2026 postseason schedule, results and how to watch

MLB has announced the complete broadcast schedule for the American and National League Division Series presented by Booking.com. All four series begin on Saturday under a best-of-five format, with the ALDS airing on TNT Sports platforms and the NLDS airing on FOX/FS1, FOX Deportes and FOX One.

The ALDS will also be available in Spanish on UniMas, while Univision’s TUDN Radio will provide Spanish language audio coverage of the ALDS and NLDS. ESPN Radio will provide live national coverage of all <a href="https://comicvibe.com/halloween-programming-guide-2026/” title=”Halloween Programming Guide 2026″>2026 MLB postseason games. In addition, MLB Network will air extensive studio coverage throughout the postseason across the Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight, the Emmy-nominated MLB Central and MLB Now, and Intentional Talk, MLB Network’s longest-running talk show.

The 2026 postseason schedule, which is subject to change, can be viewed in its entirety at MLB.com/postseason.

WILD CARD SERIES

Tuesday, Sept. 29
ATL 5, PHI 3 (ATL leads, 1-0)
CWS 6, HOU 3 (CWS leads, 1-0)
NYY 9, BOS 0 (NYY leads, 1-0)
SD 8, CHC 0 (SD leads, 1-0)

Wednesday, Sept. 30
PHI 4, ATL 3 (Series tied 1-1)
CWS 7, HOU 3 (CWS wins series, 2-0)
NYY 9, BOS 2 (NYY wins series, 2-0)
SD 4, CHC 1 (SD wins series, 2-0)

Thursday, Oct. 1
Phillies vs. Braves, Game 3: LIVE (NBC/Peacock)

DIVISION SERIES

Saturday, Oct. 3
CWS @ CLE, Game 1: 1 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
PHI-ATL winner @ LAD, Game 1: 4 p.m. (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)
NYY @ TB, Game 1: 6:30 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
SD @ MIL, Game 1: 8:30 p.m. (FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Sunday, Oct. 4
SD @ MIL, Game 2: 4 p.m. (FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)
PHI-ATL winner @ LAD, Game 2: 8 p.m. (FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Monday, Oct. 5
CWS @ CLE, Game 2: 5 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
NYY @ TB, Game 2: 8 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)

Tuesday, Oct. 6
LAD @ PHI-ATL winner, Game: 3 6 p.m. (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)
MIL @ SD, Game 3: 9:30 p.m. (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Wednesday, Oct. 7
CLE @ CWS, Game 3: 4 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
LAD @ PHI-ATL winner, Game 4: 6 p.m. (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*
TB @ NYY, Game 3: 8 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
MIL @ SD, Game 4: 10 p.m. (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*

Thursday, Oct. 8
CLE @ CWS, Game 4: 5 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)*
TB @ NYY, Game 4: 8 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)*

(If there is only one ALDS Game 4, it will begin at 8 p.m.)

Friday, Oct. 9
SD @ MIL, Game 5: 4:30 p.m. (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*
PHI-ATL winner @ LAD, Game 5: 8 p.m. (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*

(If there is only one NLDS Game 5, it will begin at 8 p.m. on FOX)

Saturday, Oct. 10
CWS @ CLE, Game 5: 5 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)*
NYY @ TB, Game 5: 8 p.m. (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)*

(If there is only one ALDS Game 5, then it will begin at 8 p.m.)

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Sunday, Oct. 11
NLCS Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Monday, Oct. 12
ALCS Game 1 (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
NLCS Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Tuesday, Oct. 13
ALCS Game 2 (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)

Wednesday, Oct. 14
NLCS Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Thursday, Oct. 15
ALCS Game 3 (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
NLCS Game 4 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Friday, Oct. 16
ALCS Game 4 (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)
NLCS Game 5 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*

Saturday, Oct. 17
ALCS Game 5 (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)*

Sunday, Oct. 18
NLCS Game 6 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*

Monday, Oct. 19
ALCS Game 6 (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)*
NLCS Game 7 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*

Tuesday, Oct. 20
ALCS Game 7 (TBS/truTV/UniMas/HBO Max)*

WORLD SERIES

Friday, Oct. 23
Game 1 — at better 2026 record (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Saturday, Oct. 24
Game 2 — at better 2026 record (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Monday, Oct. 26
Game 3 (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Tuesday, Oct. 27
Game 4 (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)

Wednesday, Oct. 28
Game 5 (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*

Friday, Oct. 30
Game 6 — at better 2026 record (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*

Saturday, Oct. 31
Game 7 — at better 2026 record (FOX/FOX Deportes/FOX One)*