Weekend Viewing Picks

All Times Eastern

Saturday, December 31

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Football Viewing Picks

College Hockey
Men’s
Mariucci Classic, Mariucci Arena, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota vs. UMass — Fox Sports North Plus, 8 p.m.

English Football League Championship
Preston North End vs. Sheffield Wednesday — beIN Sports, 9:55 a.m.

English Premier League
Manchester United vs. Middlesbrough — NBCSN, 9:55 a.m.
Burnley vs. Sunderland — Premier League Extra Time, 9:55 a.m.
Chelsea vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 9:55 a.m.
Leicester City vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 9:55 a.m.
Southampton vs. West Bromwich Albion — Premier League Extra Time, 9:55 a.m.
Swansea City vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 9:55 a.m.
Liverpool vs. Manchester City — NBC Universo, 12:25 p.m./NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Goal Rush — Premier League Extra Time, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.

Hockey
Spengler Cup, Vaillant Arena, Davos, Switzerland
Final
Canada vs. HC Lugano — TSN/TSN4/NHL Network, 6 a.m.

2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship
Group A, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sweden vs. Czech Republic — TSN3/TSN5, 1 p.m.
Finland vs. Switzerland — TSN3/TSN4/TSN5/NHL Network, 6 p.m. (joined in progress)

Group B, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
United States vs. Canada — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5/NHL Network, 3:30 p.m.
Russia vs. Slovakia — TSN/TSN3/TSN4/TSN5/NHL Network, 8 p.m.

2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Pre-Game — TSN/TSN4, 6 p.m.
2017 IIHF World Junior Hockey Post-Game — TSN/TSN4, 6 p.m.

La Liga
La Liga 2016: Best Moments — beIN Sports, 11 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
World Series of Fighting: New York, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Lightweight Title Fight
Justin Gaethje vs. Luiz Firmino — NBC, 4 p.m.

World Series of Fighting Preshow — NBCSN, 2:30 p.m.

Hard Knocks MMA Fighting: Best Fights — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.

NBA
Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City — NBA TV, 8 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA TV Pregame — NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime Postgame — NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NHL
NHL Centennial Classic, BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alumni Game
Detroit at. Toronto — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon

NHL Winter Classic, Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO
Chicago at St. Louis — Sportsnet/Comcast SportsNet Chicago/Fox Sports Midwest, 2:30 p.m.

Hockey Night in Canada
Montreal at Pittsburgh — CBC/TVA Sports/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
New York Islanders at Winnipeg — Sportsnet/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Calgary — Sportsnet One/Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports Arizona Plus, 10 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton — Sportsnet, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Saturday — CBC/Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Boston — MSG Buffalo/NESN, 1 p.m.
Washington at New Jersey — Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic/MSG Plus, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota — Sportsnet 360/Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports North, 6 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Carolinas/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Florida at Dallas — Fox Sports Florida/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
New York Rangers at Colorado — MSG2/Altitude, 8 p.m.

NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 2:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 10:30 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Scottish Premier League
Rangers vs. Celtic — FS1, 7 a.m.

Soccer
The Xtra: Top 50 Goals: Ligue 1 — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.

Sports Talk
SC Featured: Stories of the Year — ESPNews, 8 a.m.
30 for 30: Rand University — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: The U — ESPN Classic, 10 a.m.
30 for 30: The U: Part 2 — EPSN Classic, noon
SC Top Plays of the Year — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
30 for 30: The Two Escobars — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Little Big Men — ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.
Generation Iron — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: The Best That Never Was — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? — ESPN Classic, 9 p.m.
No No: A Dockumentary — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 10:50 p.m.
SEC Storied: Before They Were Cowboys — ESPN2, 10:50 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, midnight

Entertainment
Live From Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic: New Year’s Eve — PBS, 8 p.m.
¡Feliz 2017!
New Year’s Eve Live With Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin — CNN, 8 p.m.
Pit Bulls & Parolees: Pack of Pits: Puppy Rescues Part 1 — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
The X-Files — Starz Encore, 9 p.m.
Ghost Adventures: Dakota’s Sanitorium of Death — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
Late Night With Seth Meyers: New Year’s Eve Special — NBC, 10 p.m.
Bienvenido 2017 — Telemundo, 10 p.m.
The Pinkprint Tour: Nicki Manaj Live From Brooklyn — BET, 10 p.m.
Pitbull’s New Year’s Eve Revolution — Fox, 11 p.m.
Austin City Limits Hall of Fame New Year’s Eve — PBS, 11 p.m.
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve — ABC, 11:30 p.m.
NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Carson Daily — NBC, 11:30 p.m.

