College football arrives in a crush with a more than a half dozen games — all on a Thursday night!
They include North Carolina at South Carolina (ESPN, 6 p.m.), Florida International at Central Florida (CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.), Oklahoma State at Central Michigan (ESPNU, 7 p.m.), Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt (SEC Network, 8 p.m.), Michigan at Utah (Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.), TCU at Minnesota (ESPN, 9 p.m.), Duke at Tulane (CBS Sports, 9:30 p.m.) and Colorado at Hawaii (CBS Sports, 1 a.m.).
The NFL roster of preseason games isn’t exactly under inflated either, with Tampa Bay at Miami (NFL, 7 p.m.) and San Diego at San Francisco (NFL, 10 p.m.) along with local matchups Baltimore at Atlanta (ABC, 7 p.m.) and Jacksonville at Washington (NBC, 7:30 p.m.).
The spoof on “Vice” done so well on “Documentary Now!” (IFC, 10 p.m.) finally gets to run. It was bumped a week because it was too close to the time two actual journalists were killed on camera.
Lisa Perry and Kelly Osbourne are judges on “Project Runway” (Lifetime, 9 p.m.) (though the latter’s outfit at the VMAs should have disqualified her).
Speaking of fashion, Sacha Jenkins looks at the link between hip-hop and clothing in the documentary “Fresh Dressed” (CNN, 9 p.m.).
Bey records her album on the special “Beyonce: Fierce and Fabulous” (Reelz, 10 p.m.).
In the foot competitions, a stay-at-home mom is pitted against chefs on “Food Fighters” (NBC, 8 p.m.) and a carnival theme emerges on “Chopped” (Food Network, 9 p.m.).
Nothing like listening to a Christmas album being recorded on a hot summer day on “Braxton Family Values” (We, 9 p.m.).
Dominic Monaghan and Robert Kazinsky head teams on “Geeks Who Drink” (Syfy, 11 p.m.).
A mother’s day brunch is vacated on “Married” (FX, 10:30 p.m.).
Faking a pregnancy to retain a boyfriend was “One Bad Choice” (MTV, 11 p.m.). But kidnapping a newborn was worse.
A gospel star books an appointment on “L.A. Hair” (WE, 10 p.m.).
Clip-on earrings are covered on “Style Unzipped” (FYI, 10 p.m.); on “How Do They Do It?” (Science, 10 p.m.) it’s fedora hats.
Johnny tries to get Gigi a date on a new “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” (FX, 10 p.m.). Which doesn’t sound like him.
Last year’s musical romance “Begin Again” (TMC, 8:30 p.m.), with Mark Ruffalo and Kiera Knightley, makes its cable debut.
Intense, strong-willed Susan Hayward begins a month-long stint as star on Turner Classic Movies, with a 27-film Thursday night roster that begins with one of her first leading roles, the 1939 “Beau Geste” (8 p.m.), followed by “Adam Had Four Sons” (10 p.m.), “Reap the Wild Wind” (11:30 p.m.), “Canyon Passage” (1:45 a.m.), “Tulsa” (3:30 a.m.) and “They Won’t Believe Me” (5 a.m.).
Baseball includes Detroit at Kansas City (MLB, 8 p.m.).
WNBA action includes Chicago at New York (NBA, 7 p.m.) and Washington at Los Angeles (NBA, 10:30 pm.).
Second round play continues at The U.S. Open (ESPN, 1 p.m.; ESPN2, 5 p.m.).
Daytime Talk
Kelly & Michael: Amy Schumer, Jason Statham, Dove Cameron. The View: Uzo Aduba, Kacey Musgraves (rerun). The Talk: Chris Tucker, Avan Jogia, Chi-Lan Lieu (rerun). Ellen DeGeneres: Kerry Washingotn, Tony Goldwyn, Scott Foley, Guillermo Diaz, Darby Stanchfield, Joshua Malina, Katie Lowes, Jeff Perry, Bellamy Young (rerun). Wendy Williams: Ricky Martin (rerun). Meredith Vieira: Scott Wolf, Melissa Rivers (rerun). Queen Latifah: Kevin Nealon, Jon Secada (rerun).
Late Talk
Jimmy Fallon: Jason Sudeikis, Bel Powley, Brad Paisley, Joe Bonamassa. Jimmy Kimmel: Andrew Garfield, Liz Gilles, Faith No More. Seth Meyers: Matthew Broderick, John Cena, Impractical Jokers, Jimmy Chamberlin (rerun). James Corden: Mark Fuffalo, Amy Smart, Jason Schwartzman (rerun). Carson Daly: Brian Unger, White Fence, cory Branan (rerun). Tavis Smiley: D’Angelo. Conan O’Brien: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Nina Dobrev, the Word (rerun).