TV and streaming viewing picks for September 29, 2026: How to MLB Wild Card Playoffs and NHL Opening Night

All Times Eastern

College Basketball
ACC Network Basketball Podcast — ACC Network, 5 p.m.

College Football
Florida Atlantic Weekly Press Conference — ESPN+, 11:45 a.m.
Cincinnati Football Press Conference — ESPN+, noon
Iowa State Football Press Conference — ESPN+, 12:55 p.m.
SEC Now: Open Mic — SEC Network, 1 p.m.
Deion Sanders (Colorado) Press Conference — ESPN+, 1 p.m.
Missouri Football Press Conference — SEC Network Plus, 1 p.m.
South Carolina Football Press Conference — SEC Network Plus, 1 p.m.
B1G Live: Football Coaches Press Conferences — Big Ten Network, 1:30 p.m.
College Football Live — ESPN2, 2 p.m.
Cal Football Press Conference — ACC Network Extra, 2 p.m.
Missouri Football Press Conference — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
Vanderbilt Football Press Conference — SEC Network Plus, 2 p.m.
14 Days in Gainesville — ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.
Always College Football — ESPNews, 4 p.m.
The Journey: Big Ten Football — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
SEC Inside: Georgia vs. Oklahoma — SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.
Inside College Football — CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.

College Golf
Men’s and Women’s
NB3 Matchplay at Twin Warriors, Twin Warriors Golf Club, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
Announcers: Ryan Burr/Notah Begay III//Amanda Blumenherst//Gary Christian
Matchplay: Foursomes — Golf Channel, 5 p.m.

CONCACAF Nations League
Group Stage — Matchday 2
League C: Group A, TCIFA National Stadium, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
British Virgin Islands vs. Turks and Caicos Islands — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:50 p.m.

League C: Group C, Bethlehem Soccer Stadium, Upper Bethlehem, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Bahamas — tubi, 3:50 p.m.

League B: Group D, FFB Stadium, Belmopan, Belize
French Guiana vs. Sint Maarten — FS2/Fox One, 4:50 p.m.
Belize vs. St. Vincent & The Grenadines — FS2/Fox One, 9:50 p.m.

League C: Group B, Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Saint George, Antigua and Barbuda
Anguilla vs. Aruba — FS2/Fox One, 6:50 p.m.

Dogs
Best in Dogs Sports: AKC Celebrates USA 250 — ESPN2, 7 p.m.

Golf
The Big Swing with Jimmy Roberts — Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
5 Clubs With Gary Williams — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
Scorecard — CBS Sports Network, 1 p.m.
Golf Today — Golf Channel, 4 p.m.
Golf Central — Golf Channel, 8 p.m.
Payne Stewart Award — Golf Channel, 9 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Reloaded: UFC 270-Ngannou vs. Gane — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Countdown to UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 — CBS Sports Network, 2 a.m. (Wednesday)

MLB Postseason
Wild Card Series
National League
Game 1, Truist Park, Cumberland, GA
Announcers: Matt Vasgersian/John Kruk/C.J. Nitkowski//Joey Votto//Ashley ShahAhmadi

American League
Game 1, Daikin Park, Houston, TX
Announcers: Tom McCarthy/Geoff Blum/Steve Stone//Adam Ottovino//Britney Eurton
Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros —  NBCSN/Peacock, 5 p.m.

Game 1, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, NY
Announcers: Jason Benetti/Joe Girardi/Lou Merloni//Caroline Piñeda
Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees — NBC/Peacock, 8 p.m.

National League
Game 1, Petco Park, San Diego, CA
Announcers: Dave Flemming/Jim Deshaies/Mark Grant//Clayton Kershaw//John Fanta
Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres — NBCSN/Peacock, 10 p.m.

Announcers: Ahmed Fareed/Eric Hosmer/CC Sabathia
MLB Wild Card Series Pregame Show — NBCSN/Peacock, 1:30 p.m.

Announcers: Steve Phillips/Eduardo Pérez
The Leadoff Spot — MLB Network, 9 a.m.