Sunday, January 1

College Basketball Viewing Picks

English Premier League
Watford vs. Tottenham Hotspur — NBCSN, 8:25 a.m.
Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace — NBCSN/Telemundo, 10:55 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10:30 a.m.
Premier League Previo — Telemundo, 10:30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Reloaded: UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 — FS1, 6:30 p.m.
Hard Knocks MMA Fighting: Miles Anstead and Mac Laursen — beIN Sports, 8 p.m.
UFC Reloaded: UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes — FS1, 9:30 p.m.

NBA
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11:30 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
NHL Centennial Classic, BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Detroit at Toronto — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/NBC, 3 p.m.

NHL Hockey Central: Pregame — NHL Network, 2 p.m.
Hockey Central — Sportsnet, 2 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey, Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Ottawa Senators at Washington Capitals — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Petawawa, Ontario, Canada — Sportsnet, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Anaheim — NHL Network/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia/Fox Sports Prime Ticket, 8 p.m.

On the Fly — NHL Network, 12:30 a.m.
Top Shelf: Plays of 2016 — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network 11 p.m.

Soccer
La Liga Show: Best Goals — beIN Sports, 6 p.m.
Total Italian Football: Winter Break Special — beIN Sports, 6:30 p.m.
The Xtra: Top 50 Goals: CONMEBOL — beIN Sports, 7 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
ESPN Films: Nixon’s National Champs — ESPNU, 8 a.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN2, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
The Sports Reporters — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
SC Featured: Pin Kings — ESPNews, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
E:60: Pictures: Letterman — ESPNews, 7 p.m.
E:60: Owen and Haatchi — ESPNews, 7:30 p.m.
E:60: Pictures: Love is Stronger — ESPNews, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts — ESPN, 9 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11 p.m.
E:60: Stories of the Year — ESPN2, 11 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
Hopman Cup, Perth Arena, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Group B
United States vs. Czech Republic — Tennis Channel, 6 a.m. (same day coverage)
Australia vs. Spain — Tennis Channel, noon (same day coverage)

ATP/WTA Tour
Brisbane International, Queensland Tennis Center, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1st Round — Tennis Channel, 10 a.m. (same day coverage)
1st Round — Tennis Channel, 8 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 7:30 p.m.

