Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

Baseball
Japan All-Star Series 2014, Kyocera Dome, Osaka, Japan
Game 1: MLB All-Stars vs. Samurai Japan — MLB Network, 4 a.m.

College Football
Kent State at Bowling Green — ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Ball State at UMass — ESPNU, 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.
SEC Film Room — SEC Network, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Mississippi State at Alabama — ESPNU, 6 p.m.
Auburn at Florida — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Michigan at Wisconsin — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
Iowa State at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Southwest Plus, 8 p.m.
Texas Christian at Baylor — Fox College Sports Pacific/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
West Virginia at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Stanford at USC — Pac-12 Networks, 10:30 p.m.

Golf
European Tour Weekly — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
School of Golf: Chapter 36: Great Escapes — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.
Lesson Tee Live: Bill Harmon and Craig Harmon — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Head-Kick Knockouts — Fox Sports 1, 7:30 p.m.
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Scrapettes — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.
Tito vs. Bonnar: Winner Take All — Spike, 11:01 p.m.
Unrivaled: Tito Ortiz — Spike, 11:31 p.m.

MLB
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
Baseball Writers’ Association of America Awards: Cy Young — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Cy Young — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR Race Hub: Chase Championship Special — Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 6 p.m.

NBA
Indiana at Miami — ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Houston vs. Minnesota at Mexico City — ESPN, 10 p.m.

NBA Countdown — ESPN, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 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 Films Presents: Veterans Day — Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.
NFL Replay: San Francisco at New Orleans — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2014 Week 11 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
NFL Films Presents: After Sandy — NFL Network, 10:30 p.m.
NFL Turning Point: 2014 Week 10 — NBCSN, 1 a.m. (Thursday)

NHL
Boston at Toronto — NBCSN/Sportsnet/TVA Sports, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim — NBCSN/Sportsnet One, 10:30 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet (East/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.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 7:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet 360, 11 p.m.

Soccer
Men’s
International Friendly, Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey vs. Brazil — beIN Sports, 1:20 p.m.

International Friendly, Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Netherlands vs. Mexico — ESPN2, 2:25 p.m./UniMás/Univision Deportes, 2:30 p.m.

Fútbol Central — Univision Deportes, 2 p.m.

International Friendly, Boleyn Ground, London, England, United Kindom
Argentina vs. Croatia — beIN Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Copa do Brasil, Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Finals, Leg 1
Atlético Mineiro vs. Cruzeiro — beIN Sports, 6:55 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.
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (DirecTV), noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, 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.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 4:30 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.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — Fox Sports 1, midnight

Tennis
ATP Tour
ATP World Tour Finals, The O2 Arena, London, England, United Kingdom
Group A Doubles
Mark & Bob Bryan vs. Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Alexander Peya/Bruno Soares vs. Lukasz Kubot/Robert Lindstedt — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.

Group A Singles
Tomas Berdych vs. Marin Cilic — Tennis Channel, 9 a.m.
Novak Djokovic vs. Stanislaw Wawrinka — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

Entertainment
The Middle — ABC, 8 p.m.
Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Wrinkle in the Plan — CBS, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen — Fox, 8 p.m.
Arrow — The CW, 8 p.m.
Man of Steel — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Dude, You’re Screwed: Super Screwed: African Ambush — Discovery, 8 p.m.
Restaurant Revolution — Esquire Network, 8 p.m.
How the Universe Works: Expanded Edition — Science Channel, 8 p.m.
In This Our Life — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
Renovate to Rent: University Upgrade — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Red Band Society (The Final Days) — Fox, 9 p.m.
NOVA: Emperor’s Ghost Army — PBS, 9 p.m.
Dude, You’re Screwed: Mayan Sacrifice — Discovery, 9 p.m.
The Getaway: Kyle MacLachlan in Napa Valley — Esquire Network, 9 p.m.
Buying & Selling: Sunita & David — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Your Worst Nightmare: Horror in the Heartland — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Flesh-Eating Krokodil — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
blackish — ABC, 9:30 p.m.
The Car Chasers: Three Great Cares-One Big Problem — CNBC, 10 p.m.
South Park: Grounded Vindaloop — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Best in Chow: BBQ Wars Nashville — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Sledgehammer: The Lucky Leprechaun and Jason Cameron Deliver a New Kitchen, Basement and Cold, Hard Cash — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
Weekend Fix: Vancouver — Esquire Network, 10 p.m.
The League: EBDBnB — FXX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Arlington, VA — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Hot in Cleveland: Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles — TV Land, 10 p.m.
How We Got to Now With Steven Johnson: Sound (series finale) — PBS, 10 p.m.
The Game — BBC America, 10 p.m.
That’s Superhuman: Skill — Discovery Family Channel, 10 p.m.
Kitchen Inferno: Miami Heat — Food Network, 10 p.m.
American Horror Story: Freak Show: Bullseye — FX, 10 p.m.
Love the Way You Lie: Shattered (series premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Bad Boys — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Cocktail — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Strip the Cosmos: Secrets of the Black Hole (series premiere) — Science Channel, 10:02 p.m.
Key & Peele — Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.
Compete to Eat: City Mouse vs. Country Mouse — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
The Exes — TV Land, 10:30 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Steve Carell — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Nitro Circus Live: England — MTV2, 11 p.m.
Web Therapy: Smile Through the Pain — Showtime, 11 p.m.
Alexander — HBO2, 11 p.m.
9½ Weeks — IFC, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Elysium — Encore, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Terence Tao — 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, 11:35 p.m.
At Midnight: Bob Odenkirk; Mike Mitchell; Mike Hanford — 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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