Weekend Viewing Picks

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All Times Eastern

Saturday, February 4

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Igls, Austria
Men’s Two-Man Bobsleigh — Universal HD, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)
Women’s Bobsleigh — Univeral HD, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Bundesliga
Bayern München vs. FC Schalke — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs. FSV Mainz — FS2, 9:30 a.m.
Hertha BSC Berlin vs. FC Ingolstadt — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.
Borussia Dortmund vs. RB Leipzig — FS2, 12:20 p.m.

Bundesliga Match Day — FS1/FS2, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga: Best of January — FS2, noon

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Cal at Utah — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Bay Area/Pac-12 Mountain, 3:30 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona State — Pac-12 Los Angeles/Pac-12 Arizona, 3:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Arizona — Pac-12 Oregon/Pac-12 Arizona, 9 p.m.

College Hockey
Men’s
Vermont at Notre Dame — NBCSN, 6:30 p.m.
Wisconsin at Michigan State — Fox College Sports Central/Fox Sports Wisconsin, 7 p.m.
Penn State at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.
St. Cloud State at North Dakota — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.

Women’s
Yale at Quinnipiac — SNY, 3 p.m.

College Swimming
Arizona State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 1:30 p.m.

English Football Championship
Nottingham Forest vs. Aston Villa — beIN Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

English Premier League
Chelsea vs. Arsenal — NBCSN, 7:25 a.m.
Hull City vs. Liverpool — NBCSN, 9:55 a.m.
Crystal Palace vs. Sunderland — CNBC, 10 a.m..
Everton vs. Bournemouth — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Southampton vs. West Ham United — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Watford vs. Burnley — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
West Bromwich Albion vs. Stoke City — Premier League Extra Time, 10 a.m.
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Stoke City — NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 9:30 a.m.
Goal Rush — Premier League Extra Time, 9:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, noon
Goal Zone — NBC, 2:30 p.m.
Match of the Day — NBCSN, 11 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, AZ

3rd Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
3rd Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

La Liga
Barcelona vs. Athletic Bilbao — beIN Sports, 10:05 a.m.

The Express — beIN Sports, 10 a.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie, Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Prelims — FS1, 8 p.m.
Main Event — FS1, 10 p.m.

UFC Prefight Show — FS1, 7 p.m.

MLB
MLB Network Countdown: 2016 Comeback Players — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
MLB Network Countdown: 2016 Breakout Performers — MLB Network, 9 p.m.

NBA
Cleveland at New York — ABC, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Inside Stuff — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
NBA Countdown — ABC, 8 p.m.
High Tops — NBA TV, 8:30 p.m.
NBA CrunehTime — NBA TV, 9 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Hockey Night in Canada
Toronto at Boston — CBC/City TV/NESN, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Buffalo — Sportsnet/TVA Sports/MSG Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Vancouver — CBC/Sportsnet/Fox Sports North, 10 p.m.

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

Los Angeles at Philadelphia — NHL Network/Fox Sports West/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Washington at Montreal — Sporstnet/RDS/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 1 p.m.
Winnipeg at Colorado — TSN3/Altitude, 3 p.m./NHL Network, 5 p.m. (joined in progress)
Anaheim at Tampa Bay — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Sun, 7 p.m.
Carolina at New York Islanders — Fox Sports Carolinas/MSG Plus, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Columbus — MSG Network/Fox Sports Ohio, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas — NHL Network/WGN/Fox Sports Southwest, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Nashville — Fox Sports Detroit/Fox Sports Tennessee, 8 p.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis — Root Sports Pittsburgh/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.
Arizona at San Jose — Fox Sports Arizona/Comcast SportsNet California, 10:30 p.m.

Top Shelf — NHL Network, 6 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 11 p.m.
On the Fly: Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Scottish Premier League
Motherwell vs. Heart of Midlothian — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:10 a.m.

Soccer
African Cup of Nations
3rd Place Game, Stade de Port-Gentil, Port-Gentil, Gabon

Burkina Faso vs. Ghana — beIN Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

The Xtra Saturday — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.

Sports Talk
30 for 30: I Hate Christian Laettner — ESPNU, 7:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
E:60 Profile: Julian Edelman — ESPNews, 9 a.m.
30 for 30: The Price of Gold — ESPN Classic, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:15 a.m.
30 for 30: This Wasa the XFL — ESPN2, 9:30 a.m.
30 for 30: Phi Slama Jama — ESPN Classic, 10:30 a.m.
30 for 30: This Magic Moment — ESPN Classic, noon
30 for 30: Doc & Darryl — ESPN Classic, 2 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
30 for 30: You Don’t Know Bo — ESPN Classic, 3:30 p.m.
30 for 30: Pony Express — ESPN Classic, 5 p.m.
30 for 30: Fernando Nation — ESPN Classic, 7 p.m.
30 for 30: The ’85. Bears — ESPN Classic, 8 p.m.
30 for 30: Muhammad and Larry — ESPN Classic, 10 p.m.
Outside the Lines: Football Forever — ESPN, 10:15 p.m.
30 for 30: Unmatched — ESPN Classic, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11:15 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo — Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Sibur Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia

Semifinals — beIN Sports, beIN Sports, 6 a.m.

