How to watch the 2026 MLB postseason and World Series

The 2026 MLB postseason is down to four teams. The Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians are playing for the American League pennant, and the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League pennant. The winners meet in the World Series, which starts on Friday, Oct. 23, on FOX. Every remaining game is listed below with its channel and stream.

Who has which round

Round	TV	Streaming
Wild Card Series (from Sept. 29)	NBC	Peacock
AL Division Series and ALCS	TBS, truTV	HBO Max
NL Division Series and NLCS	FOX, FS1	FOX One
World Series (from Oct. 23)	FOX	FOX One

NBC's Wild Card games also aired on NBC Sports Network, and Spanish-language coverage of the National League rounds and the World Series is on FOX Deportes.

ALCS: Guardians vs. Rays

Tampa Bay reached the ALCS by sweeping the Yankees in three games. Cleveland came back from 0-2 down to beat the White Sox in five. The Rays won five of the six meetings between the teams this season. In October the history leans the other way: Cleveland swept Tampa Bay 2-0 in the 2022 Wild Card Series, and Tampa Bay won the one-game 2013 Wild Card Game 4-0. Every game is on TBS and truTV and streams on HBO Max. Times are Eastern:

Game	Date	Ballpark	Time
1	Mon., Oct. 12	Tropicana Field	8 p.m.
2	Tue., Oct. 13	Tropicana Field	8 p.m.
3	Thu., Oct. 15	Progressive Field	6 p.m.
4	Fri., Oct. 16	Progressive Field	6 p.m.
5*	Sat., Oct. 17	Progressive Field	8 p.m.
6*	Mon., Oct. 19	Tropicana Field	5 p.m.
7*	Tue., Oct. 20	Tropicana Field	8 p.m.

* If necessary. All times can change.

NLCS: Brewers vs. Dodgers

This is a rematch of last year's NLCS, which the Dodgers swept on their way to a second straight title. Milwaukee beat San Diego 3-1 in the Division Series, and the Dodgers beat Atlanta 3-1. The Brewers won four of seven regular-season meetings and opened the series at home with wins of 2-1 and 7-4. Los Angeles has won all three of the teams' postseason meetings: the 2018 NLCS in seven games, the 2020 Wild Card Series and last year's sweep. Game 3 was expected to match Milwaukee's Robert Gasser against Blake Snell. Games are on FOX or FS1, with Spanish on FOX Deportes:

Game	Date	Ballpark	Time
1	Sun., Oct. 11	American Family Field	8 p.m.
2	Mon., Oct. 12	American Family Field	5 p.m.
3	Wed., Oct. 14	Dodger Stadium	8 p.m.
4	Thu., Oct. 15	Dodger Stadium	9 p.m.
5*	Fri., Oct. 16	Dodger Stadium	9 p.m.
6*	Sun., Oct. 18	American Family Field	8 p.m.
7*	Mon., Oct. 19	American Family Field	8 p.m.

* If necessary. Times are Eastern.

The World Series

Game 1 of the 2026 World Series is on Friday, Oct. 23. The pennant winner with the better regular-season record has home-field advantage, and the series uses the usual 2-3-2 format. Every game is on FOX and streams on FOX One, with Spanish on FOX Deportes. FOX said game times would be announced closer to the games.

Game	Date
1	Fri., Oct. 23
2	Sat., Oct. 24
Travel day	Sun., Oct. 25
3	Mon., Oct. 26
4	Tue., Oct. 27
5*	Wed., Oct. 28
Travel day*	Thu., Oct. 29
6*	Fri., Oct. 30
7*	Sat., Oct. 31

* If necessary. If the series goes the distance, Game 7 is on Halloween night.

Start times by time zone

The times above are Eastern. The ALCS weekday games in Cleveland start at 6 p.m. ET, which is 3 p.m. on the West Coast, so fans out west may want the HBO Max app on a phone. NLCS Games 4 and 5 in Los Angeles start at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. in Milwaukee), so those games run late on the East Coast.

Streaming apps and prices

App	Price	Games
FOX One	$19.99 a month	NLCS on FOX and FS1, every World Series game
HBO Max Standard	$18.49 a month	ALCS (TBS and truTV games)
HBO Max Premium	$22.99 a month	ALCS, on the top ad-free plan

The cheaper HBO Max plan, Basic with Ads at $10.99, does not include live sports, according to DealNews. FOX One includes your local FOX station and FS1, so one subscription covers the rest of the National League side and the World Series. If you have cable or a live TV service, the FOX Sports app and FOXSports.com stream the FOX games with your provider login, and TBS games depend on your TV or streaming package.

What you need for the rest of October

To see every remaining game you need two things: access to TBS for the ALCS, through cable, a live TV service or HBO Max, and access to FOX and FS1 for the NLCS and the World Series, through cable, a live TV service or FOX One. A fan who only cares about the World Series needs nothing more than an antenna or FOX One.

Free options

The World Series is on broadcast FOX, so an antenna is enough to watch every game for free where you get a FOX signal. The NLCS games that FOX picks for its main network are free the same way; the FS1 games are not. The ALCS is on cable channels only.

Listening on the radio

ESPN Radio has every postseason game through the World Series, its 29th season of MLB coverage. Jon Sciambi and Doug Glanville call the NLCS, and Mike Couzens and Eduardo Pérez call the ALCS. For the World Series, Sciambi, Pérez, Jessica Mendoza and Buster Olney work together for the fourth straight year. The audio streams on the ESPN app and ESPN.com, which is useful in a car or anywhere you cannot get the TV broadcast.

Following the games

CrackStreams lists each day's games and first-pitch times on its MLB page. When the baseball season ends, our NBA guide and NHL guide cover the winter.