You don’t wanna sign up for an Xfinity cable TV package without first ensuring that it has the live and HD channels you wanna watch. Don’t worry, ‘cause CableTV.com has your back. Take my hand, and we’ll check out the Xfinity TV channel lineups—together.
Xfinity’s advertises 125–140+ channels in Starter, 200–220+ in Preferred, and 220–260+ in Premier.
Why the number ranges? Because Xfinity’s channel counts vary with your region. What’s with the plus symbols? Xfinity guarantees a certain number of channels, so 220+ means you’ll get at least that many channels plus—possibly—more.
That’s why, currently, Preferred and Premier have the same 288 channels. So of course you should get Preferred because you’ll get the same channels at a better price. And that’ll leave you with extra money for Xfinity’s premium networks and add-on channel packs, which we cover down the page.
| DIGITAL STARTER 140+ total channels |
DIGITAL PREFERRED 220+ total channels |
DIGITAL PREMIER 260+ total channels |
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| 5 StarMax | |||
| A&E | |||
| ABC | |||
| ActionMAX East | |||
| Altitude Sports | |||
| AMC | |||
| American Heroes Channel | |||
| Animal Planet | |||
| BabyFirst Americas | |||
| BBC America | |||
| BET | |||
| BET Jams | |||
| BET Soul | |||
| Bloomberg TV | |||
| Boomerang | |||
| Bravo | |||
| BYU-TV | |||
| BYUtv International | |||
| Cartoon Network | |||
| CBS | |||
| CBS Sports Network | |||
| Centric | |||
| Cinemax (East) | |||
| Cinemax (West) | |||
| CMT Music | |||
| CNBC | |||
| CNN | |||
| Comedy Central | |||
| Cooking Channel | |||
| C-SPAN | |||
| C-SPAN 2 | |||
| C-SPAN 3 | |||
| CW | |||
| Daystar | |||
| Destination America | |||
| Discovery Channel | |||
| Discovery Family Channel | |||
| Discovery Life Channel | |||
| Disney Channel | |||
| Disney Junior | |||
| Disney XD | |||
| DIY Network | |||
| E! | |||
| ESPN | |||
| ESPN2 | |||
| ESPNews | |||
| ESPNU | |||
| Esquire Network | |||
| EVINE Live | |||
| EWTN | |||
| FLIX East | |||
| FM | |||
| Food Network | |||
| FOX | |||
| Fox Business Network | |||
| FOX News Channel | |||
| FOX Sports 1 | |||
| Freeform | |||
| Fuse | |||
| FX | |||
| FX Movie Channel | |||
| FXX | |||
| fyi | |||
| Galavision | |||
| Golf Channel | |||
| Government Access | |||
| Great American Country | |||
| GSN | |||
| Hallmark Channel | |||
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | |||
| HBO Comedy East | |||
| HBO (East) | |||
| HBO Family East | |||
| HBO Family West | |||
| HBO Latino West | |||
| HBO On Demand | |||
| HBO Signature West | |||
| HBO (West) | |||
| HBO Zone East | |||
| HBO2 (West) | |||
| HGTV | |||
| HISTORY | |||
| HLN | |||
| HSN | |||
| HSN2 | |||
| IFC | |||
| IndiePlex | |||
| INSP | |||
| Investigation Discovery | |||
| Jewelry TV | |||
| Lifetime | |||
| LMN | |||
| Logo | |||
| MGM HD | |||
| MLB Network | |||
| MoreMAX (West) | |||
| MoviePlex | |||
| msnbc | |||
| MTV | |||
| MTV Classic | |||
| MTV Live HD | |||
| MTV TR3s | |||
| MTV2 | |||
| MyTV | |||
| Nat Geo WILD | |||
| National Geographic | |||
| NBA TV | |||
| NBC | |||
| NBC Sports Network | |||
| NBC Universo | |||
| NFL Network | |||
| NHL Network | |||
| Nick Jr. | |||
| Nick Music | |||
| Nickelodeon | |||
| Nicktoons | |||
| Outdoor Channel | |||
| Ovation | |||
| OWN | |||
| Oxygen | |||
| Pac-12 Network | |||
| PBS | |||
| PRIMO | |||
| QVC | |||
| Reelz Channel | |||
| RetroPlex | |||
| Revolt | |||
| RFD-TV | |||
| Science | |||
| SEC Network | |||
| SHOWTIME 2 West | |||
| SHOWTIME Extreme West | |||
| SHOWTIME Family East | |||
| SHOWTIME Next East | |||
| SHOWTIME Showcase West | |||
| SHOWTIME West | |||
| SHOWTIME Women East | |||
| Smithsonian Channel | |||
| Sportsman Channel | |||
| Sprout | |||
| STARZ Cinema East | |||
| STARZ Comedy | |||
| STARZ Edge West | |||
| STARZ Encore Action West | |||
| STARZ Encore Black West | |||
| STARZ Encore Classic West | |||
| STARZ Encore Family | |||
| STARZ Encore Suspense West | |||
| STARZ Encore West | |||
| STARZ Encore Westerns West | |||
