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DISH Network Channel Guide and Lineup

Published on December 23, 2020

DISH TV channels

Whether you're trying to decide on a new DISH TV package or you're a long time DISH customer just looking for your favorite HD channel's number, we're here to help.

Below, you'll find a list of DISH Network packages and pricing. We'll show you what each package is best for and share a complete DISH channel guide for each.

But if you just need a channel number, head down to the channel lineup for all the DISH Network channels and where to find them.

DISH TV packages and pricing

Package	America's Top 120	America's Top 120+	America's Top 200	America's Top 250
Price*	$59.99/mo.	$74.99/mo.	$84.99/mo.	$94.99/mo.
Channel count	190	190+	240+	290+
	View plan	VIew plan	View plan	View plan

Data valid as of 12/8/2020. *For 24 months with a 2-year agreement and eAutoPay.

Which DISH channel lineup is best?

Of all DISH channel lineups, we most recommend America's Top 200. It's a superior package for families and sports fans. But all of DISH's TV packages have something unique to offer.

America's Top 120: best for basics

DISH Network's cheapest programming package is called America's Top 120. It includes local channels as well as cable channel favorites like ESPN, Disney Channel, and HGTV.

If you're on a budget, America's Top 120 gives you the channels you'd expect without an enormous TV bill.

America's Top 120+: best for sports fans on a budget

If you're a sports fan without a lot of disposable income, America's Top 120+ is the way to go. You'll get access to NFL Network, SEC Network, and Big Ten Network (BTN)—plus Pac-12 Network, which DISH's competitor DIRECTV doesn't carry.

Be advised that DISH doesn't have Fox Regional Sports Networks in this or any other package. If your favorite team's games are only available there, you'll have to head over to DIRECTV.

America's Top 200: best for families and sports fans

Our top DISH channel lineup recommendation is America's Top 200. Its eclectic channel lineup is an excellent fit for families.

You'll get more channels for the kids, like TeenNick and Disney Junior. And who doesn't love some family-friendly Hallmark Channel movies? Plus, sports lovers have specialized channels like NHL Network, NBA TV, and CBS Sports Network.

If you want a DISH TV package that does it all without costing too much, America's Top 200 will take care of you.

America's Top 250: best for movie lovers

If you want a ton of movie channels at your fingertips, the best package is America's Top 250. It has DISH's biggest channel lineup, with movie channels like FXM, STARZ Encore, and THE MOVIE CHANNEL™.

Unfortunately, DISH doesn't have two of the biggest movie channels—HBO® and CINEMAX®. You can't even get them as premium channel add-ons, so if you can't live without these channels, you'll need to go for DIRECTV.

