MLB reveals TV schedule for 2026 League Championship Series

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Major League Baseball has announced the television schedule for the 2026 League Championship Series.

The action begins on Oct. 11 in an NLCS showdown the baseball world has figured would happen for months, and it’s a rematch of last year’s NLCS. The two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers go on the road to face Jacob Misiorowski and the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1 (8 p.m.). Joe Davis and John Smoltz will have the NLCS television call for Fox Sports.

As for the ALCS, the Tampa Bay Rays will have home-field advantage vs. the winner of the ALDS between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians, which is going to a winner-take-all Game 5 on Saturday night. The ALCS begins on Monday, October 12, and Brian Anderson and Ron Darling will be in the booth for TNT Sports.

Here’s a look at the full television schedule for the ALCS and NLCS:

NLCS Game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers (8 p.m., Fox/Fox One/Fox Deportes)

NLCS Game 2: Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers (5 p.m., Fox/FS1/Fox One/Fox Deportes)

ALCS Game 1: Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays (8 p.m., TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas)

ALCS Game 2: Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays (8 p.m., TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas)

NLCS Game 3: Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers (8 p.m., FS1/Fox Deportes/Fox One)

ALCS Game 3: Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians (6 p.m., TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas)

NLCS Game 4: Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers (9 p.m., FS1/Fox Deportes/Fox One)

ALCS Game 4: Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians (6 p.m., TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas)

NLCS Game 5 (if necessary): Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers (9 p.m., FS1/Fox Deportes/Fox One)

If the NLCS ends in a sweep, ALCS Game 4 would move to 8 p.m.

ALCS Game 5 (if necessary): Tampa Rays at Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians (8 p.m., TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas)

NLCS Game 6 (if necessary): Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers (8 p.m., FS1/Fox Deportes/Fox One)

ALCS Game 6 (if necessary): Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays (5 p.m., TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas)

NLCS Game 7 (if necessary): Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Brewers (8 p.m., Fox/FS1/Fox Deportes/Fox One)

If there is no NLCS Game 7, ALCS Game 6 will move to 8 p.m.

ALCS Game 7 (if necessary): Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Guardians at Tampa Bay Rays (8 p.m., TBS/truTV/HBO Max/UniMas)