MLB Returns to NBC Sports and Peacock for 2026 Season

Reigning MVPs Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, storied rivalries, top division matchups, and 2025 postseason clubs meeting in a scorching summer stretch of five consecutive NBC Sunday nights (June 28-Aug. 2) highlight NBC Sports’ 2026 Major League Baseball schedule.

NBC Sports’ 2026 MLB schedule features:

• 27 primetime games, a mixture of Sunday Night Baseball and holiday/special event games on NBC/Peacock and Peacock/NBCSN
• 34 afternoon games across NBC/Peacock and Peacock/NBCSN, highlighted by 18 MLB Sunday Leadoff games on Peacock, most with noon start times locally
• A Sunday afternoon whip-around show on Peacock following MLB Sunday Leadoff games, featuring look-ins at all the live action around Major League Baseball, plus a special final day of regular season whip-around show on Sun., Sept. 27 on Peacock and NBCSN
• One out-of-market game each day of the season streamed nationally on Peacock
• Special July 5 “Star-Spangled Sunday” featuring all 15 MLB games exclusively presented nationally on Peacock and NBC
• Exclusive coverage of the entire Wild Card round ignites the MLB Postseason on NBC, Peacock and NBCSN (8-12 games)

With the addition of Sunday Night Baseball, NBC will deliver year-round primetime sports programming on the same night each week — a broadcast network first — joining NBC Sports’ presentations of Sunday Night Football (NFL) and Sunday Night Basketball (NBA).

Highlights of NBC Sports’ 2026 Major League Baseball Schedule

• Major League Baseball returns to NBC and Peacock with a showcase package of exclusive games and events highlighted by the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers raising their banner leading into a primetime matchup (vs. Arizona Diamondbacks) on March 26, 2026 – the first full day of games in the 2026 MLB season. The Dodgers’ opener will be the only primetime MLB game on Opening Day.
• NBC Sports presents an Opening Day matinee (March 26 at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock), as 2025 NL Cy Young winner Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates visit Juan Soto and the New York Mets.
  Sunday Night Baseball debuts March 29 at 7 p.m. ET on Peacock/NBCSN, with a matchup of American League division winners as the Cleveland Guardians visit the Seattle Mariners.
• MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock and NBCSN begins on May 3 as the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays visit the Minnesota Twins.
• 2025 MLB Postseason Clubs in primetime include four appearances apiece by the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres, and three primetime games each for the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners.
• In mid-July, young players will be highlighted as NBC and Peacock present early first-round coverage of the MLB Draft at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sat., July 11, and the All-Star Futures Game at Noon ET on Sun., July 12.

Division Rivalries in Primetime: Sunday Night Baseball will be home to division rivalry games including Diamondbacks-Dodgers (March 26); Braves-Phillies (April 19); Tigers-Royals (May 10); Rangers-Angels (May 24); Cubs-Cardinals (May 31); Mets-Phillies (June 21); Yankees-Red Sox (June 28); Padres-Dodgers (July 5); Mariners-Astros (August 16); and Padres-Giants (Sept. 13).

Spanish-Language Coverage for all NBCU-Produced Games: Universo will televise all games broadcast on NBC, and SAP will be provided for all games on Peacock.

CLICK HERE for the full 2026 schedule of MLB regular season games across NBC platforms.