We’re officially in the dog days of summer as we don’t have too much sports viewing other than the Open Championship and baseball for the weekend.
The Red Sox without Julio Lugo start the second half of the season in Canada as they take on the Toronto Blue Jays. NESN has all three games starting at 7 tonight, then two weekend afternoon games at 1 p.m.
Nationally, Fox, TBS and ESPN are forcefeeding the New York teams down our throats. We get a double dose of Mets-Braves on Fox and ESPN. Then TBS has Tigers-Yankees on Sunday afternoon. The only respite we get is from MLB Network and WGN America. Your baseball viewing for the weekend is right here.
TNT and ABC share the Open Championship this weekend without Tiger Woods. At least there’s the story of a 59 year old Tom Watson that could bring viewers, but when Greg Norman was in the hunt last year, the ratings without Tiger for the Open were down considerably from the year before. TNT and ABC start coverage on Saturday at 7 a.m. and on Sunday morning at 6.
Your viewing picks are below.
Saturday, July 18
Cycling
Tour de France/Stage 14 – Versus, 8:30 a.m.
Golf
The Open Championship, 3rd round – TNT, 7 a.m./WCVB, WMUR, WLNE, 9 a.m.
PGA Tour/U.S. Bank Championship, 3rd round – Golf Channel, 4 p.m.
MLB
American League
Red Sox at Toronto – NESN, 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas – MLB Network, 8 p.m.
National League
New York Mets at Atlanta – Fox, 4 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Washington – WGN America, 7 p.m.
Baseball Tonight – ESPN, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight: Roundtripper Final – MLB Network, 11 p.m.
NASCAR
Nationwide Series/Your Name Here 250 – ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.
Entertainment
Giada at Home – Food Network, 1 p.m.
Kings – WHDH/WJAR, 8 p.m.
Cops – WFXT/WNAC, 8:30 p.m.
America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back – WFXT/WNAC, 9 p.m.
Primeval – BBC America, 9 p.m.
Marijuana Inc.: Inside America’s Pot Industry – CNBC, 10 p.m.
Sunday, July 19
Cycling
Tour de France/Stage 15 – Versus, 7:30 a.m.
Golf
The Open Championship, final round – TNT, 6 a.m./WCVB, WMUR, WLNE, 8 a.m.
PGA Tour/U.S. Bank Championship, final round – Golf Channel, 4 p.m.
MLB
American League
Red Sox at Toronto – NESN, 1 p.m.
Detroit at New York Yankees – TBS, 2 p.m.
National League
Chicago Cubs at Washington – WGN America, 7 p.m.
New York Mets at Atlanta – ESPN, 8 p.m.
Baseball Tonight – ESPN, 7 p.m.
Quick Pitch – MLB Network, 7 p.m.
The Pen – MLB Network, 8:30 p.m.
Rickey Henderson: Hall of Famer – MLB Network, 9 p.m.
Inside Studio 42 with Bob Costas: Jim Bouton, author of “Ball Four” – MLB Network, 10 p.m.
Entertainment
That’s The Way It Is: Remembering Walter Cronkite – WBZ/WPRI, 7 p.m.
Big Brother 11 – WBZ/WPRI, 8 p.m.
Deadliest Sea – Discovery, 9 p.m.
Ice Road Truckers – History Channel, 9 p.m.
Living on the Moon – National Geographic Channel, 9 p.m.
True Blood – HBO, 9 p.m.
Hung – HBO, 10 p.m.
Entourage – HBO, 10:30 p.m.
