Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

Boxing
ESPN Boxing Special, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
IBF Middleweight Elimination Bout
Hassan N’Dam vs. Curtis Stevens — ESPN2, 9 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, 6:30 p.m.
SEC Film Room — SEC Network, 10 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
Missouri at Mississippi — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 7:30 p.m.
TCU at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.
Iowa State at Texas — Longhorn Network, 8 p.m.
Georgia at Auburn — ESPNU, 9 p.m.
USC at Washington — Pac-12 Networks, 10:30 p.m.

Golf
Big Break Invitational, Reynolds Plantation, Great Waters Course, Lake Oconee, GA
Day 2: Modified Stableford Scoring System — Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Reignwood Pine Valley LPGA Classic, Pine Valley Golf Club, Beijing, Communist China
1st Round — Golf Channel, 11 p.m.

European Tour Weekly — Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.
School of Golf: Chapter 30: Personal Pearls — Golf Channel, 7 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Tonight — Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Melendez vs. Team Pettis: Make a Big Strike — Fox Sports 1, 10 p.m.

MLB Postseason
National League Wild Card
San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates — ESPN, 8 p.m.

The Rundown — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Wild Card Pregame — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight — ESPN, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Wild Card Postgame — MLB Network, 11 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — Fox Sports 1, 6 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: Game of the Week: Philadelphia at San Francisco — NFL Network, 8 p.m.
Inside the NFL: 2014 Week 5 — NFL Network, 9 p.m.
NFL Turning Point: 2014 Week 4 — NBCSN, 10 p.m.
Sound FX: Cris Carter — NFL Network, 10:30 p.m.

NHL Preseason
Washington at Buffalo — MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit — NHL Network (US)/Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Chicago — RDS/Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 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, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN2, 1 p.m.
SVP & Russillo — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
SportsNation — ESPN2, 1:30 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.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, 4:45 p.m.
Olbermann — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
America’s Pregame — Fox Sports 1, 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.
Fox Sports Live — Fox Sports 1, 11 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Communist China Open, National Tennis Center, Beijing, Communist China
Men’s and Women’s 2nd Round — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m.

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

UEFA Champions League
Match Day 2, Group Stage
Group A, Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
Atlético vs. Juventus — ESPN2, 2:30 p.m.

Group D, Arsenal Stadium, London, England
Arsenal vs. Galatasaray — Fox Sports 1, 2:30 p.m.

Group B, Stadium: St. Jakob-Park, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Basel vs. Liverpool — Fox Sports 2, 2:30 p.m.

Group B, Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ludogorets vs. Real Madrid — Fox Sports Net, 2:30 p.m.

UEFA Champions League Pregame — Fox Sports 1/Fox Sports 2/Fox Sports Net/Fox Soccer Plus, 2 p.m.
Multimatch 90 — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 p.m.
UEFA Champions League Highlights — Fox Soccer Plus, 1:30 a.m./Fox Sports 2, 2 a.m. (Thursday)

Entertainment
The Middle — ABC, 8 p.m.
My Grandmother’s Ravioli: Corn Star — Cooking Channel, 8 p.m.
Rescue My Renovation: Damage Point — DIY Network, 8 p.m.
Survivor: Blood vs. Water: Method to the Madness — CBS, 8 p.m.
The Mysteries of Laura (The Final Days) — NBC, 8 p.m.
Hell’s Kitchen: 14 Chefs Compete — Fox, 8 p.m.
Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, A Nature Special Presentation: First Steps — PBS, 8 p.m.
Driving Miss Daisy — Encore, 8 p.m.
The 50 Year Argument — HBO2, 8:15 p.m.
Red Band Society (The Final Days) — Fox, 9 p.m.
Buying and Selling: Laura & Ken — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Surviving Evil: Coke Crazed Killer — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Legends: Iconoclast — TNT, 9 p.m.
black-ish — ABC, 9:30 p.m.
Mystery Diners: Vintage Scams — Food Network, 9:30 p.m.
The Motel Life — Sho2, 9:35 p.m.
Barb Wire — The Movie Channel, 9:40 p.m.
Wahlburgers: Something’s Fishy — A&E, 10 p.m.
South Park: Gluten Free Ebola — Comedy Central, 10 p.m.
Best in Chow: Pizza Wars Regina — Cooking Channel, 10 p.m.
Sledgehammer: Smashing the Way to a Bigger Dining Room, Kitchen and Laundry Room — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
The Soup — E!, 10 p.m.
My Friends Call Me Johnny: Jann Wenner; David Kelley — Esquire Network, 10 p.m.
The League: The Hot Tub — FXX, 10 p.m.
House Hunters: Arizona — HGTV, 10 p.m.
How It’s Made: Dream Cars: Lucra LC4670 — Science Channel, 10 p.m.
Outrageous 911: Big Files and Missing Chickens — TLC, 10 p.m.
Rise of the Black Pharaohs — PBS, 10 p.m.
The Bridge (season finale) — FX, 10 p.m.
Hooked: Illegal Drugs: Marijuana — H2, 10 p.m.
Dead on Arrival: Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Dream School (season premiere) — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
Franklin & Bash: Falcon’s Nest — TNT, 10 p.m.
Key & Peele — Comedy Central, 10:30 p.m.
Compete to Eat: Game On! — Cooking Channel, 10:30 p.m.
House Hunters International: Brussels, Belgium — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Outrageous 911: The Mailman is Drunk — TLC, 10:30 p.m.
Ali G: Rezurection: Health — FXX, 10:38 p.m.
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart: Lena Dunham — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Man v. Food Best Of: Cheesy Goodness — Travel Channel, 11 p.m.
E! News — E!, 11 p.m.
Nitro Circus: The Movie — MTV2, 11 p.m.
Conan — TBS, 11 p.m.
Man v. Food Best Of: Juicy Bites — Travel Channel, 11:30 p.m.
Flirting With Disaster — The Movie Channel, 11:30 p.m.
The Colbert Report: Admiral Mike Mullen — 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.
Death and Life — Showcase, midnight
At Midnight: Tom Lennon; Cameron Esposito; Daniel Sloss — 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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