DISH TV channel guide

Channel Name	Channel Number	America's Top 120	America's Top 120+	America's Top 200	America's Top 250
Local channels (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC)	2–70	✓	✓	✓	✓
A&E	118	✓	✓	✓	✓
ACC Network	402	✗	✓	✓	✓
AMC	131	✓	✓	✓	✓
AHC (American Heroes Channel)	195	✗	✗	✗	✓
Animal Planet	184	✓	✓	✓	✓
AXS TV	167	✓	✓	✓	✓
BabyFirst TV	823	✓	✓	✓	✓
BBC America	135	✗	✗	✓	✓
BeautyIQ	73	✓	✓	✓	✓
beIN SPORTS	392/781	✗	✗	✗	✓
beIN SPORTS en Español	860	✗	✗	✗	✓
BET	124	✗	✗	✓	✓
BET Her	251	✗	✗	✗	✓
Big Ten Network (BTN)	405/410	✗	✓	✓	✓
Bloomberg TV	203	✗	✗	✗	✓
Boomerang	175	✗	✗	✓	✓
Bounce	359	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bravo	129	✓	✓	✓	✓
BUZZR	245	✓	✓	✓	✓
BYUtv	9403	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cartoon Network/Adult Swim	176/177	✓	✓	✓	✓
CBS Sports Network	158	✗	✗	✓	✓
C-SPAN	210	✓	✓	✓	✓
C-SPAN 2	211	✓	✓	✓	✓
CGTN	279	✓	✓	✓	✓
CGTN-Español	884	✓	✓	✓	✓
Christian Television Network	267	✓	✓	✓	✓
CMT	166	✓	✓	✓	✓
CNBC	208	✓	✓	✓	✓
CNN	200	✓	✓	✓	✓
Comedy Central	107	✓	✓	✓	✓
COMET	289	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cooking Channel	113	✗	✗	✓	✓
The Cowboy Channel	232	✓	✓	✓	✓
COZI TV	253	✓	✓	✓	✓
Craft	221	✓	✓	✓	✓
Daystar	263	✓	✓	✓	✓
DEAL	278/95	✓	✓	✓	✓
Destination America	194	✗	✗	✗	✓
Discovery Channel	182	✓	✓	✓	✓
Discovery Family Channel	179	✗	✗	✓	✓
DISH Info	101	✓	✓	✓	✓
DISH scapes1	199	✓	✓	✓	✓
DISH Studio	102	✓	✓	✓	✓
Disney Channel	172/173	✓	✓	✓	✓
Disney Junior	168	✗	✗	✓	✓
Disney XD	174	✗	✗	✓	✓
DIY Network	111	✗	✗	✓	✓
E!	114	✓	✓	✓	✓
Enlace	9411	✓	✓	✓	✓
EPIX	85	✓	✓	✓	✓
EPIX Drive-In	292	✗	✗	✗	✓
ESPN	140/144/145	✓	✓	✓	✓
ESPN2	143	✓	✓	✓	✓
ESPNEWS	142	✓	✓	✓	✓
ESPNU	141	✓	✓	✓	✓
Estrella TV	852	✗	✗	✓	✓
Eternal World Television Network	261	✓	✓	✓	✓
EVINE Live	134	✓	✓	✓	✓
Family Entertainment TV	82	✓	✓	✓	✓
FM	243	✓	✓	✓	✓
Folk TV	218	✓	✓	✓	✓
Food Network	110	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fox Business Network	206	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fox News	205	✓	✓	✓	✓
FOX Sports 1 (FS1)	150	✓	✓	✓	✓
FOX Sports 2 (FS2)	149	✗	✓	✓	✓
Free Speech TV	9415	✓	✓	✓	✓
Freeform (formerly ABC Family)	180	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fuse	164	✓	✓	✓	✓
FX	136	✓	✓	✓	✓
FX Movie Channel (FXM)	384	✗	✗	✗	✓
FXX	125	✓	✓	✓	✓
FYI	119	✗	✗	✓	✓
Galavisión	273	✗	✗	✓	✓
Game Show Network	116	✗	✗	✓	✓
Gem Shopping Network	229	✓	✓	✓	✓
getTV	373	✓	✓	✓	✓
Golf Channel	401	✗	✗	✓	✓
Great American Country	165	✗	✗	✗	✓
GRIT	217	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hallmark Channel	185	✗	✗	✓	✓
Hallmark Drama	186	✗	✗	✓	✓
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries	187	✗	✗	✓	✓
Headline News	202	✓	✓	✓	✓
Heroes & Icons	293	✓	✓	✓	✓
HGTV	112	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hillsong Channel	258	✓	✓	✓	✓
HISTORY (formerly The History Channel)	120	✓	✓	✓	✓
HITN	843	✓	✓	✓	✓
HLN	202	✗	✗	✓	✓
Hopper Insider	103	✓	✓	✓	✓
HSN	74/287	✓	✓	✓	✓
HSN2	226	✓	✓	✓	✓
IFC	133	✓	✓	✓	✓
Impact Television Network	268	✓	✓	✓	✓
In Country Television	230	✓	✓	✓	✓
INSP	259	✓	✓	✓	✓
Investigation Discovery	192	✓	✓	✓	✓
ION	250	✓	✓	✓	✓
JTV (Jewelry Television®)	83/227	✓	✓	✓	✓
JusticeCentral.TV	240	✓	✓	✓	✓
LHN (Longhorn Network)	–	✗	✓	✓	✓
Laff TV	237	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lifetime	108	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lifetime Movie Network	109	✗	✗	✓	✓
Link TV	9410	✓	✓	✓	✓
LOGO	254	✗	✗	✗	✓
Mercury TV (MALL)	86/220	✓	✓	✓	✓
MeTV	247	✓	✓	✓	✓
MLB Network	152/478	✗	✗	✓	✓
MOTOR TREND	246	✓	✓	✓	✓
MoviePlex	377	✗	✗	✗	✓
THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ (TMC)	329	✗	✗	✓	✓
MSNBC	209	✓	✓	✓	✓
MTV	160	✓	✓	✓	✓
MTV2	161	✓	✓	✓	✓
MTV Classic	163	✗	✗	✗	✓
MTV Live	369	✓	✓	✓	✓
NASA	286	✓	✓	✓	✓
Nat Geo WILD	190	✗	✗	✓	✓
National Geographic	186	✓	✓	✓	✓
NBA TV	156	✗	✗	✓	✓
(NBC) UNIVERSO	838	✗	✗	✗	✓
NBCSN	159	✓	✓	✓	✓
Newsmax TV	216	✓	✓	✓	✓
Newsy	283	✓	✓	✓	✓
NFL Network	154	✗	✓	✓	✓
NHL Network	157	✗	✗	✓	✓
Nick Jr.	169	✗	✗	✓	✓
Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite	170/171	✓	✓	✓	✓
Nicktoons	178	✗	✗	✗	✓
Olympic Channel	389	✗	✗	✓	✓
Outdoor Channel	396	✗	✗	✓	✓
OWN	189	✗	✗	✓	✓
Oxygen	127	✗	✗	✓	✓
Pac-12 Network	406/409	✗	✓	✓	✓
Paramount Network	241	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pay-Per-View Guide	500	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pop	117	✓	✓	✓	✓
Pursuit	393	✓	✓	✓	✓
QVC	71/137	✓	✓	✓	✓
QVC 2	255	✓	✓	✓	✓
RECTV	284	✓	✓	✓	✓
REELZ	299	✓	✓	✓	✓
Renew	94/223/277	✓	✓	✓	✓
RFD-TV	231	✗	✗	✓	✓
Ride TV	248	✓	✓	✓	✓
Russia Today	280	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sale	225	✓	✓	✓	✓
Science Channel	193	✗	✗	✓	✓
SEC Network	404/408	✗	✓	✓	✓
Shepherd's Chapel Network	256	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shop LC (formerly the Liquidation Channel)	88/274/882	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sirius XM	99	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sirius XM (ViP Receiver)	6002-6096	✓	✓	✓	✓
Smithsonian Channel	367	✗	✗	✗	✓
SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN)	257	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sportsman Channel	395	✗	✗	✗	✓
Start TV	291	✓	✓	✓	✓
STARZ ENCORE	341	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ ENCORE Action	343	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ ENCORE Black	345	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ ENCORE Classic	346	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ ENCORE Family	347	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ Encore Suspense	344	✗	✗	✗	✓
STARZ Encore Westerns	342	✗	✗	✗	✓
SundanceTV	126	✗	✗	✓	✓
Syfy	122	✓	✓	✓	✓
TBN	260	✓	✓	✓	✓
TBS	139	✓	✓	✓	✓
TeenNick	181	✗	✗	✓	✓
Tennis Channel	400	✗	✓	✓	✓
Three Angels Broadcasting Network	9393	✓	✓	✓	✓
TLC	183	✓	✓	✓	✓
TMC XTRA	330	✗	✗	✗	✓
TNT	138	✓	✓	✓	✓
Travel Channel	196	✓	✓	✓	✓
truTV	242	✓	✓	✓	✓
TUDN	856	✗	✗	✓	✓
TV Games Network	399	✓	✓	✓	✓
TV Land	106	✓	✓	✓	✓
TVG2	398	✓	✓	✓	✓
UniMás	271	✗	✗	✓	✓
Univision	270/827/828	✗	✗	✓	✓
Uplifting Entertainment	188	✗	✗	✓	✓
USA Network	105	✓	✓	✓	✓
VH1	162	✓	✓	✓	✓
VICE TV	121	✗	✗	✓	✓
Victory	265	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Weather Channel	214	✓	✓	✓	✓
WeatherNation	215	✓	✓	✓	✓
WGN America	239	✓	✗	✓	✓
Women's Entertainment	128	✗	✓	✓	✓
World Fishing Network	394	✗	✓	✓	✓
YouTV	228/275	✓	✓	✓	✓
Z Living	191	✓	✓	✓	✓

