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DISH Network Channel Guide 2026

Find Every Channel You Watch in the DISH Lineup

This year’s DISH lineup offers as many as 330 channels (200 in HD!). Check the DISH guide below for the channels you’ve got to have.

DISH Network Channels List

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Network
Channel
Number
HD
America's
Top 250
America's
Top 200
America's
Top 120 Plus
America's
Top 120
ABC
2-70
No
●
●
●
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CBS
2-70
No
●
●
●
●
FOX
2-70
No
●
●
●
●
NBC
2-70
No
●
●
●
●
A Wealth of Entertainment
374
No
●
●
A&E
118
Yes
●
●
●
●
ACC Network
402
Yes
●
●
AMC
131
Yes
●
●
●
●
American Heroes Channel
195
Yes
●
●
America's Voice
219
No
●
●
Animal Planet
184
Yes
●
●
●
●
aspireTV
358
No
●
●
AXS TV
167
Yes
●
●
●
BabyFirst
823
No
●
●
BBC America
135
Yes
●
●
●
BBC News
281
Yes
●
●
beIN SPORTS
392/861
Yes
●
●
beIN SPORTS en Español
860
Yes
●
●
BET
124
Yes
●
●
●
●
BET Gospel
362
No
●
●
BET Her
251
No
●
●
BET Jams
365
No
●
●
BET Soul
363
No
●
●
Big Ten Network
405
Yes
●
●
Big Ten Network
410
No
●
●
BINGE TV
218
No
●
●
Bloomberg Television
203
Yes
●
●
●
Boomerang
175
Yes
●
●
●
Bounce
359
No
●
●
Bravo
129
Yes
●
●
●
●
Buy TV
84/283
No
●
●
●
●
BUZZR
245
No
●
●
BYUtv
268
No
●
●
●
C-SPAN
210
No
●
●
●
●
C-SPAN2
211
No
●
●
●
●
Cartoon Network (E)
176
Yes
●
●
●
●
Cartoon Network (W)
177
Yes
●
●
●
●
Catchy Comedy
375
No
●
●
CBS News 24/7
280
Yes
●
●
●
CBS Sports Network
158
Yes
●
●
●
Charge!
290
No
●
●
Christian Television Network
262
No
●
●
CMT
166
Yes
●
●
●
●
CMT Music
364
No
●
●
CNBC
208
Yes
●
●
●
●
CNN
200
Yes
●
●
●
●
Comedy Central
107
Yes
●
●
●
●
Comet
289
No
●
●
Cooking Channel
113
Yes
●
●
●
DABL
357
No
●
●
Daystar
263
No
●
●
DEAL
76/278
No
●
●
●
●
Destination America
194
Yes
●
●
Discovery
182
Yes
●
●
●
●
Discovery Family
179
Yes
●
●
●
Discovery Turbo
246
No
●
●
DISH scapes 1
199
No
●
●
●
●
DISH scapes 2
198
No
●
●
●
●
Disney Channel (E)
172
Yes
●
●
●
●
Disney Channel (W)
173
Yes
●
●
●
●
Disney Jr.
168
Yes
●
●
●
●
Disney XD
174
Yes
●
●
●
E! Entertainment Television
114
Yes
●
●
●
●
Enlace
888
No
●
●
ENSE
887
No
●
●
EPIC
85/224
No
●
●
ES24
868
No
●
●
ESPN
140
Yes
●
●
●
●
ESPN2
143
Yes
●
●
●
●
ESPNEWS
142
Yes
●
●
●
ESPNU
141
Yes
●
●
●
ESPN Alternate
144-145
Yes
●
●
●
Estrella TV
852
No
●
●
Eternal Word Television Network
261
No
●
●
●
EXTRA
221/288
No
●
●
Family Movie Classics
387
No
●
●
FanDuel TV
399
Yes
●
●
●
FETV
82
No
●
●
●
FM
243
No
●
●
Food Network
110
Yes
●
●
●
●
FOX Business Network
206
Yes
●
●
●
●
FOX News
205
Yes
●
●
●
●
FOX Sports 1
150
Yes
●
●
●
●
FOX Sports 2
149
Yes
●
●
FOX Weather
222
No
●
●
●
Freeform
180
Yes
●
●
●
●
Free Speech TV
269
No
●
●
Fuse
164
Yes
●
●
●
FX
136
Yes
●
●
●
●
FXM
384
Yes
●
●
FXX
125
Yes
●
●
●
●
FYI
119
Yes
●
●
●
Galavisión
273/833
No
●
●
Gallery
305
No
●
●
Game Show Network
116
Yes
●
●
●
●
Gemporia
373
No
●
●
Golf Channel
401
Yes
●
●
●
Great American Faith & Living
248
Yes
●
●
Great American Family
165
Yes
●
●
●
●
GRIT
217
No
●
●
Hallmark Channel
185
Yes
●
●
●
●
Hallmark Family
186
Yes
●
●
●
●
Hallmark Mystery
187
Yes
●
●
●
HDNet Movies
130
Yes
●
●
Headline News
202
Yes
●
●
●
●
Heroes & Icons
293
No
●
●
HGTV
112
Yes
●
●
●
●
History
120
Yes
●
●
●
●
HITN
880
No
●
●
Home Shopping Network
70/287
No
●
●
●
●
Home Shopping Network 2
226
No
●
●
●
●
IFC
133
Yes
●
●
●
Impact Network
264
No
