Thanks to the random Saturday doubleheader, there are eight NFL Week 16 games on local television between Thursday and Monday. Also, the bowl bonanza begins on Saturday with five games beginning at 11 a.m. and lasting past midnight. I’m off for a pre-Christmas break for the next week, so here are the sports TV listings for Dec. 18-25.
THURSDAY, DEC. 18
7 p.m. — NHL: Toronto at Carolina, FSN
7 p.m. — College Volleyball: NCAA semifinals, ESPN2
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Cleveland State at Virginia, ESPNU
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Seton Hall at South Florida, CBSSN
8 p.m. — NBA: New York at Chicago, TNT
8 p.m. — College Basketball: Duke vs. Connecticut, ESPN
8 p.m. — College Basketball: Coastal Carolina at Mississippi, SEC
8:25 p.m. — NFL: Tennessee at Jacksonville, NFL
9 p.m. — College Basketball: LSU at UAB, CBSSN
9:30 p.m. — College Volleyball: NCAA semifinals, ESPN2
10:30 p.m. — NBA: Oklahoma City at Golden State, TNT
FRIDAY, DEC. 19
3 p.m. — College Football: Marian (Ind.) vs. Southern Oregon, ESPNU
6:30 p.m. — Prep Basketball: Simeon (Ill.) vs. St. Rita (Ill.), ESPN2
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Clemson at South Carolina, SEC
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Tennessee Tech at Tennessee, FSN
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Saint Mary’s (Calif.) at St. John’s, FS1
7 p.m. — College Football: Mount Union vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater, ESPNU
8 p.m. — NBA: Portland at San Antonio, ESPN
8 p.m. — College Football: Sam Houston State at North Dakota State, ESPN2
8 p.m. — College Basketball: Seattle at Minnesota, BIGTEN
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Texas Tech, FSN
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Alabama A&M at Marquette, FS1
10:30 p.m. — NBA: Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, ESPN
11 p.m. — College Basketball: Arizona at UTEP, FS1
SATURDAY, DEC. 20
7:40 a.m. — Soccer: Crystal Palace at Manchester City, NBCSN
9:55 a.m. — Soccer: Manchester United at Aston Villa, NBCSN
11 a.m. — New Orleans Bowl: Nevada vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, ESPN
11 a.m. — College Basketball: Northeastern State vs. Central Missouri, CBSSN
Noon — College Basketball: SMU at Michigan, ESPN2
Noon — College Basketball: Charlotte at Georgetown, FSN
Noon — College Basketball: VCU at Cincinnati, ESPNU
Noon — College Basketball: Louisville at Western Kentucky, FS1
1 p.m. — College Basketball: North Carolina vs. Ohio State, 7
1 p.m. — College Basketball: Syracuse at Villanova, 21
1 p.m. — Women’s Basketball: Stanford at Tennessee, SEC
1 p.m. — College Basketball: Massachusetts at Providence, CBSSN
2 p.m. — College Football: Illinois State at New Hampshire, ESPNU
2 p.m. — College Basketball: Missouri vs. Illinois, ESPN2
2 p.m. — College Basketball: Florida State vs. South Florida, SS
2:20 p.m. — New Mexico Bowl: Utah State vs. UTEP, ESPN
2:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Butler vs. Indiana, FS1
3 p.m. — College Basketball: Western Michigan at Northwestern, BIGTEN
3 p.m. — College Basketball: Oral Roberts at Memphis, CBSSN
3:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Kentucky vs. UCLA, 7
3:30 p.m. — Las Vegas Bowl: Utah vs. Colorado State, 13
4 p.m. — College Football: Minn. State-Mankato vs. Colo. State-Pueblo, ESPN2
4 p.m. — College Basketball: Oakland at Pittsburgh, FSN
4:30 p.m. — NFL: Philadelphia at Washington, NFL
5 p.m. — College Basketball: Texas Southern at Michigan State, ESPNU
5 p.m. — College Basketball: Wake Forest vs. Florida, FS1
5:15 p.m. — College Basketball: Notre Dame vs. Purdue, BIGTEN
5:45 p.m. — Potato Bowl: Western Michigan vs. Air Force, ESPN
6 p.m. — College Basketball: Xavier at Auburn, SEC
7 p.m. — NHL: N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, FSN
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Texas A&M vs. Kansas State, ESPNU
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Iona at George Mason, NBCSN
7:30 p.m. — College Volleyball: NCAA Championship, ESPN2
7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Iowa vs. Northern Iowa, BIGTEN
8:25 p.m. — NFL: San Diego at San Francisco, 7, NFL
8:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Southeast Missouri State at Arkansas, SEC
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Oklahoma vs. Washington, ESPNU