Center Court: USA vs. Switzerland (Rubber 3) & Australia vs. Czech Republic (Rubber 4 & 5) — Tennis Channel, 3 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 2 p.m.

Track & Field
USA Track & Field Indoor Championship Series
Armory Invitational — NBCSN, 4:30 p.m.

Entertainment
Puppy Bowl: Inside the Bowl: Meet Buddy Love — Animal Planet, 8 p.m.
Cops: Mother Knows Best — Spike, 8 p.m.
Ransom — CBS, 8 p.m.
Austin City Limits: CeCe Winans; St. Paul & the Broken Bones — PBS, 8 p.m.
The First 48: Deadly Misfortune: Motel Massacre; Pure Innocent — A&E, 8 p.m.
The Martian — Cinemax, 8 p.m.
Full Metal Jacket — IFC, 8 p.m.
Tom Brokaw at NBC News: The First 50 Years — MSNBC, 8 p.m.
The Incredible Dr. Pol: Deja MOO!: Mommy Reindeerest — NatGeo Wild, 8 p.m.
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult — Sundance TV, 8 p.m.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s — Turner Classic Movies, 8 p.m.
First Time Flippers: Fip Flop Flippin — DIY Network, 9 p.m.
Jail: Big Texas — Spike, 9 p.m.
Live PD: 02.04.17 — A&E, 9 p.m.
America: Facts vs. Fiction: Bonus Round: Secret Vaults and Final Journeys — American Heroes Channel, 9 p.m.
Body Bizarre: My Extra Large Head — Discovery Life Channel, 9 p.m.
Tiny House Nation: 280 Sq. Ft. Bohemian Tree House — FYI, 9 p.m.
The Big Lebowski — HBO2, 9 p.m.
The Incredible Dr. Pol: Cranes, Sprains & Automobiles — NatGeo Wild, 9 p.m.
Anna Nicole Smith: Behind Closed Doors — Reelz Channel, 9 p.m.
Jerry Maguire — Starz Encore, 9 p.m.
MythBusters: The Search: The A-Team Challenge — Science Channel, 9:01 p.m.
Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet: Full Speed Ahead — Animal Planet, 9:02 p.m.
America: Facts vs. Fiction: Secret Societies — American Heroes Channel, 10 p.m.
48 Hours: Guilty Until Proven Innocent — CBS, 10 p.m.
Saturday Night Live: Drake (5/14/2016) — NBC, 10 p.m.
The Graham Norton Show — BBC America, 10 p.m.
Your Worst Nightmare: Domestic Disturbance — Investigation Discovery, 10 p.m.
Puppy Days: Growing Pains — NatGeo Wild, 10 p.m.
Airplane! — Sundance TV, 10 p.m.
The Dead Files: The Watcher-Paso Robles, California — Travel Channel, 10 p.m.
Bride of Frankenstein — Turner Classic Movies, 10 p.m.
The Guardians: Feral NightMARE — Animal Planet, 10:02 p.m.
America: Facts vs. Fiction: Space: The Final Frontier — American Heroes Channel, 10:30 p.m.
Log Cabin Living: Northern Indiana Dream Cabin — HGTV, 11 p.m.
Saturday Night Live with host Kristen Stewart and musical guest Alesia Cara — NBC, 11:29 p.m.
Log Cabin Living: Broken Bow Lake Cabin Hunt — HGTV, 11:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 5

Animals
Puppy Bowl XIII: TeamRuff vs. TeamFluff — Animal Planet, 3 p.m.
Puppy Bowl XIII: Super Pups — Animal Planet, 6:01 p.m.
Puppy Bowl XIII: Texas Sized Cuteness — Animal Planet, 8:01 p.m.

Too Cute! For Puppy Bowl: Bench Barkers — Animai Planet, 10 a.m.
Puppy Bowl: Best of Inside the Bowl — Animal Planet, 11:30 a.m.
Puppy Bowl XIII: 2017 Kitty Halftime Dress Rehearsal — Animal Planet, noon
Puppy Bowl XIII: We Love Puppies — Animal Planet, 12:01 p.m.
Puppy Bowl XIII: Where Are They Now? — Animal Planet, 1 p.m.
Puppy Bowl XIII: Pre-Game — Animal Planet, 2 p.m.

Kitten Bowl IV: Pregame Show — Hallmark Channel, noon
Kitten Bowl IV: Playoff Games — Hallmark Channel, 12:30 p.m.
Kitten Bowl IV: Championship Game — Hallmark Channel, 2 p.m.

Fish Bowl IV: Los Angeles Clams vs. Buffalo Gills — NatGeo Wild, 4 p.m.

Animal Nation With Anthony Anderson: Dermot Mulroney; Finesse Mitchell; Assassin Bug (series premiere) — Animal Planet, 5 p.m.

Bobsleigh
IBSF World Cup, Igls, Austria
Four-Man Bobsleigh, 1st Run — Universal HD, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Bundesliga
FC Augsburg vs. Werder Bremen — FS1, 9:30 a.m.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. SV Darmstadt 98 — FS1, 11:30 a.m.