Announcers: Robert Flores/Lauren Shehadi/Mark DaRosa
MLB Central — MLB Network, 10 a.m.

Announcers: Greg Amsinger/Harold Reynolds/Dan Plesac
MLB Tonight: National Pregame Post Season Show — MLB Network, noon

MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 4:30 p.m.
Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees MLB Baseball Playoffs In-Game Live Gameday — SportsGrid, 7 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 7:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 8 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 10:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 11 p.m.
MLB Tonight — MLB Network, 1 a.m. (Wednesday)

NASCAR
Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour: Kansas Recap — FS1, 6 p.m.

NBA
NBA Today — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Association — NBA TV, 9 p.m.

NFL
Good Morning Football — NFL Network, 8 a.m.
The Fantasy Life Show — Fubo Sports Network, 10 a.m.
Fantasy Football Today — CBS Sports Network, noon
NFL Total Access — NFL Network, noon
The GM Shuffle — DraftKings Network, 2 p.m.
Big Day With Peter Schrager — ESPN, 2 p.m.
Ross Tucker Football Podcast — DraftKings Network, 3 p.m.
NFL Live — ESPN2, 4 p.m.
NFL Fantasy Live — NFL Network, 5 p.m.
This Is Football — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Insiders — NFL Network, 7 p.m.

NHL
Opening Night
NHL on ESPN
Announcers: Bob Wischusen/Erik Johnston//Leah Hextall
Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 5 p.m.

Announcers: Sean McDonough/Ray Ferraro//Emily Kaplan
New York Rangers at Boston Bruins — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 8 p.m.

Announcers: Mike Monaco/Kevin Weekes//Stormy Buonantomy
Chicago Blackhawks at Vegas Golden Knights — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 10:30 p.m.

Announcers: Steve Levy/Mark Messier/P.K. Subban
The Point — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, 4 p.m.

NHL on Sportsnet
Announcers: Chris Cuthbert/Craig Simpson//Kyle Bukauskus
Montréal Canadiens at Toronto Maple Leafs — Sportsnet, 7 p.m.

Announcers: Jack Michaels/ouie DeBrusk//Gene Principe 
Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers — Sportsnet, 10 p.m.

Hockey Central Tonight — Sportsnet, 6:30 p.m.

Announcers: E.J. Hradek/Michael Del Zotto
NHL Tonight: First Shift — NHL Network, 4 p.m.

Announcers: Jamison Coyle/Mike Rupp/Cory Schneider
NHL Now — NHL Network, 5 p.m.

Announcers: Tony Luftman/Mike Johnson/Nate Thompson
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.

NHL Tonight: Montréal at Toronto Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, 9 p.m.

Host: Erika Wachter
On the Fly — NHL Network, 10 p.m.

On the Fly: Vancouver at Edmonton Bonus Coverage — NHL Network, midnight

Host: Erika Wachter
On the Fly — NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Wednesday)

Soccer
Men’s
International Friendly, Energizer Park, St. Louis, MO
Announcers — TNT/truTV/HBO Max: Luke Wileman/Brian Dunseth//Melissa Ortiz
United States vs. Chile — TNT/truTV/HBO Max//Universo/Peacock, 8 p.m.

Announcers: Liam McHugh/DaMarcus Beasley/Brad Guzan/Kyle Martino
U.S. Soccer Pregame live from Energizer Park, St. Louis, MO — TNT/truTV/HBO Max, 7:30 p.m.
U.S. Soccer Postgame live from Energizer Park, St. Louis, MO — TNT/truTV/HBO Max, 10 p.m.

International Friendly, Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, NJ
México vs. Peru — Univision/TUDN, 9 p.m.

Fútbol central — Univision/TUDN, 8:30 p.m.

