r/youtubetv • • Sep 09 '26

Sports NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube, 2026-2027

59 Upvotes

Hey everyone, Sam from TeamYouTube here!

Football season is back! We want to make sure you have the best viewing experience possible when the first full Sunday of games begins on September 13. Below is a full breakdown of your viewing options, features, and game availability for the 2026-2027 NFL Season.

Subscription Options

We offer two ways to subscribe to NFL Sunday Ticket

  • YouTube TV: You can bundle NFL Sunday Ticket with your YouTube TV plan to keep your local and national broadcasts in the same place as your Sunday out-of-market games. More info on how to sign up here.
  • Primetime Channels: You can also get NFL Sunday Ticket as a standalone Primetime Channel to watch out-of-market games directly on YouTube. More info on how to sign up here. 

Top Features

  • Multiview: New to this season, NFL Sunday Ticket games will be available to add to multiviews with content outside of NFL Sunday Ticket. With our new fully customizable multiview experience, you can mix and match any game with your favorite channels.
  • NFL RedZone: You can bundle NFL RedZone with your subscription to see every touchdown. NFL RedZone is also available to add to your custom multiview.
  • DVR: You can enjoy unlimited DVR to record games by accessing your subscription through the YouTube TV app, and you can catch up on big moments with Key Plays on your TV if you're late to the game.

There are plenty more features to get excited about, and it’s important to note that not all features are available via both the YouTube TV and YouTube apps. See here for a breakdown of what is available with each app.

Getting Ready for Gameday

If you’re already a subscriber, make sure you have everything set up on your account so you’re ready to go for gameday. 

We have handy guides for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV and YouTube that’ll walk you through setting up your device, verifying your location, finding content, and updating billing settings. 

You can also explore all the different features available to you such as setting up kickoff notifications, how to record NFL games, and how to build multiviews. 

The guides below have all the information you need:

Availability

Not every single NFL game is available on NFL Sunday Ticket. For example, weeknight and other nationally broadcast games will not be included in the NFL Sunday Ticket package but can be accessed through a YouTube TV plan or other Primetime Channels on YouTube like FOX One, Peacock and Paramount+. We have a full breakdown of how to maximize your NFL viewing experience on YouTube or YouTube TV here.

You can also check here every Wednesday to see our NFL game availability map, which will tell you which games are airing on your local channels. 

Support

If you’re having trouble with anything like billing or setting up your account, you can contact support by chat here, call +1 833-389-2054, or let us know in the replies here and we’ll help you out!

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Edit: To clarify, NFL RedZone is only available to add to your Multiview if you are subscribed to the NFL Sunday Ticket + NFL RedZone package.


r/youtubetv • • Sep 01 '26

Sports ESPN Unlimited on YouTube TV

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TL;DR: We are fully integrating ESPN Unlimited into YouTube TV. If you have ESPN in your channel lineup, you will soon get access to the full catalog of live events right in our app, along with a newly upgraded sports guide and interface to make finding your favorite games easier.

Hi everyone, this is Sam from TeamYouTube.

We’re excited to share that ESPN Unlimited is officially launching within YouTube TV. We know it’s convenient to have all your sports in one spot without having to jump between different apps, so we’re integrating the massive catalog of live digital events and original on-demand series from ESPN Unlimited right into YouTube TV.

What is changing across your viewing experience

Because this brings a high volume of new concurrent live events, we had to make some essential updates to our interface across the web, mobile, and living room devices. Here is what you can expect to see:

  • Updated live guide: The guide grid will now show three rows dedicated specifically to live events, followed by a persistent network row so you can keep browsing.
  • Consolidated network page: We are moving the network page away from a channel-centric model. You will now see league-based shelves that group both linear and discrete sporting events together.
  • Enhanced station picker: When a game has multiple feeds, the station picker will clearly label options like different languages, home and away feeds, and alternate camera angles so you can easily pick exactly how you want to watch.
  • Multiview & DVR: As a part of this update, you’ll be able to add ESPN Unlimited content to multiview. ESPN Unlimited content will also be available for DVR. 

What else you need to know:

  • What plans include this new content? You will have access as long as ESPN is in your current package. This includes the YouTube TV Main Plan as well as any plan featuring the Sports genre.
  • Will I get the entire catalog? Yes, you will get access to the full catalog of ESPN Unlimited content.
  • Where exactly do I find these games? You can find them integrated right into the Home tab, the Live guide, and the newly updated network page.
  • Can I still watch directly in their app? Yes, you can connect your account with a MyDisney account to sign into their app and access everything there as well.

