IMPORTANT UPDATE: Suddenlink is now Optimum, but you can get the same great channels under a different name.
Price: Starting at $79.99/mo.
Channel Count: 225–340+
Special offer: STARZ® and SHOWTIME® included with Select TV & above*
Suddenlink TV comes with a variety of channels at affordable prices. You can get everything from basic cable channels to premium channels, depending on the package. Check out the Suddenlink channel guide below for info on the channels you’ll get with Suddenlink cable TV packages.
Don’t forget that you’ll get the best value when you bundle Suddenlink TV packages with internet.
Suddenlink offers a basic cable package called Local Broadcast for $34.99 per month. As far as we can tell, that doesn’t include your monthly internet plan cost.
The Suddenlink TV guide varies by area, but most likely you’ll only get local affiliate networks like ABC and NBC. We recommend getting Value TV instead, which gets you 125+ channels and internet for only $79.99 per month.
CBS is on different channels depending on your location:
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If you live somewhere else, check out Suddenlink’s TV guide page to find CBS in your town.
FOX is available on a variety of channels across the US:
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If you live somewhere else, check out the Suddenlink lineup page to find your local FOX station.
Depending on where you live, you’ll find ABC on different channels:
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Don’t see your town? Check out Suddenlink’s TV lineup page to find ABC in your neck of the woods.
NBC is on a variety of channel numbers depending on your location:
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If you live somewhere else, check out Suddenlink’s TV lineup page to find your channel numbers.
You can get 26 sports channels with Suddenlink:
The Suddenlink TV guide has dozens of movie channels, including these favorites:
You and your kids can enjoy a full Suddenlink TV schedule with a wide variety of kids channels:
The Suddenlink Family Package ($10 a month) is a family-friendly package that adds educational and kids’ channels like BBC America, Disney Junior, Disney XD, FXX, HGTV, Nat Geo, Nicktoons, and others to your Suddenlink lineup.
* Requires subscription to Standard Cable/Suddenlink Value or higher. May be called “Variety Package.” Not available in all areas.
We don’t know a way to get free Suddenlink TV, but if you already have a subscription to Suddenlink VOD (video on demand), keep an eye out for free preview weekends where you can watch premium channels like SHOWTIME at no extra cost. Follow Suddenlink on Facebook (or check Channel 1 on your Suddenlink TV guide) for more information.
| Channel | Channel number | Value TV | Select TV | Premier TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local channels vary | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ACC Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
A&E |
58 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AMC | 74 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| American Heroes Channel | 313 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Animal Planet | 68 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Aspire | 321 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BabyFirst | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Bally Sports | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
Bang U |
970 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| BBC America | 54 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| BBC World News | — | — | ✔ | |
| BET | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| BET Her | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Big Ten Network | — | — | ✔ | |
| Bloomberg | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Bounce TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Bravo | 76 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Brazzers | 973 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Cartoon Network |
66 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CBS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CBS Sports Network | — | — | ✔ | |
| CNBC | 52 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CNN | 50 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Comedy Central | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| CometTV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Create | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Crime and Investigation | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| C-SPAN | 26 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| C-SPAN 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| C-SPAN 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Daystar | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
Destination America |
310 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Discovery Channel | 60 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Discovery en Espanol | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Discovery Family Channel | 302 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Discovery Life Channel | 440 | — | — | ✔ |
| Disney | 64 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disney Junior | 301 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Disney XD | 300 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
|
E! Entertainment |
77 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPN | 35 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPN 2 | 36 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ESPNews | 406 | — | — | ✔ |
| ESPNU | — | — | ✔ | |
| EWTN | 23 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| EWTN Espanol | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
Flix East |
575 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Food Network | 70 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fox Business Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Fox News Channel | 48 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fox Sports 1 (FS1) | 37 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fox Sports 2 (FS2) | 410 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Freeform | 63 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fuse | 386 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fusion | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| FX | 56 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FXX | 57 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| fyi | 322 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Galavision |
625 | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Game Show Network | 86 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gol TV | 44 | — | — | ✔ |
| Grit TV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
Hallmark Channel |
71 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hallmark Drama | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | 72 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HBO | 554 | — | — | ✔ |
| HBO Comedy | 550 | — | — | ✔ |
| HBO Family | 553 | — | — | ✔ |
| HBO Latino | 552 | — | — | ✔ |
| HBO Signature | 555 | — | — | ✔ |
| HBO Zone | 551 | — | — | ✔ |
| HBO2 | — | — | ✔ | |
| Headline News | 51 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| History Channel | 59 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| HGTV | 69 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Home Shopping Network (HSN) | 29 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
|
IFC |
106 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| IFC in Theaters | 999 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| iNDEMAND | 988 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| INSP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Investigation Discovery | 73 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Jewelry Television | 115 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
|
Laff TV |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Lifetime Movie Network | 31 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lifetime Real Women | 320 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Lifetime Television | 30 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Longhorn Network | 42 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Military History Channel | 316 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Motor Trend | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Movies On Demand | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
MSNBC |
53 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| MTV | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| MTV Classic | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| MTV2 | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Nat Geo Wild | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
National Geographic |
62 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NBC | Local channels vary | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| NBC Sports Network | 43 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Newsmax | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| NewsNation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| NFL Network | 400 | — | — | ✔ |
| Nick Jr. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Nick Toons | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Nickelodeon | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Olympic Channel | — | — | ✔ | |
|
Outdoor Channel |
91 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| OWN | 78 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Oxygen | 79 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Paramount Network | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| PBS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| PBS Kids | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
Playboy |
971 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Quest | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
QVC |
28 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Revolt | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| RFD TV | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
SEC Network |
40 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| SEC Overflow | 41 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| ShopHQ | 7 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Stadium College Sports | — | — | ✔ | |
| STARZ | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STARZ ENCORE | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STARZ ENCORE BLACK | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STARZ ENCORE CLASSIC | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STARZ ENCORE ESPANOL | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STARZ ENCORE FAMILY | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STARZ ENCORE SUSPENSE | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| STARZ ENCORE WESTERNS | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| SundanceTV | 107 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Syfy | 82 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Science Channel | 312 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sportsman Channel | — | — | ✔ | |
|
TBS |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Teen Nick | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Tennis Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Cooking Channel | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Cowboy Channel | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The Golf Channel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| The WORD Network | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Three Angels Broadcasting | — | ✔ | ✔ | |
| TLC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Travel Channel | 81 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Weather Channel | 25 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TNT | 34 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Trinity Broadcasting Network | 11 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| truTV | 32 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TUDN | — | — | ✔ | |
| Turner Classic Movies | 75 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| UniMAS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
Universal Kids |
65 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Univision | Varies | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| UP | 319 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| USA | 55 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| VH1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
|
VICE TV |
314 | — | ✔ | ✔ |
|
WE tv |
80 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| WGN America | 85 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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