Morning Footy — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 8 a.m.
Best of Morning Footy — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 2 p.m.
Fútbol Picante — ESPN Deportes, 3 p.m.
Equipo Fútbol — ESPN Deportes, 4 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPN+, 5 p.m.
Scoreline — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 5 p.m.
Generación Fútbol — ESPN Deportes, 6 p.m.
Tricolor al día — TUDN, 6 p.m.
Línea de cuatro — TUDN, 7 p.m.
Call It What You Want — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 8 p.m.
Fútbol Americas — ESPN+, 10:30 p.m.
Scoreline — CBS Sports Golazo Network, 11 p.m.
Fútbol Picante — ESPN Deportes, 11 p.m.
Línea de cuatro — TUDN, 11 p.m.

Sports News & Talk
SportsCenter — ESPN, 7 a.m.
The Sporting Tribune Today — SportsGrid, 7 a.m.
Nothing Personal with David Samson — DraftKings Network, 8 a.m.
Get Up — ESPN, 8 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 8 a.m.
Morning Buzz — CBS Sports HQ, 9 a.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 9 p.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — NBCSN/Peacock, 9 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show — DraftKings Network, 11 a.m.
The Sporting Tribune Today — SportsGrid, 11 a.m.
B1G Today — Big Ten Network, noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
Midday Rundown — CBS Sports HQ, noon
The Pat McAfee Show — ESPN/ESPN Unlimited, noon
The Rich Eisen Show — ESPN Unlimited/Disney+, noon
The Dan Le Batard Show — NBCSN/Peacock, noon
NewsWire LIVE — SportsGrid, noon
Cold as Balls: Mike Evans & Kiki Hernández — Scripps Sports Network, 1:30 p.m.
CBS Sports HQ Spotlight — CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.
The Makeshift Project: Tracy McGrady Invited Us To His House — Scripps Sports Network, 2 p.m.
The Pat McAfee Show — YouTube, 2 p.m.
Trending Now — CBS Sports HQ, 3 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network, 3 p.m.
Ross Tucker Even Money — DraftKings Network, 3:30 p.m.
CBS Sports HQ Spotlight — CBS Sports Network, 4 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN2, 5:30 p.m.
ACC PM — ACC Network 6 p.m.
Primetime Pregame LIVE — CBS Sports HQ, 6 p.m.
SportsCenter — ESPN2, 6 p.m.
Gametime Decisions Live Sports News — SportsGrid, 6 p.m.
Gameday Scoreboard and Highlights — CBS Sports HQ, 7 p.m.
TrueSouth: Hazen, AK — SEC Network, 8 p.m.
Mystery Crate — DraftKings Network, 8 p.m.
NFL Film Short: Miller Night Football — HBO, 9 p.m.
BBC Sport — BBC News, 9:45 p.m.
All The Smoke — DraftKings Network, 10 p.m.
Scoreboard Final — CBS Sports HQ, 11 p.m.
El pelotazo — Telemundo, midnight
Contacto deportivo — Univision/TUDN, midnight
Scoreboard Final — CBS Sports HQ, 1 a.m. (Wednesday)
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 1 a.m. (Wednesday)
Pushing the Odds with Matt Perrault — SportsGrid, 1 a.m (Wednesday)
TMZ Sports — FS1, 1:30 a.m. (Wednesday)
SportsCenter at Night — ESPN, 2 a.m. (Wednesday)
South Beach Sessions — DraftKings Network, 3 a.m. (Wednesday)
Boomer and Gio — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m. (Wednesday)
Unsportsmanlike with Evan, Carly and Michelle — ESPN2/ESPNU, 6 a.m. (Wednesday)

WNBA Playoffs
1st Round
Game 2, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever — Prime Video, 6:30 p.m. (Las Vegas leads series 1-0)

Game 2, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Announcers: Kate Scott/Tamika Catchings/Sarah Kustok//Paris Lawson
Minnesota Lynx at New York Liberty — USA Network/CNBC, 8:30 p.m. (New York leads series 1-0)

Announcers: Elle Duncan/Chamique Holdsclaw/Renee Montgomery
WNBA on USA Pregame Show — USA Network/CNBC, 8 p.m.