Price: $89.99/mo.
Channels: 185+
Popular channels*: ESPN, HBO®, NFL Network, SHOWTIME®, TNT, and more
Xfinity advertises 185+ live TV channels in Premier, its top-tier TV package in the northeast region.
But get this—the next plan down, Xfinity Preferred, has 185+ channels, too. We’re not sure why both plans now include all of Xfinity’s available channels. Wouldn’t you go with the cheaper package (Xfinity Preferred) if it has the same content? We would.
See below to read more about Premier’s channels, plus the various premium channels and channel packs you can add to your plan (for a fee).
| Channels |
Premier 185+ channels |
Limited Basic/Choice 10+ channels |
Extra 125+ channels |
Preferred 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. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Xfinity Premier has all of the top 30 most popular channels1—with all but four of those in high-definition (HD). That’s the same amount of HD channels as Preferred, and one more HD channel than Extra.
(Adult Swim and Cartoon Network are the same channel, but Variety1 lists Adult Swim at #30 and Cartoon Network at #50. Xfinity rightly considers Cartoon Network a single channel and does not list Adult Swim separately.)
Only two of Premier’s 23 sportsball channels aren’t in HD (the SD channels are Olympic Channel and Stadium). And while it’s fun to say “sportsballs,” we’d be remiss not to mention that Premier’s sports channels cover all sports—not just the ones that involve balls. So rejoice, NASCAR and disc golf fans.
* SD only
Hey, parents: hasn’t TV been a godsend during the pandemic? If you’re a parent working from home, you’ll be thrilled to hear that Premier has 22 channels with educational and kids’ content. That kind of variety means you’ll be able to please even your most finicky rugrats—and hopefully curtail work interruptions.
* SD only
Why include channels focused on inclusion and diversity? Because it’s nice to be included. Premier has 27 channels that tell stories by and for the LGBTQ+ community, people of color, Spanish speakers, and women. To be fair, there’s only one LGBTQ+ channel in Xfinity’s regular channel packs—but you can add the HERE TV on-demand channel for $7.99 a month.
* SD only
Premier has nine Spanish-language channels—but más is better. Xfinity’s Latino channel package adds up to 60 more channels en Español (we list some of them below). For a limited time, you can get the package for $9.99 a month for the first 12 months ($18.00 a month thereafter). Xfinity’s Spanish channels include the following entertainment, movie, news, and sports channels (y más, of course):
Premium channels—drool. I mean, do you really have cable if you don’t have at least one of the top-shelf premium networks like HBO®? (That’s rhetorical, but feel free to debate that with a friend.) See below for a menu of Xfinity premium channels and pricing. Note, however, that some of these channels may be included for no additional cost when you bundle with Xfinity internet service.
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Xfinity has even more ways to customize your TV plan to fit your lifestyle. Does your channel package need Jesus? Subscribe to UP Faith & Family. Is obnoxiously loud anime your jam? Tack on the Anime Network. Hungry for knowledge? Curiosity Stream should satisfy your hankerin’.
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
We’ve created channel lineup guides for Xfinity’s Extra, Preferred, and Premier packages. And here’s a general review of Xfinity TV service as a bonus.
Xfinity has Spanish channels—nine that appear in its regular packages, and 60+ others that are part of Xfinity’s Latino channel package ($9.99 a month for the first 12 months; $18 a month thereafter). Some of the Xfinity Spanish channels in this add-on include: Cine Latino, Cine Mexicano, CNN en Español, Discovery en Español, Discovery Familia, ESPN Deportes, Fox Deportes, Galavisión, History en Español, Pasiones, Sony Cine, Telemundo, TUDN, Universo, and Univision.
Xfinity’s premium channels include the following sports and movie channels:
HBO (HD) is channel 1802 on Xfinity.
What channel Paramount is on Xfinity depends on where you live. To find out your local Paramount channel number on Xfinity, visit Xfinity.com.
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.
Endnote
1. Variety, “Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2020’s Winners and Losers,” December 2020. Accessed May 24, 2021.
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