifiers, Final Round
Group D, Omnisports Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Cameroon vs. Sierra Leone — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

Group D, Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Cote d’Ivoire vs. Democratic Republic of Congo — beIN Sports, 12:55 p.m.

Group E, Tamale Stadium, Tamale, Ghana
Ghana vs. Guinea — beIN Sports, 3 p.m. (same day coverage)

Women’s
CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying 2014
Group 1, Sporting Park, Kansas City, MO
Guatemala vs. Haiti — Fox Sports 2, 6 p.m.
United States vs. Trinidad and Tobago — Fox Sports 2, 8:30 p.m.

CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying Pregame — Fox Sports 2, 8 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.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
The Mike Francesa Show — Fox Sports 1, 1 p.m./Fox Sports 2, 5 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb 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.
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.
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.
E:60 — ESPN, 7 p.m.
Running the Sahara — Universal Sports, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: The Day the Series Stopped — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
30 for 30 Shorts: Fields of Fear — ESPN2, 10 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP Tour
Stockholm Open, Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden
3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m. (same day coverage)

WTA Tour
Luxembourg Open, CK Sports Center Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
3rd Round — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m. & 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

ATP Tour
Kremlin Cup, Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia
2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

ATP World Tour Uncovered — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.

Entertainment
Survivor: Blood vs. Water: We’re a Hot Mess — CBS, 8 p.m.
The Mysteries of Laura (Possibly the Final Days) — NBC, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen: 12 Chefs Compete — Fox, 8 p.m.
Nature: Animal Misfits (season premiere) — PBS, 8 p.m.
Arrow — The CW, 8 p.m.
Django Unchained — Sho2, 8 p.m.
Renovate to Rent: Dining Room Do-Over — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Red Band Society (The Final Days) — Fox, 9 p.m.
How We Got to Now With Steven Johnson: Clean; Time (series premiere) — PBS, 9 p.m.
The Getaway: David Koechner in Dublin (season premiere) — Esquire Network, 9 p.m.
Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage: Heat Two — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Tiny House Nation: Tiny Haunted House — FYI, 9 p.m.
We’re the Millers — HBO, 9 p.m.
Buying and Selling — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Surviving Evil: Bound by Love — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ghost Hunters: A Textbook Case — Syfy, 9 p.m.
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion — Disney XD, 9:30 p.m.
blackish — ABC, 9:31 p.m.
The Filthy Rich Guide: The Filthy Rich Guide To Never Growing Up — CNBC, 10 p.m.
South Park: Handicar — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Best in Chow: Hot Dog Wars Nashville — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Sledgehammer: Smashing Walls To Build An Up-To-Date Kitchen And Workspece for Two Flavor Techs — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
The Soup: Rob Corddry — E!, 10 p.m.
My Friends Call Me Johnny: Stephen Chao; Calvin Klein — Esquire Network, 10 p.m.
The League: The Heavenly Fouler — FXX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Outrageous 911: The Mean Lady Next Door — TLC, 10 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Only on the Homestead — Discovery, 10 p.m.
American Horror Story: Freak Show: Massacres and Matinees — FX, 10 p.m.
Unlivable: Kurt & Emily (series premiere) — FYI, 10 p.m.
Dead on Arrival: The Road to Hell (season finale) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dream School: Les Stroud: Survivorman — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Franklin & Bash — TNT, 10 p.m.
Elton John in Concert — VH1 Classic, 10 p.m.
Key & Peele — Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.
Compete to Eat: College Kid Cook Off — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Outrageous 911: Kid in the Vending Machine — TLC, 10:30 p.m.
Ali G: Rezurection: Guns — FXX, 10:32 p.m.
The Daily Show: Bill O’Reilly — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Nitro Circus Live: Canada; Detroit — MTV2, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Unlivable: Ryan & Chelsea — FYI, 11 p.m.
12 Years a Slave — HBO2, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Justin Simlen — 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 — 11:35 p.m.
Elizabethtown — The Movie Channel, 11:45 p.m.
Life of Pi — HBO Family, 11:55 p.m.
Live From E! — E!, midnight
Color of Night — TMC Extra, midnight
At Midnight: Kurt Braunohler; Thomas Dale; Mary Lynn Rajskub — Comedy Central, 12:01 a.m. (Thursday)

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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