Entertainment
New Year’s Eve Live With Don Lemon and Brooke Baldwin — CNN, 12:30 a.m.
A Fistful of Dollars — Starz Encore, 8:30 a.m.
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Life on the Homestead: The Great Kitcher Quake — Discovery, 9 a.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Life on the Homestead: Shattered Shelter — Discovery, 10 a.m.
For a Few Dollars More — Starz Encore, 10:15 a.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Lfie on the Homestead: Stranded — Discovery, 11 a.m.
Farmhouse Rules: Open House Brunch — Food Network, 11:30 a.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Life on the Homestead: Killer Repairs — Discovery, noon
Brunch at Bobby’s: Inspired by Italy (season finale) — Food Network, 12:30 p.m.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Starz Encore, 12:30 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Life on the Homestead: Under the Knife — Discovery, 1 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Life on the Homestead: One Man Short — Discovery, 2 p.m.
Mighty Tiny Houses — HGTV, 2 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Life on the Homestead: Kitchergiving — Discovery, 3 p.m.
Tiny House Jamboree: Journey to the Tiny House Jamboree — HGTV, 3 p.m.
Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda: Bullet With My Name On It — Investigation Discovery, 3 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Jewel’s Homecoming — Discovery, 4 p.m.
Tiny House, Big Living: How Are They Now? — HGTV, 4 p.m.
The Detectives Club: New Orleans: Murder by the Bayou — Investigation Discovery, 4 p.m.
Tiny House Hunters: New York Bed and Breakfast Owners Go Tiny With Their Teenage Son — HGTV, 5 p.m.
Murder Calls: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing — Investigation Discovery, 5 p.m.
Tiny House Hunters: Bohemian Family Goes Tiny — HGTV, 5:30 p.m.
Beach Hunters: Hunt for an Oregon Beach House — HGTV, 6 p.m.
Who Killed Jane Doe?: The Scarlett Doe — Investigation Discovery, 6 p.m.
Beach Hunters: Hunting for a Dream Beach Houes in Plymouth, MA — HGTV, 6:30 p.m.
Too Cute!: Super Pups: Pint Sizz — Animal Planet, 7 p.m.
Island Life: From Brooklyn to Fire Island — HGTV, 7 p.m.
America’s Funniest Home Videos — ABC, 7 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Life on the Homestead: Chopper Rescue — Discovery, 7 p.m.
I, Witness: Last Dance — Investigation Discovery, 7 p.m.
Island Life: Returning to St. Simons Island — HGTV, 7:30 p.m.
60 Minutes — CBS, 7:30 p.m.
Great Performances: From Vienna : The New Year’s Celebration 2017 — PBS, 7:30 p.m.
The Mick (series premiere) — Fox, 8 p.m.
Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago — CNN, 8 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Homesteading for the Holidays — Discovery, 8 p.m.
HGTV Dream Home 2017 — HGTV, 8 p.m.
Murder Chose Me: Something in the Water — Investigation Discovery, 8 p.m.
The Librarians: And the Curse of Cindy — TNT, 8 p.m.
Food Paradise: Iconic Eats — Travel Channel, 8 p.m.
We Love Puppies — Animal Planet, 8:01 p.m.
Ransom (series premiere) — CBS, 8:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Fox, 8:30 p.m..
Caribbean Life: A California Girl Escapes the City for the Bahamas (season premiere) — HGTV, 9 p.m.
Xtreme Waterparks: First-Time Flyers (season premiere) — Travel Channel, 9 p.m.
To Tell the Truth (season premiere) — ABC. 9 p.m.
Sherlock on Masterpiece: The Six Thatchers (season premiere) — PBS, 9 p.m.
Dogs: The Untold Story: Stronger Together — Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: Bracing for Change — Discovery, 9 p.m.
Worst Cooks in America: A Decade of Dish-Asters — Food Network, 9 p.m.
Wishful Drinking — HBO, 9 p.m.
On the Case With Paula Zahn: A Betrayal Concealed — Investigation Discovery, 9 p.m.
Destination WILD: Wildbebeeste: Born to Run — NatGeoWild, 9 p.m.
That’s Amazing: Risk Takers — Weather Channel, 9 p.m.
Caribbean Life: Bringing the Best of Texas to the Virgin Islands — HGTV, 9:30 p.m.
Xtreme Waterparks: Texas Typhoon — Travel Channel, 9:30 p.m.
Island Life: Room to Grow on Whidbey Island — HGTV, 10 p.m.
Scarface — Cinemax, 10 p.m.
Alaska: The Last Frontier: The Danger Zone — Discovery, 10 p.m.
The Royals: Our (Late) Dear Brother’s Death — E!, 10 p.m.
Evil Lives Here: Not My Boy (season premiere) — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Safari Live: Sunday, January 1 — NatGeoWild, 10 p.m.
The Affair — Showtime, 10 p.m.
Top Secret Swimming Holes: Zambia’s Devil’s Armchair (season premiere) — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Island Life: A Nantucket for all Seasons — HGTV, 10:30 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hutn: Getting to Know Jaco, Costa Rica (season premiere) — HGTV, 11 p.m.
Roast Battle II: New York Regionals — Comedy Central, 11 p.m.
Dogs: The Untold Story: Wild Workers — Animal Planet, 11:01 p.m.
Beachfront Bargain Hunt: Destin-Ed for Family Fun in Florida — HGTV, 11:30 p.m.