YouTube TV Channels: Live, Local, Sports, and Add-ons
YouTube TV has 100+ live channels—are your favorites among them? Find out with my channel guide.
How many channels does YouTube TV have?
In my six years covering YouTube TV, it’s always stood out in the live TV streaming landscape. While, at first glance, the YouTube TV channel lineup of 100+ live entertainment, kids, news, and sports networks looks similar to a basic cable package, a closer look reveals a key difference: there’s no filler.
However, even with its impressive channel list, YouTube TV isn’t perfect. Keep scrolling and I’ll give you a deeper look at the YouTube TV channel lineup, including local channels, sports channels, premium add-ons—and missing popular channels.
YouTube TV channels
As I mentioned earlier, YouTube TV gets rid of the bloat. Unlike traditional cable TV providers, the service has no endless shopping channels (well, there’s QVC) or music channels. Instead, you get a solid, curated selection of popular channels, including Comedy Central, Paramount Network, ESPN, Disney Channel, and USA Network. YouTube TV also includes local affiliates for ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. It’s also one of only two live TV streaming services (along with DIRECTV STREAM) to carry both PBS and PBS Kids.
Cord-cutters should know that some popular networks are missing, such as Lifetime, A&E, HISTORY, and VICE—channels you can find on other services like Philo. Overall, though, I think you’ll be pretty happy with this list of networks.
To find your favorite channels, use CTRL-F or the jump links below.
| Channel | YouTube TV | Sports Plan | Spanish Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | |||
| Antena 3 | — | — | ✔ |
| A&E | — | — | — |
| ABC* | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ABC News | ✔ | — | — |
| ACCN | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Adult Swim | ✔ | — | — |
| All Reality | ✔ | — | — |
| AMC | ✔ | — | — |
| AMC Thrillers | ✔ | — | — |
| Animal Planet | ✔ | — | — |
| B | |||
| Baby TV Español | — | — | ✔ |
| Bandamax | — | — | ✔ |
| Billiard TV | — | — | — |
| beIN SPORTS | — | — | — |
| beIN Sports en Español | — | — | ✔ |
| BBC America | ✔ | — | — |
| BBC News | ✔ | — | — |
| BET | ✔ | — | — |
| BET Her | ✔ | — | — |
| Big Ten Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Bloomberg TV+ | ✔ | — | — |
| Bloomberg Originals | ✔ | — | — |
| Boomerang | — | — | — |
| Bounce | ✔ | — | — |
| Bravo | ✔ | — | — |
| C | |||
| C-SPAN | ✔ | — | — |
| C-SPAN 2 | ✔ | — | |
| C-SPAN 3 | ✔ | — | |
| Cartoon Network | ✔ | — | — |
| CBS* | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| CBS Sports Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| CHARGE! | ✔ | — | — |
| Cheddar | ✔ | — | — |
| Cheddar News | ✔ | — | — |
| Cine Latino | — | — | ✔ |
| Cine Mexicano | — | — | ✔ |
| CMT | ✔ | — | — |
| CNBC | ✔ | — | — |
| CNBC World | ✔ | — | — |
| CNN | ✔ | — | — |
| CNN en Español | — | — | ✔ |
| Comedy Central | ✔ | — | — |
| Comedy.tv | ✔ | — | — |
| COMET | ✔ | — | — |
| Cooking Channel | — | — | — |
| Court TV | ✔ | — | — |
| COZI TV | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| The CW* | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| D | |||
| Dabl | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| De Película | — | — | ✔ |
| De Película Clásico | — | — | ✔ |
| Discovery Familia | — | — | ✔ |
| Discovery en Español | — | — | ✔ |
| Destination America | — | — | — |
| Discovery Channel | ✔ | — | — |
| Disney Channel | ✔ | — | — |
| Disney Junior | ✔ | — | — |
| Disney XD | ✔ | — | — |
| DIY Network | — | — | — |
| Docurama | ✔ | — | — |
| Dove Channel | ✔ | — | — |
| E | |||
| EstrellaTV | — | — | ✔ |
| E! | ✔ | — | — |
| ESPN | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPN2 | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPNews | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPNU | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPN Deportes | — | — | ✔ |
| F | |||
| FanDuel TV | — | — | — |
| Fight Network | — | — | — |
| Food Network | ✔ | — | — |
| FOROtv | — | — | ✔ |
| FOX* | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Fox Business Network | ✔ | — | — |
| Fox Deportes | — | — | ✔ |
| Fox News | ✔ | — | — |
| FOX Soccer Plus | — | — | — |
| Fox Soul | ✔ | — | — |
| Fox Weather | ✔ | — | — |
| FS1 | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| FS2 | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Freeform | ✔ | — | — |
| Fuse | — | — | — |
| Fusion | — | — | — |
| FX | ✔ | — | — |
| FXM | ✔ | — | — |
| FXX | ✔ | — | — |
| FYI | — | — | — |
| G | |||
| Galavisión | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Game Show Network | ✔ | — | — |
| Golf Channel | — | ✔ | — |
| The Great Courses | ✔ | — | — |