●
●
In Country Television
230
No
●
●
INSP
259
No
●
●
●
Investigation Discovery
192
Yes
●
●
●
●
ION
250
No
●
●
Jewelry Television
227
No
●
●
●
●
Justice Central
240
No
●
●
Laff
239
No
●
●
Law & Crime
252
No
●
●
Lifetime
108
Yes
●
●
●
●
Lifetime Movie Network
109
Yes
●
●
●
●
Logo
254
No
●
●
Magnolia Network
111
Yes
●
●
●
●
Mercury Television
86/220
No
●
●
MeTV
247
No
●
●
MeTV Toons
376
No
●
●
MGM+ Drive-In
292
Yes
●
●
MLB Network
152/478
Yes
●
●
MoviePlex
377
No
●
●
MovieSphere Gold
298
No
●
●
MS NOW
209
No
●
●
●
MTV
160
Yes
●
●
●
●
MTV2
161
Yes
●
●
●
MTV Classic
163
Yes
●
●
●
MTV Live
369
Yes
●
●
National Geographic
197
Yes
●
●
●
●
Nat Geo WILD
190
Yes
●
●
●
●
NBA TV
156
Yes
●
●
Newsmax
216
No
●
●
●
NewsNation
207
No
●
●
●
NFL Network
154
Yes
●
●
NHL Network
157
Yes
●
●
Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite (E)
170
Yes
●
●
●
●
Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite (W)
171
Yes
●
●
●
●
Nick Jr.
169
Yes
●
●
●
●
NickMusic
368
No
●
●
Nicktoons
178
Yes
●
●
●
NRB TV
274
No
●
●
One America News Network
212
No
●
●
●
Outdoor Channel
396
Yes
●
●
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
189
Yes
●
●
●
●
Oxygen
127
Yes
●
●
●
●
Paramount Network
241
Yes
●
●
●
●
PixL
388
No
●
●
Pop
117
Yes
●
●
●
●
QVC
71/137
Yes
●
●
●
●
QVC 2
74/255
Yes
●
●
●
●
QVC 3
73/253
Yes
●
●
●
●
Reelz
299
No
●
●
Renew
75/223/277
No
●
●
●
●
RFD-TV
231
Yes
●
●
●
Sale
225
No
●
●
●
●
Science
193
Yes
●
●
●
SEC Network
404
Yes
●
●
Shepherd's Chapel Network
256
No
●
●
SHOP
87/276
No
●
●
●
●
Smithsonian Channel
367
Yes
●
●
SonLife Broadcasting Network
257
Yes
●
●
Sports Alternate
440
No
●
●
Sportsman Channel
395
Yes
●
●
Start TV
291
No
●
●
STARZ Encore (W)
341
Yes
●
●
●
●
STARZ Encore Action
343
No
●
●
●
●
STARZ Encore Black
345
No
●
●
●
●
STARZ Encore Classic
346
No
●
●
●
●
STARZ Encore Español
348
No
●
●
●
●
STARZ Encore Family
347
No
●
●
●
●
STARZ Encore Suspense
344
No
●
●
●
●
STARZ Encore Westerns
342
No
●
●
●
●
SundanceTV
126
Yes
●
●
●
Superior Livestock Auction
997
No
●
SYFY
122
Yes
●
●
●
●
TBN
260
No
●
●
●
●
TBN Inspire
258
No
●
●
●
TBS
139
Yes
●
●
●
●
TCM
132
Yes
●
●
●
●
TCT
266
No
●
●
TDV
881
No
●
●
TeenNick
181
Yes
●
●
●
Telemundo (E)
835
No
●
●
Telemundo (W)
836
No
●
●
Tennis Channel
400
Yes
●
●
●
The Cowboy Channel
232
Yes
●
●
TheGrio
360
No
●
●
The Learning Channel (TLC)
183
Yes
●
●
●
●
The Movie Channel (W)
329
Yes
●
●
The Movie Channel Xtra (W)
330
Yes
●
●
Three Angels Broadcasting Network
267
No
●
●
TNT
138
Yes
●
●
●
●
Todo Cine
866
No
●
●
Todo Novelas with Pasiones
867
No
●
●
Travel Channel
196
Yes
●
●
●
●
truTV
242
Yes
●
●
●
●
TUDN
397/856
Yes
●
●
TV Land
106
Yes
●
●
●
●
UniMás
271/830
Yes
●
●
Universo
838
Yes
●
●
Univision (E)
270/827
Yes
●
●
Univision (W)
828
Yes
●
●
UPtv
188
Yes
●
●
●
●
USA
105
Yes
●
●
●
●
Value TV
72/282
No
●
●
●
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VH1
162
Yes
●
●
●
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VICE TV
121
Yes
●
●
●
Victory
265
No
●
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Weather Channel
214
Yes
●
●
●
●
WeatherNation
215
No
●
●
WEST
372
No
●
●
Women's Entertainment
128
Yes
●
●
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World Fishing Network
394
Yes
●
●
YouTV
228/275
No
●
●
Zona Futbol HD
858
Yes
●
●
BonusView
90-98
No
●
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DISH Network Channel Plans

