Price: $49.99
Channel count: 125+
Popular channels: ESPN, HISTORY, TNT, and more
Xfinity Popular plan is Xfinity’s starting package in the west region. We recommend Xfinity Popular for folks who want a full TV experience but don’t need any specialty channels.
As of now, we count 125+ total channels in Xfinity Popular. For more details, check out the Popular channel table below and the on-demand, premium, and Latino add-on packs that follow.
| Channels |
Popular 125+ channels |
Ultimate 185+ channels |
|---|---|---|
| A&E | ✓ | ✓ |
| ABC | ✓ | ✓ |
| afro | ✗ | ✓ |
| AMC | ✓ | ✓ |
| American Heroes Channel (AHC) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Animal Planet | ✓ | ✓ |
| ASPiRE | ✓ | ✓ |
| AT&T Sportsnet | ✓ | ✓ |
| BBC America | ✓ | ✓ |
| BBC World News | ✗ | ✓ |
| BET Her | ✗ | ✓ |
| Big Ten Network | ✓ | ✓ |
| Black Entertainment Television (BET) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bloomberg | ✓ | ✓ |
| BNC | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bravo | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cartoon Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| CBS | ✓ | ✓ |
| CBS Sports Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| Cleo TV | ✓ | ✓ |
| CNBC | ✓ | ✓ |
| CNN | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comedy Central | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comedy.TV | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cooking Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| C-SPAN | ✓ | ✓ |
| C-SPAN2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| C-SPAN3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Destination America | ✗ | ✓ |
| Discovery Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Discovery Family Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| Discovery Life Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| Disney Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Disney Junior | ✗ | ✓ |
| Disney XD | ✗ | ✓ |
| DIY Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| E! | ✓ | ✓ |
| EPIX | ✗ | ✗ |
| EPIX 2 | ✗ | ✗ |
| EPIX Drive-In | ✗ | ✗ |
| EPIX Hits | ✗ | ✗ |
| ESPN | ✓ | ✓ |
| ESPN2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| ESPNews | ✗ | ✓ |
| ESPNU | ✗ | ✓ |
| Eternal Word Televisoin Network (EWTN) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Flix | ✗ | ✓ |
| Food Network | ✓ | ✓ |
| FOX | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fox Business | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fox News Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fox Sports 1 (FS1) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fox Sports 2 (FS2) | ✗ | ✓ |
| Freeform | ✓ | ✓ |
| FX | ✓ | ✓ |
| FX Movie Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| FXX | ✗ | ✓ |
| FYI Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| G4 | ✓ | ✓ |
| GAC Famliy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Galavision | ✗ | ✓ |
| Game Show Network (GSN) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Golf Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hallmark Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hallmark Drama | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | ✓ | ✓ |
| HBO | ✗ | ✗ |
| History | ✓ | ✓ |
| HLN | ✓ | ✓ |
| Home & Garden Television (HGTV) | ✓ | ✓ |
| HSN | ✓ | ✓ |
| i24 News English | ✗ | ✓ |
| IFC | ✗ | ✓ |
| INSP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Investigation Discovery | ✓ | ✓ |
| ION | ✓ | ✓ |
| JBS | ✓ | ✓ |
| Jewelry Television | ✓ | ✓ |
| Justice Central | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lifetime | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lifetime Movies | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logo | ✗ | ✓ |
| MLB Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| MotorTrend | ✓ | ✓ |
| MSNBC | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV Live | ✓ | ✓ |
| MTV2 | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nat Geo Wild | ✗ | ✓ |
| National Geographic | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBA TV | ✗ | ✓ |
| NBC | ✓ | ✓ |
| NBC Sports | ✓ | ✓ |
| Newsmax TV | ✓ | ✓ |
| NewsNation | ✓ | ✓ |
| NFL Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| NHL Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nick Jr. | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nick Too | ✗ | ✓ |
| Nickelodeon | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nicktoons | ✗ | ✓ |
| Olympic Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Outdoor Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ovation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Oxygen | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paramount Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| PBS | ✗ | ✓ |
| POP | ✗ | ✓ |
| QVC | ✓ | ✓ |
| QVC2 | ✓ | ✓ |
| QVC3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recipe TV | ✓ | ✓ |
| ReelzChannel | ✗ | ✓ |
| Revolt | ✓ | ✓ |
| Science Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| ScreenPix | ✗ | ✓ |
| ScreenPix Action | ✗ | ✓ |
| ScreenPix Voices | ✗ | ✓ |
| SEC Network | ✗ | ✓ |
| ShopHQ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SHOWTIME | ✗ | ✗ |
| Smithsonian | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sportsman Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sundance TV | ✗ | ✓ |
| SYFY | ✓ | ✓ |
| TBS | ✓ | ✓ |
| Teen Nick | ✗ | ✓ |
| Tennis Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Africa Channel | ✗ | ✓ |
| The CW | ✗ | ✓ |
| THE MOVIE CHANNEL | ✗ | ✗ |
| TLC | ✓ | ✓ |
| TNT | ✓ | ✓ |
| Travel Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) | ✓ | ✓ |
| truTV | ✓ | ✓ |
| TUDN | ✗ | ✓ |
| TV Land | ✓ | ✓ |
| TV One | ✓ | ✓ |
| Universal Kids | ✓ | ✓ |
| Universo | ✗ | ✓ |
| Univision | ✗ | ✓ |
| UPtv | ✓ | ✓ |
| USA Network | ✓ | ✓ |
| VH1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vice | ✗ | ✓ |
| WE tv | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weather Channel | ✓ | ✓ |
| Z Living | ✗ | ✓ |
| Zona Futbol | ✗ | ✓ |
Data effective as of post date.
Xfinity’s Popular package has all of the top 30 most popular channels1—and 25 of them are high-definition (HD) channels.
(Pssssst! Adult Swim airs at night on Cartoon Network, but Variety1 ranks the channels separately. Xfinity advertises only Cartoon Network, so you won’t see Adult Swim on the channel lineup table. It’s totally there, though.)
Popular has 12 sports channels, most of them in HD, covering all the sportsball bases—plus sports cars and sports guns. Want specifics? Here, take ‘em:
* SD only
Popular has tons of kids’ channels, most of them in HD, covering everything from cartoons to family movies. Want specifics? Here, take ‘em:
* SD only
Popular includes a total of 13 channels focused on stories from and for Black, Latinx (Spanish-speaking), and indigenous people. (Xfinity carries the LGBTQ+ network LOGO, but not in this package.) Among these, 9 are HD channels, so you can see your beautiful self reflected in glorious high-definition.
* SD only
Órale! Although Xfinity already includes 7 Spanish-language channels in Popular, you get can más channels (up to 60) with Xfinity’s Latino channel bundle. It’s usually $16.95 a month, but you can get it for $9.99 per month for the first year.
If you want the best movies and sporting events, you have to spring for premium channels.
Here’s Xfinity’s menu of premium channel add-ons. I’ll give you a few minutes to decide. And yes, I’ll bring more bread when I return. And water.
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Customization rules. Xfinity has nearly two dozen special interest, on-demand packages to help make your channel package more . . . yours.
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
We don’t recommend Xfinity’s basic cable packages. There’s just no good reason to pay monthly for your local channels and subchannels since you can get them with an easy-to-install over-the-air (OTA) antenna for a one-time payment of $20–$50.
Endnote
1. Variety, “Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019’s Winners and Losers,” December 2019. Accessed December 4, 2020.
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