Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, November 24

Boxing
Championship Boxing
Welterweights: Ricky Hatton vs. Vyacheslav Senchenko — Showtime, 5 p.m.

World Championship Boxing
Welterweights: Andre Berto vs. Robert Guerrero — HBO, 10 p.m.

24/7: Pacquaio/Marquez 4, Episode 2 — HBO, 12:15 a.m. (Sunday)

College Basketball
Men’s
Battle 4 Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas
7th Place Game: Memphis vs. Northern Iowa — AXS.TV, 1 p.m.
5th Place Game: Minnesota vs. Stanford — AXS.TV, 3:30 p.m.
3rd Place Game: VCU vs. Missouri — NBC Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Final: Duke vs. Louisville — NBC Sports Network, 9:30 p.m.

Global Sports Classic, Las Vegas, NV
3rd Place Game:
Cincinnati vs. Oregon — CBS Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.

Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, AK
Semifinal
CBS Sports Network, 1:30 a.m.

Las Vegas Invitational, Las Vegas, NV
3rd Place Game: Wisconsin vs. Arkansas– ESPN3, 8 p.m.
Final:  Creighton vs. Arizona State — ESPNU, 11 p.m.

South Padre Island Invitational, South Padre Island, TX
3rd Place Game: UAB vs. TCU — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Final: Illinois State vs. Northwestern — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m.

Colorado State at Washington — Pac-12 Network, 7:30 p.m.
Kent State at Nebraska — Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.
Cal State-Northridge at BYU — BYU TV, 9 p.m.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Washington State — Pac-12 Network, 9:30 p.m.
Wright State at Utah — Pac-12 Network (Mountain), 9:30 p.m.

Women’s
UConn vs. Purdue at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands — SNY, 8 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Minnesota at Vermont — Fox Sports North/NESN, 7 p.m.
Cornell vs. Michigan at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY — MSG Network, 8 p.m.
Minnesota State at Wisconsin — Fox Sports North Plus, 8 p.m.

English Championship
Wolverhampton vs. Nottingham Forest — beIN Sport, 12:55 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Sunderland vs. West Bromwich Albion — Fox Soccer, 7:30 a.m.
Manchester United vs. Queens Park Rangers — Fox Soccer, 9:30 a.m.
Stoke City vs. Fulham — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:53 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Arsenal — Fox Soccer, 12:30 p.m.
Everton vs. Norwich City — Fox Soccer, 2:30 p.m. (same day coverage)
Wigan Athletic vs. Reading — Fox Soccer, 4:30 p.m. (same day coverage)

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
NHK Trophy, Miyagi, Japan
Free Dance — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)
Men’s Free Skate — Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European Tour: World Tour Championship, 3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

MLB
The World Series: History of the Fall Classic — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NBA
Chicago at Milwaukee — WGN America, 9 p.m.
Utah at Sacramento — NBA TV, 10 p.m.

NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.

NFL
EA Madden Skills Challenge — NFL Network, 10 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell vs. Heart of Midlothian — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:40 a.m.
St. Mirren vs. Dundee — Fox Soccer Plus, noon (same day coverage)

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup, Lake Louise, Canada
Men’s Downhill — Universal Sports, 1:30 p.m.

Sports Talk
SportsNation: Turkeys — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
SportsNation — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29 — ESPN Classic, 6 p.m.

Entertainment
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 9 a.m.
The Rundown — Cinemax, 9:20 a.m.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Cartoon Network, 9:30 a.m.
Top Gear: Vietnam Special — BBC America, 10 a.m.
Top 20 Video Countdown — VH1, 10 a.m.
Giada at Home: Share the Amore — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Red Tails — HBO, 7:45 p.m.
Too Cute!: Sweetest Animal Friends — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King — Encore, 8 p.m.
The Spirit — IFC, 8 p.m.
Kelsey’s Essentials: Honey — Cooking Channel, 8:30 p.m.
Renovation Realities: The Saslow Job — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Redneck Island — CMT, 9 p.m.
Motives & Murders: The Body in the Bay — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
20/20 on TLC: Jaycee Dugard: In Her Own Words-Part 1 — TLC, 9 p.m.
Renovation Realities: The Jenkins Job — DIY Network, 9:30 p.m.
Family Under Construction: Backyard Disaster — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
How the States Got Their Shapes: Mess With Texas — H2, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Presumed Guilty — CBS, 10 p.m.
Pit Bulls and Parolees: Trapped Below — Animal Planet, 10 p.m.
The Haunting Of…: Kelly Carlson — Biography Channel, 10 p.m.
Untold Stories of the E.R.: Crowbar in Head — Discovery Fitness & Health, 10 p.m.
Fatal Vows: Blood and Wine — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Wedding Band — TBS, 10 p.m.
20/20 on TLC: Jaycee Dugard: In Her Own Words-Part 2 — TLC, 10 p.m.
Family Under Construction: Cops and Robbers — DIY Network, 10:30 p.m.
Kyle Kinane: Whiskey Icarus — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.