9:15 p.m. — Camellia Bowl: South Alabama vs. Bowling Green, ESPN
9:30 p.m. — College Basketball: N.C. State vs. West Virginia, ESPN2
11 p.m. — College Basketball: Stanford at BYU, ESPNU
11:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Utah vs. UNLV, ESPN2
SUNDAY, DEC. 21
8:25 a.m. — Soccer: Sunderland at Newcastle, NBCSN
10:55 a.m. — Soccer: Arsenal at Liverpool, NBCSN
Noon — College Basketball: Harvard at Virginia, ESPNU
1 p.m. — NFL: Cleveland at Carolina, 7, 101.1 FM
1 p.m. — NFL: Atlanta at New Orleans, 21
2 p.m. — College Basketball: Western Carolina at UNC Asheville, 40
2 p.m. — College Basketball: Maryland at Oklahoma State, ESPNU
2 p.m. — College Basketball: Creighton at North Texas, FSN
3 p.m. — Women’s Basketball: Kentucky at Duke, ESPN2
4 p.m. — College Basketball: Southern Cal at Boston College, ESPNU
4:25 p.m. — NFL: Indianapolis at Dallas, 7
5 p.m. — Women’s Basketball: UCLA at Connecticut, ESPN2
6 p.m. — College Basketball: Seton Hall at Georgia, ESPNU
6:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Appalachian State at Alabama, SEC
7 p.m. — NHL: Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, FSN
8:30 p.m. — NFL: Seattle at Arizona, 4
MONDAY, DEC. 22
2 p.m. — Miami Beach Bowl: BYU vs. Memphis, ESPN
2:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Ohio vs. George Washington, ESPNU
2:55 p.m. — Soccer: Chelsea at Stoke City, NBCSN
5 p.m. — College Basketball: DePaul vs. Colorado, ESPNU
6 p.m. — College Basketball: Miami (Ohio) at Ohio State, BIGTEN
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Kansas at Temple, ESPN2
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Colgate at Syracuse, ESPNU
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Mercer at Tennessee, SEC
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Tennessee-Martin at Butler, FS1
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Wofford at West Virginia, 105.7 FM, 910 AM
7:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Long Beach State at St. John’s, CBSSN
8 p.m. — College Basketball: Coppin State at Michigan, BIGTEN
8 p.m. — College Basketball: Weber State at Oklahoma, FSN
8:30 p.m. — NFL: Denver at Cincinnati, ESPN
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Wisconsin at California, ESPN2
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Milwaukee at Arkansas, ESPNU
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Charleston at LSU, SEC
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Miami vs. Providence, FS1
11 p.m. — College Basketball: Loyola Marymount vs. Wichita State, ESPNU
1:30 a.m. — College Basketball: Nebraska vs. Hawaii, ESPNU
TUESDAY, DEC. 23
2:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic, ESPNU
5 p.m. — College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic, ESPNU
6 p.m. — Boca Raton Bowl: Marshall vs. Northern Illinois, ESPN
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Stanford at Texas, ESPN2
7 p.m. — NHL: Carolina at New Jersey, FSN
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Cal State Northridge at Louisville, ESPNU
7 p.m. — College Basketball: Sacred Heart at Rutgers, BIGTEN
7 p.m. — College Basketball: NJIT at Villanova, FS1
8 p.m. — NHL: St. Louis at Colorado, NBCSN
8 p.m. — College Basketball: Georgia Tech at Dayton, CBSSN
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic, ESPN2
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Las Vegas Classic, FS1
9:30 p.m. — Poinsettia Bowl: Navy vs. San Diego State, ESPN
10 p.m. — College Basketball: Arizona at UNLV, CBSSN
11:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic, ESPNU
11:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Las Vegas Classic, FS1
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24
Noon — Bahamas Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky, ESPN
8 p.m. — Hawaii Bowl: Fresno State vs. Rice, ESPN
THURSDAY, DEC. 25
Noon — NBA: Washington at New York, ESPN
2:30 p.m. — NBA: Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 13
4 p.m. — College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic, ESPNU
5 p.m. — NBA: Cleveland at Miami, 13
6:30 p.m. — College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic, ESPN2
8 p.m. — NBA: L.A. Lakers at Chicago, TNT
9 p.m. — College Basketball: Diamond Head Classic, ESPN2
10:30 p.m. — NBA: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, TNT