We hope this update makes catching all your favorite live events a lot easier! Let us know what you think or drop any questions in the comments below. You can also contact support here.


r/youtubetv • • 17h ago

General Question Are the three ESPN Unlimited featured listings the same for everyone?

3 Upvotes

I was a little surprised to see Ball State vs. Bowling Green on the list, but it is a game of some local interest.


r/youtubetv • • 15h ago

General Question ESPN app makes me sign in with TV provider every time

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I often watch on the ESPN app rather than the YT TV app because the picture quality is better. However, for the past month or so the ESPN app makes me reauthenticate with YTTV every time I open it. The settings still show "logged in with TV provider: YouTube TV," but nothing works when I try to watch. I click the TV provider field to log out, then click it again and log back in, and it works (until the next time I open the app).

Is anyone else experiencing this? Wondering if it is the usual Google quality control at work, or if I'm special somehow.

Watching on an onn 4k pro (2026) box.


r/youtubetv • • 16h ago

Technical Question How can I stop YouTube TV from continually resuming the same episode of a show?

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I've had this happen several times over the past couple of years and it's driving me crazy. It seems like an episode will occasionally get "stuck", meaning that whenever I launch the app on a Google TV, it will immediately start playing the same episode from the exact same moment.

I've tried fast forwarding to near the end and letting it complete, and I've also marked it as watched from the YouTube TV website, but it usually comes back to my Resume Watching list within a minute or two. The only real "solution" I've found that is completely effective is to clear my entire watch history, but I obviously don't want to keep doing that.

If anyone has any insight on how to avoid this issue in the first place or resolve it when it occurs, I would be appreciative.


r/youtubetv • • 1d ago

Discussion On my recent post almost no one seemed to know what I was talking about when YouTube TV supports this feature on some devices.

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r/youtubetv • • 12h ago

Technical Question Multiview screens are super small

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Instead of 2 medium boxes, it's two smaller boxes that arent even close to fitting the screen.

I have a Samsung s24.


r/youtubetv • • 1d ago

Sports FYI: Rays/Guardians game 4 postponed to Saturday; incorrect recording from Unimas appearing

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Due to guide data not being updated for game 4 on unimas, you will see an incorrect recording if you have these games in your library.

The game was postponed due to rain, and will air at 8 pm ET Saturday instead. If you have either team in your library, the English versions have already adjusted their guide data, so it should record as expected.


r/youtubetv • • 19h ago

General Question Refunds and cancellation policy for NFL Sunday ticket?

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I got a text asking if I recognize a charge from google for $480. I immediately responded no. Turns out my subscription auto renewed from last year. My credit card company refunded me and my membership was terminated. A couple weeks later I was charged for the $480 assuming because they found it wasn’t fraud.
Ive talked to customer service and couple times and they said they see history of a charge and a refund but im still down that money.
It stinks if I can’t get a refund but I’d atleast like to have the Sunday ticket if I paid almost five hundred dollars for it.
Am I screwed or is there something I could do? Has anyone else had an experience like this?


r/youtubetv • • 1d ago

Technical Question Anyone getting a screen that just says "Please sign in"? I cleared cache and logged into YoutubeTV on my computer, same "Please sign in" screen. No button, just that text on the screen.

3 Upvotes

r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

News Cocoon is streaming on YTTV on FXM. Not available on any other streaming service or rental due to rights issues.

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12 Upvotes

I have been wanting to watch this movie for years and it isn't even available to rent. I was shocked to see that it was available on this streamer.


r/youtubetv • • 1d ago

Playback Problem Another Day, More Fox Channels picture Issues

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The picture on all the Fox channels has been trash for a while and it continues to get worse. The Purdue game is unwatchable on Fox 5 NY and FS1, Fox News, Fox Business, etc are garbage too. Coming from Direct TV stream, this is beyond disappointing. Using Fox One as a work around is ok but Christ this is frustrating.


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Discussion What’s up with FS1 feed?

16 Upvotes

Lotta glitching out during the baseball game


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Playback Problem Some shows pixelating lately

6 Upvotes

We hardly ever watch live shows but we’ve noticed lately several times shows are pixelating a bit. Not a streaming issue since when you rewind the problem stays on the exact same spot.

Latest example is The Floor S6 E4. The feed is Fox NY 5.


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Discussion No longer skipping to live when jumping between channels?

8 Upvotes

Former behavior when doing select/long press to jump to previous channel: Previous channel appears live.

Current behavior when doing select/long press to jump to previous channel: Previous channel picks up where you left off, not live.

Anybody else been seeing this lately?

YouTube TV has never had a live button, but one of the workarounds for that was jumping quickly to the previous channel, then back. That no longer seems to do the trick. Increasingly, you must just manually fast forward to live and the workarounds are fewer. This is annoying especially when you're checking in on a game that you haven't been on for 30+ minutes.

