Weekend Viewing Picks

by Ken Fang on November 6, 2009

Saturday, November 7

Boxing
24/7 Pacquaio/Cotto – HBO, 9:30 p.m.
World Championship Boxing/IBO Light Heavyweight Title, Chad Dawson vs. Glen Johnson, HBO, 9:30 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Sunderland – ESPN2, 9:55 a.m.
Manchester City vs. Burnley – Setanta Sports, 9:55 a.m.
Aston Villa vs. Bolton – Fox Soccer Channel, 10 a.m.
Wolverhampton vs. Arsenal – Fox Soccer Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Blackburn vs. Portsmouth – Setanta Sports, 6:45 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
PGA European Tour/World Golf Championships, HSBC Champions, final round – Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

Horse Racing
Breeders Cup, live from Santa Anita – WCVB/WMUR/WLNE, 1:30 p.m./ESPN, 3:30 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers – WBZ/WPRI, 9 p.m.
UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira – Spike TV, 9 p.m.

NBA
Denver at Atlanta – NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Boston at New Jersey – Comcast SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Chicago – WGN America, 8 p.m.

NHL
Detroit at Toronto – NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Boston – NESN, 7 p.m.

NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 10 p.m.

Entertainment
Giada at Home: Giada’s Kidz Kitchen – Food Network, 1 p.m.
Legend of the Seeker (season premiere) – WGN America, 4 p.m./CW28. 8 p.m. (WCVB, Sunday, 11:45 p.m.)
Cops – WFXT/WNAC, 8 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back – WFXT/WNAC, 9 p.m.
Robin Hood – BBC America, 9 p.m.
Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall – History Channel, 10 p.m.
The Wanda Sykes Show (series premiere) – WFXT/WNAC, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with Taylor Swift – WHDH/WNAC, 11:29 p.m.

Sunday, November 8

College Football
Nevada at San Jose State – ESPN, 8:30 p.m.

English Premier League
Hull City vs. Stoke City – Setanta Sports, 8:25 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Manchester United – Fox Soccer Channel, 11 a.m.
West Ham United vs. Everton – Fox Soccer Channel, 5 p.m. (same day coverage)

NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series/Dickies 500 – WCVB/WMUR/WLNE, 3:15 p.m.

NBA
Golden State at Sacramento – NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
Sandra’s Money Saving Meals: Chinese Take Out – Food Network, noon
60 Minutes – WBZ/WPRI, 7 p.m.
The Amazing Race 15 – WBZ/WPRI, 8 p.m.
2012: Countdown to Armageddon – National Geographic Channel, 8 p.m.
2012 Apocalypse – Discovery, 9 p.m.
Curb Your Enthusiam – HBO, 9 p.m.
Mad Men (season finale) – AMC, 10 p.m.
Snapped: Monique Turenne – Oxygen, 10 p.m.

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Friday’s Viewing Picks

by Ken Fang on November 6, 2009

College Football
Boise State at Louisiana Tech – ESPN2, 8 p.m.

Golf
PGA European Tour/World Golf Championships, HSBC Champions, 3rd round – Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

MLB
New York Yankees Victory Parade – MLB Network, 11 a.m.

NBA
Phoenix at Celtics – Comcast SportsNet, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland at New York – ESPN, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Portland – ESPN, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 8 p.m.

Entertainment
Ghost Whisperer – WBZ/WPRI, 8 p.m.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross – BBC America, 9 p.m.
Lock ‘n Load with R. Lee Ermey – History Channel, 10 p.m.
20/20 – WCVB/WMUR/WLNE, 10 p.m.
Late Show with David Letterman – WBZ/WPRI, 11:35 p.m.
Life on Top – Cinemax, 12:05 a.m.

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Thursday’s Viewing Picks

November 5, 2009

College Football
Virginia Tech at East Carolina – ESPN, 7:30 p.m.
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois – ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.
Golf
PGA European Tour/World Golf Championships HSBC Champions, 2nd round – Golf Channel, 11 p.m.
NBA
Chicago at Cleveland – TNT, 8 p.m.
San Antonio at Utah – TNT, 10:30 p.m.
Inside the NBA – TNT, 1 a.m.
NHL
Montreal at Bruins – NESN, 7 [...]

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The Mid-Week Links

November 4, 2009

It’s Wednesday, the middle of the week and it’s time to do some links. By the way, you may see this a lot over the next 100 days until the start of the Winter Olympics. NBC Universal will be doing a big promotional push for the Vancouver games. NBCOlympics.com has done a relaunch and added [...]

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Wednesday’s Viewing Picks

November 4, 2009

Golf
PGA European Tour/World Championships/HSBC Champions, 1st round – Golf Channel, 11 p.m.
MLB
MLB Tonight: World Series Live – MLB Network, 5;30 p.m.
World Series/Game 6, Philadelphia at New York Yankees – WFXT/WNAC, 7:57 p.m.
MLB Tonight: World Series Live – MLB Network, midnight
NBA
Miami at Washington – ESPN, 7 p.m.
Boston at Minnesota – Comcast SportsNet, 8 p.m.
Dallas at New [...]

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Review of 30 for 30 – “Without Bias”

November 3, 2009

This is a review of the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary film, “Without Bias“. For a generation of Americans aged 35-50, the date of June 19, 1986 will forever resonate. It’s the day the young, vibrant and talented basketball star, Len Bias died. Drafted the same week by the Boston Celtics, Bias, a forward at [...]

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A Tuesday Link Party

November 3, 2009

I had to leave my office earlier today to help one of my employees who doesn’t know who to install a printer driver properly so that has put me behind the 8 ball for the rest of the day so I’ll be here late. But after the links, do expect a review of tonight’s ESPN [...]

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Mayne Street – I Thought We Were Friends

November 3, 2009

In this latest webisode, Kenny’s lovely producer, Sarah Morton (Alison Becker), tries to break away from ESPN and join Jimmy Kimmel’s Live staff, but not without Kenny’s intervention.
Mayne Street – S03 Ep. 2
Not bad. Nice to see Alison again. We have always liked Alison.

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Tuesday’s Viewing Picks

November 3, 2009

College Football
Bowling Green at Buffalo – ESPN2, 7 p.m.
MLB
MLB Tonight: World Series Live – MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Path to the Championship – MLB Network, 7 p.m.
NBA
Celtics at Philadelphia – Comcast SportsNet, 7 p.m.
NHL
Bruins at Detroit – Versus, 7 p.m.
NHL On The Fly – NHL Network, 8 p.m.
UEFA Champions League
AC Milan vs. Real Madrid – Comcast [...]

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A Monday Link Thing

November 2, 2009

The links are here for you. Let’s go over them. Lots of good stuff.
Starting with Bob Kimball of USA Today who discusses Fox NFL Sunday heading to Afghanistan and the World Series.
To Sports Business Journal where we have a few stories for you today.
John Ourand has a column where he talks about what Comcast should [...]

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