Bundesliga Highlights Show I — Fox Soccer Plus, 5:30 a.m.
Bundesliga Match Day — FS1, 9 a.m.
Bundesliga Highlights Show II — Fox Soccer Plus, 9:30 a.m.

College Basketball Viewing Picks

College Gymnastics
Women’s
Michigan at Maryland — Big Ten Network, 4 p.m.
Washington at Stanford — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Washington/Pac-12 Bay Area, 4 p.m.

College Wrestling
Iowa at Minnesota — Big Ten Network, noon
Arizona State at Oregon State — Pac-12 Arizona/Pac-12 Oregon, 4 p.m.

English Premier League
Manchester City vs. Swansea City — NBCSN, 8:30 a.m.
Leicester City vs. Manchester United — NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Premier League Live — NBCSN, 7:30 a.m.
Premier League Live — NBCSN, 10;30 a.m.
Goal Zone — NBCSN, 1 p.m.
Premier League Download: Never Lose Faith: The Sunderland AFC Story — NBCSN, 2 p.m.
Match the Day II — NBCSN, midnight

Golf
European Tour
Dubai Desert Classic, Emirates Golf Club (Majlis Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Final Round — Golf Channel, 3:30 a.m.

PGA Tour
Phoenix Open, TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course), Scottsdale, AZ

Final Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.
Final Round — CBS, 3 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, noon
Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.

Hockey
AHL
Syracuse Crunch at Toronto Marlies — NHL Network, 1 p.m.

La Liga
Celta Vigo vs. Real Madrid — beIN Sports, 6 p.m. (same day coverage)

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Post Fight Show — FS1, 1 a.m.
UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Couinterpunch Knockouts — FS1, 6 p.m.
UFC Countdown: UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie — FS1, 6:30 p.m.

NBA
Los Angeles Clippers at Boston — ABC, 2 p.m.

NBA Countdown — ABC, 1:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 4:30 p.m.

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
NHL Game of the Week, Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles Kings at Washington Capitals — NBC, noon

Rogers Hometown Hockey, Centre Bell, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Edmonton Oilers at Montreal Canadiens — Sportsnet/RDS, 1 p.m.

Rogers Hometown Hockey live from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — Sportsnet, 12:30 p.m.

Calgary at New York Rangers — Sportsnet 360/MSG Network, 2 p.m./NHL Network, 4 p.m. (joined in progress)

Hockey Central Post: After Hours — CBC, 1 a.m.
NHL Tonight: Breakdowns and Demos-January — NHL Network, 3:30 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 5 p.m.

Scottish Premier League
St. Johnstone vs. Celtic — Fox Soccer Plus, 7:25 a.m.

Skiing
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, PyeongChang, Republic of Korea
Ski Jumping/10km Cross-Country Pursuit — Universal HD, 7 p.m. (same day coverage)

Soccer
African Cup of Nations
Final, Stade de l’Amitie, Cotonou, Benin

Egypt vs. Cameroon — beIN Sports, 1:50 p.m.

The Express — beIN Sports, 1:30 p.m.
The Express — beIN Sports, 4 p.m.

The Xtra Sunday — beIN Sports, 4:45 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN2, midnight

Sports Talk
30 for 30: June 17, 1994 — ESPN Classic, 8 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 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.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:15 p.m.
SportsCenter: Top Ten — ESPNews, 2:30 p.m.
ESPN Films: Catching Hell — ESPN, 4 p.m.
30 for 30: This Was the XFL — ESPN, 7 p.m.
SportsCenter Special — ESPN, 10 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 10:30 p.m.
Contacto Deportivo UDN — Univision Deportes, 11 p.m.
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 11:30 p.m.
República Deportiva — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight

Tennis
WTA Tour
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Sibur Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia

Final — beIN Sports, beIN Sports, 8:30 a.m.

Center Court: USA vs. Switzerland (Rubbers 4 & 5) & Croatia vs. Spain  (Rubber 5) — Tennis Channel, noon

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 11 a.m.

Entertainment
CBS News Sunday Morning — CBS, 9 a.m.
Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter: Producers — Sundance TV, 10 a.m.
Super Bowl Goepel Celebration — BET, 11 a.m.
Giada Entertains: Giada’s Film Festival — Food Network, noon
Weather Geeks: The Art of Weather Communication — Weather Channel, noon
Superstar Slime Showdown at Super Bowl — Nickelodeon/Nick Toons/Teen Nick, noon
Wine Warriors: Harvest Sparkling Wine by Hand — FYI, 12:30 p.m.
Kids Baking Championship: Throwback Eclairs — Food Network, 4 p.m.
Secrets of the Six Wives: Divorced, Beheaded, Survived (series finale) — PBS, 10 p.m.
Worst Cooks in America: The Proof is in the Pudding — Food Network, 10 p.m.
Seven Year Switch: Love Unlocked: Baring It All — FYI, 10 p.m.
The Young Pope: Seventh Episode — HBO, 10 p.m
24: Legacy: 12 noon- 1 p.m. (series premiere) — Fox, approximately 10:30 p.m.
Safari Live: Sunday, February 5 — NatGeo Wild, 11 p.m.

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