Price: $68.50–$80.00/mo.
Channels: 185+
Popular channels: Cooking Channel, Disney XD, MLB Network, and more
Xfinity Ultimate is Xfinity’s top-tier TV package. Depending on which area of the US you live in, Xfinity may charge between $68.50 and $80.00 a month.
We recommend Xfinity Ultimate for most folks because it offers lots of popular channels at a good value. If you’re looking for a smaller package, check our Popular channel lineup or compare all of Xfinity’s plans with our full Xfinity channel lineup.
The table below lists all of the channels included in Xfinity Ultimate, although some may vary based on region. After the table, you can read more about Ultimate’s channels—and all of the sweet add-ons you can add for an extra fee.
| Channels |
Ultimate 185+ channels |
|---|---|
| A&E | ✔ |
| ABC | ✔ |
| afro | ✔ |
| AMC | ✔ |
| American Heroes Channel (AHC) | ✔ |
| Animal Planet | ✔ |
| ASPiRE | ✔ |
| AT&T Sportsnet | ✔ |
| BBC America | ✔ |
| BET Her | ✔ |
| Black Entertainment Television (BET) | ✔ |
| Bloomberg | ✔ |
| 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 | ✔ |
| E! | ✔ |
| ESPN | ✔ |
| ESPN2 | ✔ |
| ESPNews | ✔ |
| ESPNU | ✔ |
| Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) | ✔ |
| First Nations Experience | ✔ |
| Flix | ✔ |
| Food Network | ✔ |
| FOX | ✔ |
| Fox Business | ✔ |
| Fox News Channel | ✔ |
| Fox Sports 1 | ✔ |
| Fox Sports 2 | ✔ |
| Freeform | ✔ |
| FX | ✔ |
| FX Movie Channel | ✔ |
| FXX | ✔ |
| FYI Channel | ✔ |
| Galavision | ✔ |
| Game Show Network (GSN) | ✔ |
| Golf Channel | ✔ |
| Hallmark Channel | ✔ |
| Hallmark Drama | ✔ |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | ✔ |
| History | ✔ |
| HLN | ✔ |
| Home & Garden Television (HGTV) | ✔ |
| HSN | ✔ |
| i24 News English | ✔ |
| IFC | ✔ |
| Impact Network | ✔ |
| INSP | ✔ |
| Investigation Discovery | ✔ |
| 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 | ✔ |
| Newsmax TV | ✔ |
| NewsNation | ✔ |
| NFL Network | ✔ |
| NHL Network | ✔ |
| Nick Jr. | ✔ |
| Nick Too | ✔ |
| Nickelodeon | ✔ |
| Nicktoons | ✔ |
| Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) | ✔ |
| Outdoor Channel | ✔ |
| Ovation | ✔ |
| Oxygen True Crime | ✔ |
| Paramount Network | ✔ |
| PBS | ✔ |
| Primo TV | ✔ |
| QVC | ✔ |
| QVC2 | ✔ |
| QVC3 | ✔ |
| Recipe TV | ✔ |
| ReelzChannel | ✔ |
| Revolt | ✔ |
| Science Channel | ✔ |
| ScreenPix | ✔ |
| ScreenPix Action | ✔ |
| ScreenPix Voices | ✔ |
| SEC Network | ✔ |
| ShopHQ | ✔ |
| Smithsonian | ✔ |
| Sportsman Channel | ✔ |
| Sundance TV | ✔ |
| SYFY | ✔ |
| TBS | ✔ |
| Teen Nick | ✔ |
| Telemundo | ✔ |
| Tennis Channel | ✔ |
| The Africa Channel | ✔ |
| The CW | ✔ |
| 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’s Ultimate package has all* of the top 30 most popular channels. And 26 of those are high-definition (HD) channels.
(*Variety1 lists Adult Swim at #30, while Cartoon Network sits at #50 on the publication’s list. They’re separate networks, but Adult Swim airs at night on Cartoon Network. So Xfinity considers Cartoon Network a single channel.)
Ultimate has 21 sports channels, and all are HD channels. Pretty much every sport is covered, even disc golf (thanks, ESPN2!), so Ultimate is the package for sports fans.
Ultimate has 22 popular educational and kids’ channels. All but four of them broadcast in HD. Compared to the next plan down, Popular, there’s a lot more for your kids to watch. That’ll be great for families with lots of little ones to please.
* SD only
Taste the rainbow! Preferred includes a total of 23 channels focused on stories for the LGBTQ+ community, people of color, Spanish speakers, and women. Fifteen of these are HD channels. It’s a bit of a drag that there’s only one LGBTQ+ channel, but you can add more with Xfinity’s HERE TV on-demand add-on ($7.99 a month).
* SD only
As you’ve already read, Xfinity Ultimate comes standard with several Spanish-language channels. If you want más TV en Español, consider adding Xfinity’s Latino channel bundle. You’ll get up to 50 more channels (see sampling below) for $9.99 a month for the first year ($16.95 per month after).
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.) Here’s Xfinity’s premium-channels menu—with prices (so there are no surprises)!
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Remember a little bit ago where we suggested adding the HERE TV on-demand pack for more LGBTQ+ movies and shows? Well, you can add more stiff-upper-lip Brit-watch, anime, animal, fitness, educational, kid stuff, definitely not-for-kids stuff, and more with Xfinity’s on-demand add-ons.
Data as of publish date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Xfinity offers the Outdoor Channel in its Ultimate and Popular packages in the western US.
Endnote
1. Variety, “Most-Watched Television Networks: Ranking 2019’s Winners and Losers,” December 2019. Accessed December 4, 2020.
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