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Oct 17

What’s Hot On TV Tonight – Sports, Sports, and More Sports

Posted on Saturday, October 17, 2009 in What's Hot On TV

Sports enthusiasts are going to have a good day. We have college football on throughout the afternoon and evening, and several different games to choose from. If that’s not your bag, we have game two of the American League Championship series.  And finally, if neither of those float your boat, we’ve got a nightttime NASCAR race. I always love it when they’re under the lights.

1. College Football: Oklahoma at Texas. It’s the 104th Red River Shootout in Dallas 11:00 AM CT ABC

2. College Football: Iowa at Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes have a ten game winning streak coming in. 11:00 AM CT ESPN

3. College Football: Northwestern at Michigan State.
Northwestern has won the last four meetings between the two teams. 11:00 AM CT ESPN 2

4. Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! A young woman wins a date with a movie star, then wins his heart, causing the guy back home to have to fight for her. Topher Grace, Josh Duhamel, and Kate Bosworth star. 12:15 PM CT TBS

5. P.S. I Love You. This romantic comedy starring Hillary Swank, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick, Jr. is among my favorites. The movie’s good, but the soundtrack is to die for. Some great modern Irish folk stuff. Read my review at Film Monthly. 1:15 PM CT HBO2 West

6. College Football: Arkansas at Florida. Both teams are coming off big wins last week. 2:30 PM CT CBS

7. College Football: Southern California at Notre Dame. The Trojans have won seven straight in this series, and the Irish are coming off a bye week. 2:30 PM CT NBC

8. College Football: Minnesota at Penn State. Minnesota has a double threat with a running game as well as WR Eric Decker. 2:30 PM CT ABC

9. NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup In Concord, NC. It’s the Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. 6:25 PM CT ABC

10. MLB Playoff: Game 2: Angels at Yankees. Game 2 of the AL Championship Series. 6:30 PM CT Fox

11. College Football: South Carolina at Alabama. Alabama leads the series 10-3. 6:15 PM CT ESPN

12. SuperFetch.In the first half hour a dog learns hwo to retrieve diapers, and another dog is taught to pay the pizza deliveryman. In the second half hour, an Australian shepherd is taught to make a bed, and a Border Collie is taught a show-stopping trick. 7:00 PM CT Animal Planet

13. Slumdog Millionaire. Find out what all the fuss was about. 7:00 PM CT HBO East

14. Dogs 101. The breed spotlight tonight is on Pekingese, Korthais Griffon, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Australian Shepherd. 8:00 PM CT Animal Planet

15. Sorority Wars. The daughter of a Delta sorority legend starts  her freshaman year with the thought of following in her mom’s footsteps, but has a change of heart when she finds out how the Deltas operate and pledges their rival house. 8:00 PM CT Lifetime

16. The Locator. A family looks for the foster child who lived with them until Social Services removed her from their care. 8:00 PM CT WE

17. 48 Hours Mystery. The death of Caylee Anthony is probed once again. 9:00 PM CT CBS

18. Fox Reality Channel Really Awards. It’s the foruth annual homage to reality TV, with Lance Bass as host. 9:00 PM CT Fox Reality Channel

19. Jon Reep: Metro Jethro. The season four winner of Last Comic Standing performs his act. 10:00 AM CT Comedy Central



20. Saturday Night Live.
Gerard Butler hosts, with Shakira as the musical guest. 10:29 PM CT NBC