Did you find your favorites in the DISH Network channel guide?

Next, learn more about the TV packages that offer your favorite networks.

America's Top 120

190 channels

$136.99 /mo

$
94.99/mo

for 24 months.

  • Watch ESPN, Newsmax, AMC, Disney Channel, and Food Network

  • 28K On-Demand titles

  • Local Channels

  • 190 Channels

Best Value

America's Top 200

240+ channels

$165.99 /mo

$
114.99/mo

for 24 months.

  • America's Top 120 and more including NFL Network, NBA TV, Hallmark, Disney Channel, and A&E

  • 25K On-Demand titles

  • Local Channels

  • 240+ channels

America's Top 250

290+ channels

$182.99 /mo

$
124.99/mo

for 24 months.

  • America's Top 200 and more including Turner Classic Movies, STARZ Encore channels, Bloomberg, and Great American Country

  • 26K On-Demand titles

  • Local Channels

  • 290+ channels

2-year price guarantee requires credit qualification and 2-year commitment and covers core programming, local networks, and equipment. Prices include Hopper Duo for qualifying customers. Hopper, Hopper w/Sling or Hopper 3 $5/mo. more. Upfront fees may apply based on credit qualification

‡Requires internet-connected Hopper, Joey, or Wally device. Customer must press Voice Remote button to activate feature.

Specialty DISH Network Channels

Tailor your DISH channel lineup to your world with local channels and up to 4 types of add-on channel packs.

Local Channels

With DISH, there's no need to pay for basic cable networks you could get with a set of bunny ears. Local stations like ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC are included with America's Top plans, so you can watch primetime TV, local news, and classic reruns at no extra cost with DISH satellite channels.

Premium Channels

Watch top-tier programming FREE for 3 months* on DISH Network. This premium channel pack includes 25+ exclusive stations from DISH Movie Pack, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME, and Starz for theater-quality content right at home.