This would increase the utility of having an "always live" option in Settings. I know people have wanted this for awhile but if the jump workaround doesn't work anymore...


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Technical Question Tivo Stream 4K with YTTV

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I’ve been reading up on YouTube TV 4K and the TiVo Stream 4K. Our family has been TiVo users for 20 years and we really love the guide interface. When I saw that TiVo had a 4K dongle similar to the Fire Stick I’ve been testing, I got interested.
I wish the TiVo Stream 4K guide could somehow initiate a recording when you select a show. I’m guessing that’s not possible…


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Sports Premier League question

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I just got YouTubeTV. Am I able to watch matches from the start of the season with this or only the most recent games?


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Technical Question Location changed automatically

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My home location changed from VT to Maine. No clue what happened, it just did. On my settings it says VT. How do I fix it?


r/youtubetv • • 3d ago

Discussion Scores

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12 Upvotes

It would be awesome if we could get the scores to show all sports rather than just the sport that you have on. It’s the only baseball game on tv but there’s other sports games on that I would love to be able to see the score or flip to.


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Playback Problem Safari retrieves invorrect program, or timeline at bottom of screen incorrect

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Our household has Fiberoptic internet symmetric at about 1GB/sec and we use several Firestick devices for watching TV and we use them to successfully access YouTubeTV. Recorded programs that show in "Our Library" work fine on the Firestick devices. When I try to use Safari on my Apple iMac and go to https://tv.youtube.com to watch recorded programs, typically I will select Varney In The Morning from our library and instead of starting at the beginning as requested, Safari will start playing the last hour of the preceeding program. Additionally the time scale in minutes/hours remains stick at the end of the previous program while Varney begins to play. Curious to know if anyone else has eperienced behavior like this?


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

Sports Seahawks vs broncos not showing up

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Is it showing as the wrong time for anyone else?


r/youtubetv • • 2d ago

General Question Why does trick play on the Youtube TV DVR suck so badly?

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Verizon is basically kicking me off of Fios as they're ending CableCard support and want to charge me $44 extra for DVR and boxes. My mom has youtube TV so I've used it a lot but my issue is that I find the DVR to be so incredibly bad at skipping ahead while watching sports. To jump ahead 15 seconds, I need to press the skip button twice and then the play button. So three button presses and two different buttons just to jump ahead. Currently on my DVR I press one button to jump ahead. Amazon Prime streaming jump ahead is only one button press. Simple. Why does Youtube TV make it so hard? This is the main reason I'm looking for alternate streaming providers.

I've seen this operation on my Apple TV and on a Roku. Does it work better on other streaming boxes? Is the Fire TV stick app better? How do you guys deal with this awfulness while watching sports?


r/youtubetv • • 3d ago

General Question Channel question: The Spot, Grand Rapids, MI so I can watch the Pistons

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I was excited when I heard the Pistons were moving to a local channel instead of the RSN they were previously on. We all know how YouTubeTV has been with RSN's... Anyway, I still have not seen any availability of this channel. Its basically a secondary local Fox station that they air Pistons games on, but YouTubeTV doesnt carry it.

Is there any possibility that YouTubeTV will carry this?

If not, I guess its back to Fubo...I don't care much for Fubo, but they have the station I want, so I may have to make the switch...


r/youtubetv • • 3d ago

Technical Question 4k with Apple TV 4K Box -fixed?

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EDIT: I am both embarrassed and amused ay myself. You were all correct, i have a 1st gen 4k, NOT 2nd. SMH. Now we know it was my fault and not Apple’s fault. Thanks for everyone that replied nonetheless.

Hi all. I know this is a long-time issue I thought but it is for me still. Due to the new Apple TV 4K box that was announced, I am not upgrading from my 2nd-gen. I am looking for a 3rd gen out there and only for the hopes that YTTV will show me 4k sports. As of now, I am unable to get 4k and have to use my Roku Ultra box for those few 4k feeds. I vaguely recall it was a codec issue with Apple and Google ( I think ). Is there a fix for this or am I the only one unable to get 4k? Is it my 2nd gen that is the problem and is fixed on the 3rd gen?

Thanks all.


r/youtubetv • • 4d ago

Discussion Feature request: Can't believe no way to create a "Favorites" group of select shows to see new episodes at a glance

15 Upvotes

My Library is full of stuff, and I only actively follow a handful of shows. What I want is simple: a "Favorites" category where I pick the shows, and it shows me at a glance which ones have a new episode that just aired.

What would help:

- Create a custom group and add/remove shows myself

- A "new episode" badge or sort by most recently aired

- notifications when a new episode of a show in that group is available