DIRECTV Channel Lineup Guide

By Rachel Oaks

Share | Aug 31, 2020

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Get your favorite channels on DIRECTV

Each DIRECTV package has its own unique channel lineup. Lucky for you, we know how important getting the right channel lineup is, so we’re here to be your DIRECTV guide.

We almost always recommend the CHOICE™ package for most of our readers, but if you’re looking for a comprehensive look at DIRECTV’s channel packages, we’ve put together a comprehensive list for you to compare below.

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Channel	Channel number	ENTERTAINMENT	CHOICE™	XTRA	ULTIMATE	PREMIER™
5StarMAX (East)	520	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
A&E	265	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ABC	Varies by location	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ActionMAX (East)	519	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Altitude Sports & Entertainment	681	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
American Heroes Channel	287	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
American Movie Classics (AMC)	254	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Animal Planet (APL)	282	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Aquí	401	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
aspireTV (HD only)	381	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
AXS TV	340	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BabyFirst TV	293	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BBC America	264	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BBC World News	346	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Big Ten Network (BTN)	610	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Black Entertainment Television (BET)	329	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bloomberg Television	353	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bravo	237	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BYU TV	374	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Canal Once	447	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cartoon Network East	296	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CBS	Varies by location	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CBS Sports Network	221	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
CCTV News	2053	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Celebrity Shopping	223	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Christian Television Network (CTN)	376	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CINE4K	107	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CINEMAX	515, 516	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
CNBC	355	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CNBC World	357	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
CNN	202	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Comedy Central	249	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Comedy.TV	382	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cooking Channel	232	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Country Music Television (CMT)	327	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
C-SPAN 1	350	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
C-SPAN 2	351	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The CW	Varies by location	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Daystar	369	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Destination America	286	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
DIRECTV CINEMA	107, 126–182	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DIRECTV SPORTS MIX HD	205, 600	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Discovery	278	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Discovery Family Channel	294	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Discovery Life	261	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Disney Channel	290	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Disney Junior	289	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Disney XD	292	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
DIY Network	230	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
DTV4K	104	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
E! Entertainment	236	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enlace	448	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ESPN	206	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ESPN2	209	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ESPNEWS	207	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
ESPNU	208	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
EWTN	370	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Flix	556	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
FM (HD only)	386	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Food Network	231	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FOX	Varies by location	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fox Business Network	359	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fox News	360	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FOX Sports 1	219	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FOX Sports 2	618	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
FOX Sports Sun	653	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Free Speech TV	348	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Freeform	311	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FSN	646	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Fuse	339	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
FX	248	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FX Movie Channel	258	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
FXX	259	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FYI	266	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Galavisión	404	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gem Shopping Network	228	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
GOD TV	365	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Golden Eagle Broadcasting (GEB)	363	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Golf Channel	218	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Great American Country (GAC)	326	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
GSN (Game Show Network)	233	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hallmark Channel	312	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries	565	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
HBO®	501, 504	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
HBO 2	502, 505	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
HBO Comedy	506	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
HBO Family	507, 508	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
HBO Latino	511	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
HBO Signature	503	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
HBO Zone	509	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Headline News (HLN)	204	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hillsong Channel	371	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
HISTORY	269	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
HITN	461	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Home & Garden Television (HGTV)	229	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Home Shopping Network (HSN)	70, 240	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hope Channel	368	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
IMPACT	380	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Independent Film Channel (IFC)	333	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
INSP	364	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Investigation Discovery (ID)	285	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ION Television	305, 306	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Jewelry Television	313	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Jewish Life Television	366	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Justice Central	383	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lifetime	252	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lifetime Movie Network	253	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
LinkTV	375	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
LIVE4K	105	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
LOGO	272	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Longhorn Network	677	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Madison Square Garden (MSG)	634	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Madison Square Garden Plus (MSG+)	635	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
MAVTV	214	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN)	640	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
MLB Network	213	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
MoreMAX	517	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
MSNBC	356	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MTV	331	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
MTV Classic	336	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
MTV2	332	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NASA TV	352	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Nat Geo WILD	283	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Nat Geo Channel	276	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NBA TV	216	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
NBC	Varies by location	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NBC Sports Network	220	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
NBC UNIVERSO	410	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
NESN	628	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
NFL Network	212	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
NHL Network	215	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
Nick Jr.	301	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Nickelodeon	299	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Nicktoons	302	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
NRBTV	378	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)	279	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Outdoor Channel	606	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Ovation	274	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Oxygen	251	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
PBS	389	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pop	273	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Prime Ticket	693	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Pursuit Channel	604	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
QVC	70	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
QVC Plus	275	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
REELZ	238	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
REVOLT	384	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
RFD-TV	345	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ROOT SPORTS	674	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Science Channel	284	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
SEC Network	611	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
ShopHQ	316	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SHOWTIME®	545, 546	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SHOWTIME 2	547	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SHOWTIME BEYOND	550	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SHOWTIME EXTREME	549	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SHOWTIME NEXT	551	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SHOWTIME SHOWCASE	550	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SHOWTIME WOMEN	552	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SonLife	344	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spectrum SportsNet	691	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
Sportsman Channel	605	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
SportsNet New York (SNY)	639	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
SportsTime Ohio	662	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ®	525	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ Cinema	531	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ Comedy	528	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ Edge	529	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ in Black	530	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ® ENCORE	535, 536	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
STARZ ENCORE Action	541	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
STARZ ENCORE Black	540	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
STARZ ENCORE Classic	537	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
STARZ ENCORE Family	542	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
STARZ ENCORE Suspense	539	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
STARZ ENCORE Westerns	538	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
SundanceTV	557	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Syfy	244	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
TBS	247	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
TCT	377	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
TeenNick	303	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tennis Channel	217	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
ThrillerMAX	522	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
The Learning Channel (TLC)	280	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Movie Channel (TMC)	553, 554	✗	✗	✗	✓	✓
TMC Xtra East	555	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓
TNT	245	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Travel Channel	277	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)	372	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
truTV	246	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Turner Classic Movies (TCM)	256	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
TV Land	304	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
TV One	328	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
TVG	602	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
UniMás	408	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
Univision	402, 403	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
UPtv	338	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
USA Network	242	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
VH1	335	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
VH1 Classic	336	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓
VICE	271	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vme	440	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
WE tv	260	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Weather Channel	362	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
WGN America	307	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Word Network	373	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
World Harvest Television (WHT)	367	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
YES Network	631	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓

DIRECTV channel lineup FAQ

What channel is ABC on DIRECTV?

Depending on where you live, ABC’s channel number changes on the DIRECTV lineup. Here are the channel numbers for the most-searched cities:

Boise, ID: CH 6
Colorado Springs, CO: CH 13
El Paso, TX: CH 7
Houston, TX: CH 13
Las Vegas, NV: CH 7
Los Angeles, CA: CH 7
Miami, FL: CH 10
San Antonio, TX: CH 12
San Diego, CA: CH 10
Tucson, AZ: CH 9
Tulsa, OK: CH 8

What channel is CBS on DIRECTV?

DIRECTV changes CBS’s channel based on where you live. Here are the channel numbers for the most-searched cities:

Boise, ID: CH 2
Colorado Springs, CO: CH 11
El Paso, TX: CH 4
Houston, TX: CH 11
Las Vegas, NV: CH 2
Los Angeles, CA: CH 2
Miami, FL: CH 4
San Antonio, TX: CH 5
San Diego, CA: CH 8
Tucson, AZ: CH 13
Tulsa, OK: CH 6

What channel is CNN on DIRECTV?

CNN is channel 202 on DIRECTV.

What channel is ESPN on DIRECTV?

You can watch ESPN on DIRECTV’s channel 206.

What channel is FOX on DIRECTV?