Watch top-tier programming FREE for 3 months* on DISH Network. This premium channel pack includes 25+ exclusive stations, including HBO Max, Cinemax, Paramount+ with SHOWTIME®, STARZ, STARZ ENCORE Movies, MGM+, and DISH Movie Pack, for theater-quality content right at home.

*After 3 mos. you will be billed $30/mo unless you call to cancel.

International Channels

For multicultural families, DISH offers add-on channels in 29 dialects including Spanish. Get a DishLATINO or international plan for a sizable selection of DISH Network channels in your desired language, plus news from faraway places you cherish.

Exclusive Channel Packs

To thank first responders and healthcare professionals, DISH offers special discounts and exclusive TV channel packs for folks in these professions. The Heartland and Stars and Stripes channel packs offer relatable and inspiring shows to help you unwind.

Movie Channel Pack

Also FREE for 3 months*, the DISH Movie Pack™ adds 15 top film channels to your DISH channel lineup. This cinema-specific channel pack gives you endless options for movie night.

*After 3 mos. you will be billed $30/mo unless you call to cancel.

More Value with DISH Channels

DISH Network plans include equipment, programming, and lifestyle extras that save money and enrich your TV experience.

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80,000 On Demand Titles

With new releases and time-tested classics

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Internet from DISH Partners

In addition to a well-stocked DISH TV channel guide and long list of included features, DISH offers internet deals from Frontier and Hughesnet. New DISH subscribers who also order internet get both services in one phone call—plus wired or satellite speeds as fast as 100 Mbps in select areas.

Popular DISH TV Channels

Broadcast networks

ABC

CBS

CW

FOX

NBC

News channels

Bloomberg

CNBC

CNN

Headline News

MSNBC

Weather Channel

Sports channels

CBS Sports Network

ESPN

ESPN2

NBA TV

Kids and family

Boomerang

Cartoon Network

Disney

Disney Junior

Disney XD

Nick Jr.

Nickelodeon

Nicktoons

TeenNick

Lifestyle and reality

Bravo

Cooking Channel

E!

Food Network

Great American Country

Hallmark

HGTV

Magnolia Network

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Oxygen

Movies and entertainment

A&E

AXS TV

Freeform

FX

FXX

HBO Max

Ion Television

Lifetime

Paramount

Syfy

TBS

Turner Classic Movies

TNT

truTV

TV Land

USA Network

Music and comedy

CMT

Comedy Central

MTV

MTV Classic

MTV2

VH1

Documentary and nature

Animal Planet

History

Nat Geo Wild

National Geographic

Travel Channel

Culture and variety

BET

Viceland

WGN America

FAQ

What channels does DISH Network include?

DISH Network packages include 190–290+ channels depending on your plan. All packages include local channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox), ESPN, CNN, Disney Channel, AMC, and more. Higher-tier plans add premium sports, movies, and specialty networks.

What channels are in the DISH America's Top 120 package?

America's Top 120 includes 190 channels including AMC, Comedy Central, CNN, Discovery, ESPN, FS1, History, MTV, TBS, TLC, and VH1, plus local channels and SiriusXM music. It starts at $94.99/mo. with a 2-year price guarantee.

For a full list of channels, view our channel guide.

What is the difference between DISH America's Top 120 and Top 200?

America's Top 120 offers 190 channels including ESPN and local favorites, ideal for budget-conscious households. America's Top 200 adds Animal Planet, Bravo, CBS Sports Network, and 50+ more channels at $114.99/mo. Call 855-728-1009 to compare.

How many channels does DISH Network offer in total?

DISH offers more than 320 channels across its packages, plus add-ons with sports, movies, and international programming. The base plan (America's Top 120) includes 190 channels; the top-tier plan (America's Top 250) includes 290+ channels.

Which DISH package includes ESPN and sports channels?

ESPN is included starting with the America's Top 120 plan ($94.99/mo). For more extensive sports coverage — including NFL Network, MLB Network, NBA TV, and NHL Network — you'll need America's Top 200 ($114.99/mo) or higher. For NFL RedZone specifically, you can add the Multi-Sport Pack for $13/mo. which includes 35+ sports channels and works with any base package.

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