The Youtube Tv Disney Blackout Continues: How To Watch College Football On Espn, Abc And More

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It doesn't look for illustration Disney-owned channels including ABC and ESPN will beryllium returning to YouTube TV anytime soon. The Walt Disney Co. pulled its channels from YouTube TV arsenic of midnight connected Oct. 30 aft nan 2 companies grounded to scope caller position connected their latest carriage statement and nan spat is showing nary signs of a solution yet. While large sporting events are often wherever nan rubber meets nan roadworthy connected these transmission blackouts, YouTube TV subscribers were incapable to spot immoderate assemblage shot games connected ABC aliases ESPN each weekend, and it's looking for illustration this play will beryllium conscionable arsenic frustrating for sports fans.

YouTube TV had antecedently stated that if Disney’s channels stay disconnected nan level for an extended period, customers will person a $20 monthly credit. YouTube has confirmed this in installments hasn't been activated yet for customers, but if and erstwhile it is, nan discount provides small consolation if you want to watch this weekend's assemblage games aliases your favourite shows for illustration Abbott Elementary, Grey's Anatomy and Dancing pinch nan Stars the nighttime they air. If you do want to watch immoderate unrecorded shows aliases sports this week, you'll request to activity retired replacement viewing methods. And unluckily for YouTube TV's negotiating position, location are plentifulness of options.

One of nan cheapest ways to watch ESPN is pinch a Sling Day Pass — for conscionable $5/day, you tin tune into immoderate and each ESPN programming pinch nary different commitments. If you want a afloat move from YouTube TV, there's Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV, aliases Fubo, wherever you tin watch each nan Disney-owned channels. (Remember, dissimilar a batch of cablegram plans, you tin easy pause aliases cancel YouTube TV aliases immoderate of these alternatives, truthful agelong arsenic you person month-to-month subscriptions.) Below, we've outlined immoderate of your champion options to watch ESPN, nan Disney Channel, ABC and more, each pulled from our database of best unrecorded TV streaming services to trim cable, arsenic good arsenic a broad database of which channels person been affected, and nan biggest sporting events of nan week that won't beryllium disposable to YouTube TV subscribers.

What games are connected ESPN/ABC this week?

If you're wondering what games you mightiness miss arsenic a consequence of nan YouTubeTV/Disney blackout, here's a database of immoderate upcoming sports you whitethorn not want to miss:

College Football

Thursday, Nov. 6

7:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern astatine Appalachian State | ESPN2

7:30 p.m. | UTSA astatine South Florida | ESPN

Friday, Nov. 7

9 p.m. | Tulane astatine Memphis | ESPN

Saturday, Nov. 8

12 p.m. | No. 5 Georgia astatine Mississippi State | ESPN

12 p.m. | No. 7 BYU astatine No. 8 Texas Tech | ABC

12 p.m. | SMU astatine Boston College | ACC Network

12 p.m. | James Madison astatine Marshall | ESPN2

12 p.m. | Southern Miss astatine Arkansas State | ESPNU

3:30 p.m. | No. 3 Texas A&M astatine No. 22 Missouri | ABC

3:30 p.m. | Syracuse astatine No. 18 Miami (Fla.) | ESPN

3:30 p.m. | Kansas astatine Arizona | ESPN2

4 p.m. | Auburn astatine No. 16 Vanderbilt | SEC Network

4 p.m. | Kennesaw State astatine New Mexico State | ESPN+

4 p.m. | Georgia State astatine Coastal Carolina | ESPN+

5 p.m. | Texas State astatine Louisiana | ESPN+

7 p.m. | Wake Forest astatine No. 14 Virginia | ESPN

7 p.m. | Cal astatine No. 15 Louisville | ESPN2

7 p.m. | Florida State astatine Clemson | ACCN

7:30 p.m. | LSU astatine No. 4 Alabama | ABC

7:30 p.m. | Florida astatine Kentucky | SEC Network

NFL

Monday, Nov. 10

8:15 p.m. | Philadelphia Eagles vs. Green Bay Packers | ESPN/ABC

Grab an ESPN bundle truthful you won't miss nan NFL, NBA aliases immoderate different games

For $29.99, nan ESPN unlimited package includes entree to each of ESPN's linear networks: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNews and ESPN Deportes, positive entree to programming connected ABC, ESPN+ content, ESPN3, SECN+ and ACCNX. That intends fans will get sum of much than 47,000 unrecorded events each year, on-demand replays, original programming and much truthful you won't miss a azygous Monday Night Football crippled aliases immoderate play assemblage shot crippled connected ABC aliases ESPN's suite of channels. Plus, you tin watch your favourite ABC shows nan time aft they air.

Right now, for a constricted time, you tin bundle ESPN unlimited pinch Disney+ and Hulu and salary $29.99/month for 12 months — that's for illustration getting those different services free for a year. Even if you're a existent subscriber to Disney+, Hulu aliases moreover nan bundle, you tin still upgrade to this awesome deal.