You’ll find FOX on a different channel depending on where you live. If you’re having trouble finding yours on the DIRECTV channel guide, here are the channel numbers for the most-searched cities:

Boise, ID: CH 9
Colorado Springs, CO: CH 21
El Paso, TX: CH 14
Houston, TX: CH 26
Las Vegas, NV: CH 11
Los Angeles, CA: CH 11
Miami, FL: CH 7
San Antonio, TX: CH 29
San Diego, CA: CH 69
Tucson, AZ: CH 11
Tulsa, OK: CH 23

What channel is FOX News on DIRECTV?

You can watch FOX News on DIRECTV channel 360.

What channel is NBC on DIRECTV?

If you’re looking for NBC, first try your on-screen DIRECTV channel guide, since the channel number changes depending on your location.

Here are some of the channel numbers NBC is listed as in the most-searched cities:

Boise, ID: CH 7
Colorado Springs, CO: CH 5
El Paso, TX: CH 9
Houston, TX: CH 2
Las Vegas, NV: CH 4
Los Angeles, CA: CH 4
Miami, FL: CH 6
San Antonio, TX: CH 4
San Diego, CA: CH 39
Tucson, AZ: CH 4
Tulsa, OK: CH 2

Which sports channels are available on DIRECTV?

In addition to season passes for out-of-region major-league games, you can catch games across DIRECTV’s lineup of 40 sports channels:

ABS-CBN Sports + Action 2064
Altitude Sports
BTN
CBS Sports Network
ESPN Classic
ESPN Deportes
ESPNEWS
ESPNU
FOX Deportes
FOX Soccer Plus
FOX Sports 1
FOX Sports 2
FOX Sports
Fox Sports Prime Ticket
Golf Channel
GolTV
Longhorn Network HD
Madison Square Garden
MASN
MLB Network
MSG Plus
NBA TV
NBC Sports Network
NESN
NFL Network
NHL Network
Outdoor Channel
Pursuit Channel
ROOT SPORTS
SEC Network
Spectrum SportsNet
SPORTS MIX
Sportsman Channel
SportsNet New York
SportsTime Ohio
Tennis Channel
TUDN
TVG
TyC Sports
YES

Which kids channels are available on DIRECTV?

The DIRECTV channel list includes a variety of kid favorites for your family to enjoy:

BabyFirst
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
Discovery Family Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Junior
Disney XD
Nickelodeon
Nicktoons
STARZ Kids & Family
TeenNick

Which movie channels are available on DIRECTV?

You’ll find 30 movie stations available across DIRECTV’s channel lineups:

AMC
BET
Cine Estelar
Cine Mexicano
Cine Nostalgia
Cinelatino
CINEMAX
De Película
De Película Clásico
DIRECTV CINEMA
EPIX
Flix
FUSION
FX Movie Channel
GZ Television
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries
HBO
HDNET MOVIES
IFC
Kapatid
Lifetime Movie Network
The Movie Channel
REELZ
SHOWTIME
Sony Movie Channel
STARZ
STARZ ENCORE
SundanceTV
VGN TV
ViendoMovies

Which DIRECTV channels are in 4K Ultra HD?

DIRECTV offers three 4K Ultra-HD channels:

Channel 104: Nature documentaries, AUDIENCE original programs, and other shows in 4K
Channel 105: Pay-Per-View movies in 4K
Channel 106: Events in 4KAs a self-proclaimed DIRECTV guide, we can say that the provider needs to up its 4K game. But it’ll probably take a few years before it catches up to your TV setup.

Where can I see other TV provider channel guides?

Not satisfied with the DIRECTV lineup? That’s fine. Check out other large TV providers’ (traditional and livestreaming) channel lists below.

DISH channel guide

Xfinity channel guide

Spectrum channel guide

Sling TV channel guide

YouTube TV channel guide

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About the Author
Rachel Oaks

Rachel has spent the past two years at CableTV.com writing articles that demystify hidden fees, DVRs, sound systems, and more. She makes door-to-door DISH and DIRECTV salespeople uncomfortable with her in-depth questions—but if that’s what it takes to get you the best TV experience, she’s happy to do it. In addition to writing for CableTV.com, Rachel’s work has been featured on Roku.com, TechGuySmartBuy.com, HowtoWatch.com, and SatelliteInternet.com.