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Local broadcast TV has never been better. Since the switch to digital, millions of U.S. households can watch dozens of free channels, many in HD, from local towers with just a small indoor antenna, no cable bill required.

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Big games, races and live events coming up on free over-the-air TV, and the channel to find each one on. Full-season schedules show which games an antenna gets you for free.

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Nov 26 · NBCMacy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Dec 12 · CBSArmy-Navy Game

Jan 25 · ABCCFP National Championship

Feb 7 · ABCGrammy Awards

Feb 14 · ABCSuper Bowl LXI

Feb 21 · FOXDaytona 500

Mar 14 · ABCAcademy Awards

Apr 8 · CBSThe Masters

May 1 · NBCKentucky Derby

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Sports TV schedules

NFL SeasonCBS, FOX, NBC

CBS, FOX, NBC

College FootballABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CW

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NASCAR Cup SeriesFOX, NBC

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Upcoming broadcasts

Nov 26 · NBC

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2026

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade returns on Thursday, November 26, 2026, and this one is a milestone: it's the 100th parade. It airs live on NBC from 8:30 AM to noon in every time zone, which means it's free over the air for anyone with an antenna...

Army-Navy Game 2026

The 127th Army-Navy Game is Saturday, December 12, 2026, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with kickoff at 3:00 PM ET on CBS. CBS is a broadcast network, so the whole game is free over the air with an antenna...

CFP National Championship 2027

The 2027 College Football Playoff National Championship is Monday, January 25, 2027, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, with kickoff at 7:30 PM ET. It airs on ESPN and is simulcast on ABC, and that ABC simulcast means the whole game is free over the air with an antenna...

Grammy Awards 2027

The 69th Annual Grammy Awards are Sunday, February 7, 2027 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles — and after more than fifty years on CBS, the ceremony moves to ABC. It is still a broadcast network, so the show is free over the air with an antenna...

Sports TV schedules

CBS · FOX · NBC

NFL Season 2026

The 2026 NFL season is split across nine platforms, so knowing where to watch a given game has gotten confusing. Below is every nationally scheduled game of the season in date order, with the channel it's on and whether you can watch it free with an antenna...

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College Football 2026

College football is the hardest sport on television to pin down. More than 130 teams play upwards of 800 games a season across a dozen networks, and unlike the NFL there's no single national schedule to read down. What can be pinned down is which networks are free...

NASCAR Cup Series 2026

NASCAR's television deal changed shape in 2025, and the 2026 Cup Series season is the clearest illustration of what that means for anyone watching without cable. The season is divided into four broadcast blocks across FOX, Prime Video, TNT and NBC, and only two of those reach a plain antenna...

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New Local Sports Channels: Watch NBA, NHL, and MLB Games Free With an Antenna

For twenty years the answer to how you watch your local team was the same everywhere: you needed cable, because most teams' games were on cable sports channels. That model is falling apart, and something unexpected is replacing it. A growing number of NBA, NHL, and MLB teams have moved their games onto local broadcast stations, where you can watch them free over the air...

Tablo Review: Record Free Over-the-Air TV Forever, With No Monthly Fees

If you've cut the cord, you already know the best-kept secret in television: the biggest events of the year are free. The World Cup, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, Sunday football, your local news — all of it beams through the air for anyone with an antenna. But live TV has one problem antennas never solved: you can't record it. That's the exact gap the Tablo fills...

Pluto TV: A Free Supplement to Your Antenna

If you've cut the cord, your setup is probably a few pieces stitched together: an antenna for local channels and live sports, maybe a subscription or two for movies and the shows you follow. There's a third piece worth knowing about that costs nothing at all: free, ad-supported streaming. The biggest name in it is Pluto TV...

Why Do Local TV Stations Still Broadcast If They're on Cable, Satellite, and Online?

If a station's channel already shows up on cable, satellite, and in an app, why does it still run a transmitter? Especially a small independent or religious station, where plenty of households find it easier to scroll to that channel on a cable lineup than to aim an antenna at it. Why not shut the tower down, save the money, and just be a cable channel? The answer turns out to be one of the more interesting pieces of how American television is put together...