Sunday, November 25

CFL
100th Grey Cup, Toronto, ON
Calgary Stampeders vs. Toronto Argonauts — TSN/NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.

College Basketball
Men’s

DirecTV Classic, Anaheim, CA
5th Place Game: Xavier vs. Drake — ESPN2, 1:30 p.m.
7th Place Game: Drexel vs. Rice — ESPN3, 4 p.m.
3rd Place Game: St. Mary’s vs. Georgia Tech — ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
Final: Pacific vs. Cal — ESPN2, 9 p.m.

Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, AK
Final: Northeastern vs. Charlotte — CBS Sports Network, 12:30 a.m.

Old Spice Classic, Orlando, FL
5th Place Game: Marist vs. Clemson — ESPNU/ESPN 3D, 11:30 a.m.
7th Place Game: UTEP vs. Vanderbilt — ESPN3/ESPN 3D, 2 p.m.
3rd Place Game: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma — ESPNU/ESPN 3D, 4:30 p.m.
Final: Davidson vs. Gonzaga — ESPN2/ESPN 3D, 7 p.m.

Colgate at Syracuse — Big East Network, 1 p.m.
Villanova at LaSalle — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Portland State at Oklahoma State — Fox Sports Oklahoma/Fox College Sports Central, 2 p.m.
Stony Brook at UConn — Big East Network, 4 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Illinois — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Ball State at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Air Force at Colorado — Pac-12 Network, 8 p.m.
Portland at New Mexico — Root Sports (Northwest/Rocky Mountain), 8 p.m.

Women’s
South Carolina Upstate at Kentucky — Fox Sports Net-regional (North/San Diego/South), 1 p.m.

College Football
BCS Countdown — ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
ESPNU BCS Countdown — ESPNU, 9 p.m.

College Volleyball
Women’s
2012 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship Selection Show — ESPNU, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Swansea City vs. Liverpool — ESPN2, 8:15 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester City — Fox Soccer, 10:15 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Ham United — Fox Soccer Plus, 10:53 a.m.
Southampton vs. Newcastle United — Fox Soccer, 1 p.m. (same day coverage)

Goals on Sunday — Fox Soccer, 1 p.m.

Figure Skating
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
NHK Trophy, Miyagi, Japan
Ladies & Men’s Free Skate — NBC, 2 p.m. (tape)
Pairs Free Skate — Universal Sports, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

Kaleidoscope on Ice — CBS, 3 p.m. or 5 p.m.

Formula 1
Brazilian Grand Prix — Speed, 10:30 a.m.

Golf
European Tour: World Tour Championship, Final Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

Skiing
FIS Alpine World Cup, Lake Louise, Canada
Men’s Super G — Universal Sports, 1 p.m.

Sports Talk
Outside the Lines — ESPNews, 9:30 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Sandra’s Restaurant Remakes: Big Flavor Heavy Hitters — Food Network, 10 a.m.
Maltin on Movies — Reelz, 10 a.m.
Cujo — AMC, 10 a.m.
Sandwich King: Boogie Bites — Food Network, 11 a.m.
The Best Thing I Ever Made: Rockin’ Roasts — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed — H2, noon
60 Minutes — CBS, 7 p.m.
2012 Soul Train Awards Red Carpet — BET, 7 p.m.
Behind the Music Remastered: Rick James — VH1 Classic, 7 p.m.
I Want That: I Want That Holiday Special — DIY Network, 8 p.m.
Once Upon a Time — ABC, 8 p.m.
The Amazing Race 21: Fishy Kiss — CBS, 8 p.m.
Downton Abbey Revisited — PBS, 8 p.m.
2012 Soul Train Awards — BET, 8 p.m.
Inside Underground Poker — National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
Yard Crashers: A Music Lover’s Holiday Yard — DIY Network, 8:30 p.m.
House Crashers: Holiday Party Headquarters — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
The Walking Dead — AMC, 9 p.m.
The Next Iron Chef: Redemption: Transformation — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Boardwalk Empire — HBO, 9 p.m.
Sins & Secrets: Carthage — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Drugs, Inc.: Hurricane Blow — National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
Snapped: Sheila Davalloo — Oxygen, 9 p.m.
Dexter — Showtime, 9 p.m.
Kitchen Crashers: Festive Firehouse Kitchen — DIY Network, 9:30 p.m.
Building Alaska: Roughing It on the Island — DIY Network, 10 p.m.
I Survived: Audrey; Todd; Kimberley — Biography Channel, 10 p.m.
Treme (season finale) — HBO, 10 p.m.
House Hunters Renovation: Quirky and Modern Bedroom Blend — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Unusual Suspects: Killings in Kentucky — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Alaska State Troopers: Grizzly-pendence Day — National Geographic Channel, 10 p.m.
Homeland — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Apollo Live (series premiere) — BET, 10:30 p.m.
Talking Dead — AMC, 11 p.m.
Lightmares — DIY Network, 11 p.m.
Comic Book Men: Tough S&*% — AMC, 11:30 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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