If you haven't signed up for DISH yet, our channel guide can help you decide on the best DISH TV package for you. Then use the link below to become a new DISH customer.

DISH TV channel lineup FAQ

What channel is ESPN on DISH Network?

DISH carries ESPN on channels 140, 144, and 145. You'll find ESPNU on 141, ESPNEWS on 142, and ESPN2 on 143. These sports must-haves come with every DISH package.

What channel is Disney Channel on DISH Network?

DISH offers Disney Channel on channels 172 and 173. While Disney Channel comes with every DISH plan, you'll need America's Top 200 or America's Top 250 for Disney Junior (168) and Disney XD (174).

What channel is Animal Planet on DISH Network?

Animal Planet is on channel 184, and it comes included with all of DISH's packages. For more nature documentaries, check out Nat Geo WILD on channel 190 (available with America's Top 200 and America's Top 250).

What channel is USA on DISH Network?

USA Network is on channel 105, and it comes with every DISH channel lineup.

What channel is TLC on DISH Network?

You'll find TLC on channel 183 with any DISH channel package.

What channel is CNN on DISH Network?

You can watch CNN on channel 200 with any DISH TV plan.

What channel is STARZ on DISH Network?

STARZ is on channels 340 and 350. When you sign up with DISH, you get this premium channel for free for three months—after that, it's $10 per month.

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