Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, January 28

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football
2012 Senior Bowl, Mobile AL
North vs. South — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

College Hockey
Maine at Boston University — CBS Sports Network, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Cloud State — Fox Sports North, 8 p.m.
Wisconsin at North Dakota — Fox Sports Wisconsin Plus, 8 p.m.

FA Cup
Queens Park Rangers vs. Chelsea — Fox Socer Plus, 6:55 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Manchester United — Fox Soccer, 7:30 a.m.

4th Round
Leicester City vs. Swindon — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:55 a.m.
Derby County vs. Stoke City — Fox Soccer, 10 a.m.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Newcastle United — Fox Soccer, noon

Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, San Jose, CA
Ladies Short Program/Free Dance — NBC, 4 p.m.
Ladies Free Skate — NBC, 9 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour: Abu Dhabi Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m.
PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC: Evans vs. Davis Prelims — Fuel, 5 p.m.
UFC: Evans vs. Davis — Fox, 8 p.m.

Motor Sports
24 Hours of Daytona — Speed, 2:30 p.m.

NBA
Sacramento at Utah — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NHL
2012 NHL All-Star Skills Competition, Ottawa, Canada
Team Alfredsson vs. Team Chara — NBC Sports Network/CBC, 7 p.m.

2012 NHL All-Star Skills Competition Preview — NHL Network, 4 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2012 NHL All-Star Skills Competition Recap — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Women’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine World Cup, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
Australian Open, Women’s Final: Victoria Azarenka vs. Maria Sharapova — ESPN2, 3:30 a.m.
Australian Open, Men’s Doubles Final: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan vs. Leander Paes/Radek Stepanek — Tennis Channel, 5:30 a.m.

Entertainment
Giada at Home: Game Day Favorites — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
French Food at Home: Cooking for One — Cooking Channel, noon
Ultimate Factories: Frito Lay — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
The Fades — BBC America, 9 p.m.
Namath — HBO, 9 p.m.
48 Hours Mystery: A Fatal Attraction — CBS, 10 p.m.
Iron Chef America: Tailgate Showdown — Food Network, 10 p.m.
An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List: Trans-Siberian Express — Discovery Science, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10:15 p.m.
Would You Rather with Graham Norton? — BBC America, 11 p.m.

Sunday, January 29

College Basketball Viewing Picks

FA Cup
Sunderland vs. Middlesbrough — Fox Soccer Plus, 8:30 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa — Fox Soccer, 11 a.m.

Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating Championships, San Jose, CA
Pairs Free Skate/Men’s Free Skate — NBC, 3 p.m.

Golf
European PGA Tour: Abu Dhabi Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 4 a.m.
PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open, Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m./CBS, 3 p.m.

Motor Sports
24 Hours of Daytona — Speed, 9 a.m.

NBA
Chicago at Miami — ABC, 3:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas — ESPN, 6:30 p.m.

NFL
2012 Pro Bowl, Honolulu, HI
AFC vs. NFC — NBC, 7 p.m.

NFL Total Access: 2012 NFL Pro Bowl Pregame — NFL Network, 4 p.m.

NHL
2012 NHL All-Star Game, Ottawa, Canada
Team Alfredsson vs. Team Chara — CBC/NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.

NHL Tonight: 2012 NHL All-Star Game Preview — NHL Network, 1 p.m.
NHL Tonight: 2012 NHL All-Star Game Edition — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

Olympics
CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Soccer Qualifying Tournament, Vancouver, Canada
Final
Canada vs. USA — NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Men’s Super G — Universal Sports, 11 a.m. (same day coverage)

FIS Alpine World Cup, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Women’s Super Combined/Giant Slalom — Universal Sports, 2 p.m. (same day coverage)

Tennis
Australian Open, Mixed Doubles Final — Tennis Channel, 12:30 a.m.
Australian Open, Men’s Final: Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic — ESPN2, 3 a.m.

Track & Field
MSG U.S. Open — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
10 Dollar Dinners with Melissa: Big Buffalo, Ten Bills — Food Network, 9 a.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
Once Upon A Time — ABC, 8 p.m.
18th Annual Screen Actor Guild Awards — TBS, 8 p.m.
Downton Abbey — PBS, 9 p.m.
Luck (series premiere) — HBO, 9 p.m.
Shameless — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Pill Nation — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Courtenay Savage — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
House of Lies — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: Storm of the Century — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Californication — Showtime, 10:30 p.m.

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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