| Great Entertainment Television | ✔ | — | — |
| Great American Faith & Living | ✔ | — | — |
| Great American Family | ✔ | — | — |
| H | |||
| Hallmark Channel | ✔ | — | — |
| Hallmark Drama | ✔ | — | — |
| Hallmark Family | ✔ | — | — |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | ✔ | — | — |
| HGTV | ✔ | — | — |
| HGTV Hogar | — | — | ✔ |
| HISTORY | — | — | — |
| HLN | ✔ | — | — |
| HSN | ✔ | — | — |
| I | |||
| IMPACT Wrestling | — | — | — |
| IFC | ✔ | — | — |
| Investigation Discovery (ID) | ✔ | — | — |
| ION | ✔ | — | — |
| J | |||
| Justice Central TV | ✔ | — | — |
| L | |||
| LAFC | ✔ | — | — |
| Law & Crime | ✔ | — | — |
| Lifetime | — | — | — |
| Lifetime Movie Network | — | — | — |
| Live Now Fox | ✔ | — | — |
| Local Now | ✔ | — | — |
| Localish (ABC) | ✔ | — | — |
| M | |||
| MAVTV | — | — | — |
| Magnolia Network | ✔ | — | — |
| MGM+™ | — | — | — |
| MLB Network | — | — | — |
| MOTORTREND | ✔ | — | — |
| MSNBC | ✔ | — | — |
| MTV | ✔ | — | — |
| MTV2 | ✔ | — | — |
| MTV Classic | ✔ | — | — |
| MyTV | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| N | |||
| Nat Geo WILD | ✔ | — | — |
| National Geographic | ✔ | — | — |
| NBA TV | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NBC* | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NBC Universo | ✔ | — | — |
| NBC News Now | ✔ | — | — |
| NBC Sports Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NECN | ✔ | — | — |
| Newsmax | ✔ | — | — |
| Newsmax En Español | — | ✔ | |
| Newsnation | ✔ | — | — |
| NFL Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Nick Jr. | ✔ | — | — |
| Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite | ✔ | — | — |
| Nicktoons | ✔ | — | — |
| NTN 24 | — | — | ✔ |
| Nuestra Tele | — | — | ✔ |
| O | |||
| OAN | ✔ | — | — |
| Orlando City FC | ✔ | — | — |
| Outside TV | — | — | — |
| Oxygen | ✔ | — | — |
| Oxygen True Crime | ✔ | — | — |
| OWN | ✔ | — | — |
| P | |||
| Pac-12 Network | — | — | — |
| Paramount Network | ✔ | — | — |
| Pasiones | — | — | ✔ |
| PBS* | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| PBS Kids | ✔ | — | — |
| PBTV | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| PlayersTV | — | — | — |
| Pop | ✔ | — | — |
| Portlandia TV (IFC) | ✔ | — | — |
| Q | |||
| QVC | ✔ | — | — |
| R | |||
| Recipe.TV | ✔ | — | — |
| ROAR | ✔ | — | — |
| S | |||
| Science | — | — | — |
| Scripps News | ✔ | — | — |
| SEC Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Smithsonian Channel | ✔ | — | — |
| Sony Cine | — | — | ✔ |
| Sportsman Channel | — | — | — |
| Stadium | — | — | — |
| Start TV | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Stories by AMC | ✔ | — | — |
| SundanceTV | ✔ | — | — |
| Syfy | ✔ | — | — |
| T | |||
| T2 | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Tastemade | ✔ | — | — |
| Tastemade en Español | — | — | ✔ |
| TBS | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| TCM | ✔ | — | — |
| Telehit | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Telehit Música | — | — | ✔ |
| Telemundo* | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Tennis Channel | — | — | — |
| TLC | ✔ | — | — |
| tlnovelas | — | — | ✔ |
| TNT | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Travel Channel | ✔ | — | — |
| truTV | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| TUDN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| TV Land | ✔ | — | — |
| TyC Sports | — | — | ✔ |
| TYT | ✔ | — | — |
| U | |||
| UniMás* | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Univision* | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| USA Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| V | |||
| VH1 | ✔ | — | — |
| VICE | — | — | — |
| W | |||
| The Walking Dead Universe | ✔ | — | — |
| WAPA América | — | — | ✔ |
| Weather Channel | ✔ | — | — |
| Weather Channel en Español | — | — | — |
| WE tv | ✔ | — | — |
| World At War | ✔ | — | — |
| Y | |||
| YouTube Originals | ✔ | — | — |
Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Local channels on YouTube TV
YouTube TV local channel lineup
| Channel* | YouTube TV |
|---|---|
| ABC | ✔ |
| CBS | ✔ |
| The CW | ✔ |
| FOX | ✔ |
| NBC | ✔ |
| PBS | ✔ |
| Telemundo | ✔ |
| UniMás | ✔ |
| Univision | ✔ |
Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
Sports channels on YouTube TV
While YouTube TV isn’t the best live TV streaming service for sports, you still get a good selection of sports networks that compares favorably with those of most traditional cable/satellite TV providers. Basketball, football, and soccer are well-covered, but baseball and hockey fans will lament YouTube TV’s lack of MLB Network and NHL Network. If that’s a dealbreaker for you, Stream with DIRECTV and Fubo have both networks—along with regional sports networks (RSNs; extra fee applies).
