MLB wild-card games for Cubs and White Sox moved to Peacock and NBC Sports Network
The first two games of the Chicago Cubs' and White Sox' wild-card series will be broadcast on Peacock and NBC Sports Network, requiring a subscription or access through select cable and streaming providers.
Major League Baseball announced that Games 1 and 2 of the Cubs-Padres and White Sox-Astros wild-card series will be shown on NBC's streaming platform Peacock and on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN). Peacock charges a monthly fee of $12.99, while NBCSN is available through Comcast's Xfinity service and streaming options such as Fubo and YouTube TV, but not on DirecTV or Astound/RCN.
The series will run from Tuesday to Thursday, with the White Sox games slated for a 4 p.m. start and the Cubs games at 9 p.m. A potential Game 3 will be scheduled based on the progress of the other wild-card matchups.
Other first-round matchups, including the Red Sox-Yankees and Phillies-Braves series, will be aired on over-the-air NBC and NBCSN, respectively. Subsequent American League playoff rounds will move to TBS, while the National League playoffs will be on Fox and FS1, and the World Series will be broadcast by Fox.
"Steve Stone will be on the call for the Sox series, and Jim Deshaies will be in the booth for the Cubs series," NBC announced.