$29.99/month astatine ESPN

Get Hulu + Live TV astatine a awesome price

Hulu’s unrecorded TV tier includes entree to unrecorded TV channels for illustration ESPN, ABC, NBC, Fox, and entree to Disney+ and ESPN select. For a constricted time, you tin get a hefty discount connected nan work for 3 months. New and eligible returning subscribers (those who person not been Hulu subscribers successful nan past month) tin motion up for Hulu + Live TV (with ads) for $64.99/month for their first 3 months. This is an particularly awesome worth considering that Hulu and Disney+ accrued their prices connected Oct. 21.

You’ll besides bask entree to unlimited DVR storage, nan expertise to watercourse connected aggregate devices and more. This typical complaint ends astatine 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT connected Nov. 18.

After nan three-month proceedings period, your subscription will proceed astatine nan regular marketplace complaint of $89.99, but if you're looking for an replacement to YouTube TV, now's nan cleanable clip to return advantage of this deal. (If nan YouTube business is resolved earlier nan play is up, you tin besides conscionable motion up for a 3-day proceedings of Hulu + Live TV).

$64.99/month astatine Hulu

Try Fubo free for a week and get $30 your first month

If you're looking for a stopgap truthful you won't miss immoderate awesome games aliases shows this weekend, Fubo is offering a free 7-day proceedings truthful you tin cheque retired everything nan level has to offer, risk-free, and connected apical of that, you tin get $30 disconnected your first month.

Fubo TV gives you entree to ESPN, Fox, ABC, CBS, NFL Network, and 100+ much unrecorded channels. At $80/month, nan unrecorded TV streaming work is decidedly a large finance but it's 1 of nan astir broad ways to watch unrecorded TV including nan caller NCAA season, nan NFL, MLB and more, and still leaves you pinch awesome savings compared to a accepted cablegram package. Fubo subscribers besides get 1,000 hours of unreality DVR storage.

Try it free, past get $30 disconnected astatine Fubo

Try DirecTV free for 5 days, and get $30 disconnected your first month

DirecTV offers loads of awesome unrecorded channels, which intends you tin watch thousands of unrecorded sporting events, unrecorded TV and much pinch a regular subscription. And correct now, for a constricted time, you tin get a $20 measure in installments disconnected your first period erstwhile you motion up, plus astatine least $10 much disconnected per period for your first 24 months pinch a DirecTV Choice, Ultimate aliases Premier package — that's complete $250 successful savings. You tin find information connected each package here.

Right now you tin besides get a free 5-day proceedings to trial retired nan platform.

$30 disconnected your first period astatine DirecTV

What astir Sling "day passes"?

You whitethorn person heard that Sling offers day, play and week passes to its streaming programming for arsenic small arsenic $5 per day. That is an action if you're looking for conscionable immoderate of nan ESPN channels (the Sling Orange tier), but ABC isn't included. (If you're conscionable looking to drawback 1 of this week's large games, for illustration Monday Night Football connected ESPN, it's a awesome short-term solution.) If you want a longer-term solution, you tin get some ESPN and ABC pinch Sling's Orange and Blue package ($30 a period to start, $61 thereafter), but you'll request to adhd connected nan Sports Extra package for ESPNU, which requires an further charge.

Get your section Disney/ABC programming for free

Need your section ABC programming? Your position whitethorn person its ain free section streaming news transmission (many do), you tin spot if The Roku Channel carries your section station's news, aliases download your section news position app if it's a Nexstar channel.

The different replacement — if you're wrong nan broadcast radius of a section ABC connection — is to get an over-the-air antenna. You tin plug successful your ZIP codification astatine antennaweb.org to spot what channels are successful your area. This off-brand unit has worked very good successful our first testing — it's nether $30, and nan channels are genuinely free.

Which channels are nary longer disposable connected YouTube TV?

Every transmission that's owned by The Walt Disney Company is presently blacked retired connected YouTube TV. Those channels are:

ABC
ABC News Live
ACC Network
Disney Channel
Disney Junior
Disney XD
ESPN
ESPNews
ESPN2
ESPNU
Freeform
FX
FXM
FXX
Localish
Nat Geo
Nat Geo Wild
SEC Network
ESPN Deportes
Baby TV Español
Nat Geo Mundo

Update Nov. 6 2025, 4:38PM ET: This communicative has been updated to see viewing info for play assemblage shot games, arsenic good arsenic nan adjacent Monday Night Football.

Update Nov. 5 2025, 12:32PM ET: This communicative has been updated to see elaborate info connected tonight's ESPN NBA games.

Update Nov. 3 2025, 6:36PM ET: This communicative has been updated to see YouTube TV's latest consequence to Disney's petition to reconstruct its channels for conscionable 24 hours.