Sling TV is one of the few live TV streaming services to offer a choice of channel lineups at different price points: Sling Orange (30+ channels for $35 a month), Sling Blue (40+ channels for $35 a month), and Sling Orange + Blue (50+ channels for $50 a month).
But prepare yourself: navigating Sling TV’s channel lineups and add-on packages is like cracking the Da Vinci Code, minus the soothing presence of Tom Hanks.
Sling TV’s basic channel lineups aren’t as fat as those of most other live TV streaming services, but it does have over a dozen add-on packages that allow you to tailor your channel lineup to your own tastes, not its own.
More so than other streamers, Sling TV is about customization, as you’ll see when we get into the wild world of Sling add-ons below.
| Channel |
Sling Orange ($35/mo.) |
Sling Blue ($35/mo.) |
Sling Orange + Blue ($50/mo.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A&E | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ABC* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AAC Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AMC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animal Planet | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| BBC America | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BBC World News | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| BET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Big Ten Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bloomberg TV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Boomerang | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bravo | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| C-SPAN | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cartoon Network / Adult Swim | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CBS* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CBS Sports Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cheddar News | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CINEMAX® | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CMT | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CNBC | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CNN | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comedy Central | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| COMET | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cooking Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| COZI TV | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| The CW* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Destination America | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Discovery Channel | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discovery Family | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Disney Channel | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Disney Junior | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Disney XD | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| DIY Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| E! | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| El Rey Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| EPIX® | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ESPN | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ESPN2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ESPNews | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ESPNU | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Food Network | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FOX* | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fox Business Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Fox News | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FOX Soccer Plus | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FS1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FS2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Freeform | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Fuse | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fusion | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FX | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FXM | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FXX | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FYI | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Galavisión | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Golf Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hallmark Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| HBO MaxTM | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| HGTV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HISTORY | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HLN | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IFC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Investigation Discovery (ID) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ION | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Lifetime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lifetime Movie Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MLB Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Motor Trend | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MSNBC | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MTV2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MTV Classic | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Nat Geo WILD | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| National Geographic Channel | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBA TV | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NBC* | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBC Sports Network | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBC Universo | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NFL Network | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NFL RedZone | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NHL Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Nick Jr. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Nicktoons | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Olympic Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| OWN | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Oxygen | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pac-12 Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Paramount Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| PBS* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pop | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Science | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SEC Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SHOWTIME® | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Smithsonian Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sportsman Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Stadium | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| STARZ® | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SundanceTV | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Syfy | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TBS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TCM | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| TeenNick | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Telemundo* | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tennis Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| TLC | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| TNT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Travel Channel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| truTV | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TV Land | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Universal Kids | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Univision | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| USA Network | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VH1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| VICE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| WEtv | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Weather Channel | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
*Availability varies by area. Data effective as of post date.
In its basic channel lineups, Sling TV’s sports coverage doesn’t have much game—especially when it comes to college sports. Sling Orange will get you ESPN and ESPN2, Sling Blue delivers FS1 and NFL Network, and Sling Orange + Blue has all four. Still, pretty slim.
But, with Sling TV’s Sports Extra add-on, you can get up to 20 more sports channels, including college sports and channels like NFL RedZone and NHL Network. We’ll dive into Sling TV’s add-on options in a minute—as mentioned before, add-ons are Sling TV’s thing.
| Channel | Sling Orange ($35/mo.) | Sling Blue ($35/mo.) | Sling Orange + Blue ($50/mo.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAC Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Big Ten Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CBS Sports Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ESPN | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ESPN2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| ESPNews | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| ESPNU | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FS1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FS2 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Golf Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| MLB Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NBA TV | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NBC Sports Network | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NFL Network | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NFL RedZone | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| NHL Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Olympic Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Outdoor TV | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Pac-12 Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SEC Network | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sportsman Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Stadium | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tennis Channel | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Data effective as of post date.
In most parts of the country, Sling TV carries local FOX and NBC stations (Blue and Orange + Blue plans only), but no ABC, CBS, The CW, PBS, Telemundo, or Univision broadcasters. Fortunately, Sling TV also offers several deals on antennas and TV devices for integrating those stations into its on-screen channel lineup.
| Channel* | Sling Orange ($35/mo.) | Sling Blue ($35/mo.) | Sling Orange + Blue ($50/mo.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CBS | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| The CW | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| FOX | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBC | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PBS | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Telemundo | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
*Availability varies by area. Data effective as of post date.
Finally! Sling TV beats all other live TV streaming services when it comes to add-on packages—there are so many, even professionals like us get winded trying to keep up.
| Add-on | Price |
|---|---|
| Sports Extra | $11/mo. |
| Comedy Extra | $6/mo. |
| Kids Extra | $6/mo. |
| Lifestyle Extra | $6/mo. |
| News Extra | $6/mo. |
| Hollywood Extra | $6/mo. |
| Heartland Extra | $6/mo. |
| Best of Spanish TV | $10/mo. |
Data effective as of post date.
You can’t get HBO or Cinemax through Sling TV, but there are over 30 other premium add-on channels available. They range from familiar channels like SHOWTIME and STARZ to more niche offerings like Hi-Yah! (all martial arts, all the time), Here TV (LGBTQ+ shows, movies, and short films), and VSiN (24/7 sports betting).
| Channel | Price |
|---|---|
| SHOWTIME | $10/mo. |
| STARZ | $9/mo. |
| EPIX | $5/mo. |
| CineFest | $5/mo. |
| CinéMoi | $3/mo. |
| Comedy Dynamics Network | $5/mo. |
| CONtv | $5/mo. |
| The Country Network | $3/mo. |
| Curiosity Stream | $3/mo. |
| Docurama | $5/mo. |
| DOGTV | $5/mo. |
| Dove Channel | $5/mo. |
| Hi-Yah! | $3/mo. |
| Magnolia Selects | $5/mo. |
| Monsters & Nightmares | $3/mo. |
| Warriors & Gangsters | $3/mo. |
| DOX | $3/mo. |
| Qello Concerts by Stingray | $8/mo. |
| FlixLatino | $3/mo. |
| Kartoon Channel | $4/mo. |
| Grokker | $7/mo. |
| Hallmark Movies Now | $6/mo. |
| Here TV | $8/mo. |
| Hopster | $5/mo. |
| Outside TV | $5/mo. |
| Pantaya | $6/mo. |
| Stingray Karaoke | $7/mo. |
| UP Faith & Family | $5/mo. |
| VSiN | $4/mo. |
| Echoboom Sports | $6/mo. |
| Lion Mountain TV | $3/mo. |
| Watch it Scream! | $3/mo. |
| True Royalty TV | $6/mo. |
Data effective as of post date.
If your TV tastes are broad, you’ll probably want Sling Orange + Blue (which is our overall Sling TV plan recommendation). But, if you want only a specific set of channels and all of those channels are part of cheaper Sling Orange, that’s the best plan for you—the same goes for Sling Blue.
Also, any of Sling TV’s plans can be enhanced with add-on channel packages or premium channels. You could easily build your own personal “best” plan but be careful: those add-ons can add up to a pricey monthly bill quickly.
Sling TV offers a free, slimmed-down version of its service, called Sling Free (clever). It features over 5,000 hours of on-demand TV shows and movies, as well as some live content, and you don’t even have to register to use it. Sling Free does have unskippable ads, though—nothing’s completely free in streaming.
In addition to on-demand content, Sling Free features dozens of linear “loop” channels streaming TV shows and movies around the clock (like Pluto TV or Xumo). News channels include ABC News Live and CBSN, but there are far more entertainment channels, which include select content from AMC, IFC, FilmRise, and more.
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