| STARZ In Black East | |||
| STARZ Kids & Family East | |||
| STARZ West | |||
| SundanceTV West | |||
| SyFy | |||
| TBN | |||
| TBS | |||
| TCM | |||
| TeenNick | |||
| Tennis Channel | |||
| The Impact Network | |||
| The Movie Channel West | |||
| The Movie Channel Xtra West | |||
| The Weather Channel | |||
| ThrillerMax East | |||
| TLC | |||
| TNT | |||
| Travel Channel | |||
| truTV | |||
| TV Land | |||
| TV One | |||
| Universal HD | |||
| Univision Deportes Network | |||
| UP | |||
| USA Network | |||
| Velocity HD | |||
| VH1 | |||
| VICELAND | |||
| WE | |||
| WGN America | |||
| Xfinity Latino Entertainment Channel |
The channel lineups listed are based on national estimates. Actual channels lineups vary by location. Call for details about the lineups in your area.
All three of Xfinity’s TV packages have all 30 of most-watched TV channels according to *Variety1.
Note: Xfinity does not list Adult Swim as a separate channel because it airs on Cartoon Network. Variety separates the two networks in its rankings. So although you won’t see Adult Swim in Xfinity channel lineups, rest assured that it’s there—as Cartoon Network.
* SD only
You can add Xfinity’s Latino channel bundle to your Xfinity package. It costs $9.99 a month for the first 12 months ($16.95 a month thereafter) and has 15+ channels:
Wanna add more top-shelf movies and series—or sportsballs—to your TV menu? Xfinity has these premium channel add-ons available.
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Xfinity also has nearly two dozen special-interest, on-demand packages for further TV-lineup customization.
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Not exactly. Comcast is the parent company of Xfinity.
Xfinity’s Digital Preferred (offered in the northeastern and western US) is a better value. As you’ll see in the table below, in both regions, Digital Preferred has more channels and a lower cost per channel than Digital Starter. Both plans have no term agreements. Find out which packages are available in your region by visiting our Xfinity TV review.
Price* | Channel count | Cost per channel | |
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Digital Starter (Northeastern US) | $68.22/mo. | 140+ | $0.49 |
| Digital Starter (Western US) | $70.99/mo. | 140+ | $0.51 |
Digital Preferred (Northeastern US) | $69.99/mo. | 220+ | $0.32 |
| Digital Preferred (western US) | $89.49/mo. | 220+ | $0.41 |
* For the first 12 months w/a 1-year agreement.
Disney+ isn’t a channel; it’s a streaming service that’s currently incompatible with the Xfinity X1 DVR. You can, however, subscribe to Disney+ separately and watch it on a streaming device, laptop, smart TV, or smartphone.
Flex is a free streaming device and streaming service available to Xfinity internet customers (meaning you don’t already have an Xfinity TV package). With the Flex box, and its accompanying voice remote, you can watch hundreds of live channels and tons of on-demand movies through a variety of free (ad-supported) and paid streaming apps.
For more information on Xfinity Flex, read our review.
Channel numbers for local broadcast affiliates like ABC vary with your location. Click on the link to find out your local ABC channel number on Xfinity TV service.
CBS is a local broadcast affiliate, so its channel number isn’t the same for everyone. Click on the link to find out your local CBS channel number on Xfinity TV service.
Channel numbers for local broadcast affiliates like NBC vary with your location. Click the link to find out your local NBC channel number on Xfinity TV service.
FOX and other local broadcast affiliates have different channel numbers in different areas. Click on the link to find out your local FOX channel number on Xfinity TV service.
CNN (HD) is channel 1111 on Xfinity.
FOX News (HD) is channel 1110 on Xfinity.
HBO (HD) is channel 1802 on Xfinity.
Endnote
1. Variety, “Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019’s Winners and Losers,” December 2019. Accessed December 4, 2020.
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