| Channel | YouTube TV | Sports Plan | Sports Plus add-on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCN | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| beIN SPORTS | — | — | ✔ |
| beIN SPORTS XTRA | — | — | ✔ |
| Big Ten Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Billiard TV | — | — | ✔ |
| CBS Sports Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPN | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPN2 | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPNews | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| ESPNU | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| FanDuel TV | — | — | ✔ |
| Fight Network | — | — | ✔ |
| FS1 | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| FS2 | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| FOX Soccer Plus | — | — | ✔ |
| Golf Channel | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| IMPACT Wrestling | — | — | ✔ |
| MAVTV | — | — | ✔ |
| MLB Network | — | — | — |
| MLB Network Strike Zone | — | — | — |
| MOTOR TREND | ✔ | — | — |
| NBA TV | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NBC Sports Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NFL Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| NFL RedZone | — | — | ✔ |
| NHL Network | — | — | — |
| Outside | — | — | ✔ |
| Overtime | — | — | ✔ |
| Pac-12 Network | — | — | — |
| PlayersTV | — | — | ✔ |
| PokerGO | — | — | ✔ |
| RACER Network | — | — | ✔ |
| SEC Network | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| Sports Grid | — | — | ✔ |
| Sportsman Channel | — | — | — |
| Stadium | — | — | ✔ |
| Tennis Channel | — | — | ✔ |
| VISiN | — | — | ✔ |
| Willow | — | — | ✔ |
Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
YouTube TV add-ons
YouTube TV has 25+ premium and channel-pack add-ons, including AMC+, HBO Max, MGM+, NBA League Pass, Paramount+ Premium (formerly Paramount+ with SHOWTIME), STARZ, and more. Several of these come with a free seven-day trial, too.
| Channel add-ons | YouTube TV |
|---|---|
| NFL Sunday Ticket | $276.00–$522.00/yr.† |
| Entertainment Plus (HBO Max, Paramount+ Premium, and STARZ) | $29.99/mo. |
| Sports Plus (FOX Soccer Plus, beIN Sports, NFL RedZone, and more) | $10.99/mo. |
| HBO Max | $18.49/mo. |
| CINEMAX | $9.99/mo. |
| Paramount+ Premium | $13.99/mo. |
| STARZ | $10.99/mo. |
| MGM+ | $7.99/mo. |
| STARZ + MGM+ | $11.99/mo. |
| Acorn TV | $6.00/mo. |
| ALLBLK | $5.00/mo. |
| AMC+ | $6.99–$9.99/mo. |
| Comedy Dynamics | $4.99/mo. |
| CONtv | $4.99/mo. |
| CuriosityStream | $3.00/mo. |
| Docurama | $4.99/mo. |
| DOVE | $4.99/mo. |
| Fandor | $3.99/mo. |
| Fox Nation | $5.99/mo. |
| Hallmark Movies Now | $5.99/mo. |
| IFC Films Unlimited | $7.99/mo. |
| Law & Crime | $1.99/mo. |
| NBA League Pass | $16.99/mo. or $109.00/season |
| Screambox | $4.99/mo. |
| ScreenPix | $2.99/mo. |
| Shudder | $8.99/mo. |
| Sundance Now | $7.00/mo. |
| UP Faith & Family | $5.99/mo. |
| ViX Premium | $8.99/mo. |
| WE tv+ | $5.99/mo. |
| WNBA League Pass | $7.99/mo. or $24.99/season |
Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
YouTube TV channel lineup FAQ
What channels are included with YouTube TV?
YouTube TV has 100+ channels including Comedy Central, Disney Channel, SyFy, and PBS. We like that it cuts down on traditional cable bloat from unnecessary music channels, although we wish it did a little better in the way of regional sports channels. (If you want music, you should probably just get YouTube Music or YouTube Premium.) For a full list of channels, head to our YouTube TV channel list.
Does YouTube TV have PBS?
Yes, YouTube TV has PBS and PBS Kids.
Why trust CableTV.com’s YouTube TV channel lineup
Over six years, I have logged thousands of hours of research and hands-on testing of YouTube TV, and closely followed its channel lineup and add-ons. This firsthand experience informs my YouTube channel lineup guide. For more information on my process, check out CableTV.com’s Editorial Policy page.
Disclaimer
Data effective as of post date. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
† Plus $82.99/mo. recurring for YouTube TV. Compatible device and internet connection required. Offers and availability may vary by location and are subject to change.
