Sports on TV Today: Friday, Oct. 30, 2026 Schedule, 20 Events, Times and Channels

There are 20 sports events on the schedule for Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, starting at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), according to the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Breeders’ Cup and Formula 1 (F1) listings. That is 10 NBA games, 3 NHL games, 4 college football games, 2 F1 practice sessions and the Breeders’ Cup card at Keeneland. The table below puts all of them in one time-ordered list with the channel.

This page carries no live scores. Each linked story has the details and its own sources.

Sports on TV today: every event in time order

Oct. 30 is before the U.S. clock change on Sunday, Nov. 1, so daylight time applies. Central Time (CT) is one hour behind ET, Mountain Time (MT) is two hours behind and Pacific Time (PT) is three hours behind. We worked out the CT and PT columns from the ET listings.

ET	CT	PT	Event	TV
1:00 to 6:00 p.m.	12:00 to 5:00 p.m.	10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland, 5 races from 2:55 p.m. ET	USA Network, Peacock
2:30 p.m.	1:30 p.m.	11:30 a.m.	F1 Mexico City, first practice	No U.S. channel named by F1
6:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	F1 Mexico City, second practice	No U.S. channel named by F1
6:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	NHL: Devils at Golden Knights	NHL Network (national)
7:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	NBA: Hornets at Wizards	Local TV, NBA League Pass
7:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	NHL: Jets at Panthers	Scripps (Panthers)
7:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	College football: Tulane at Charlotte	ESPN2
7:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	College football: Harvard at Dartmouth	ESPNU
7:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	NBA: Bulls at Celtics	Local TV, NBA League Pass
7:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	NBA: Pistons at Nets	Local TV, NBA League Pass
7:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	NBA: Knicks at 76ers	Prime Video (national)
7:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	NBA: Magic at Raptors	Local TV, NBA League Pass
7:30 p.m.	6:30 p.m.	4:30 p.m.	College football: Baylor at University of Central Florida (UCF)	ESPN
8:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	NBA: Rockets at Mavericks	Local TV, NBA League Pass
8:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	NBA: Pacers at Heat	Local TV, NBA League Pass
8:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	NBA: Clippers at Timberwolves	Local TV, NBA League Pass
8:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	5:00 p.m.	NHL: Kraken at Flames	Prime Video
10:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	NBA: Lakers at Warriors	Prime Video (national)
10:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.	NBA: Nuggets at Suns	Local TV, NBA League Pass
10:30 p.m.	9:30 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	College football: Kent State at Sacramento State	ESPN2

Start times can change, so check your provider’s guide before each start. The Breeders’ Cup row is a broadcast window, and it counts as one event here.

Which sports are on national TV tonight?

• Prime Video: Knicks at 76ers (7:30 p.m. ET) and Lakers at Warriors (10 p.m. ET), the two NBA games on a national channel, per NBA.com. Prime Video is also the U.S. listing for Kraken at Flames (8 p.m. ET) in the NHL’s schedule data, which that data does not mark as national.
• NHL Network: Devils at Golden Knights (6 p.m. ET).
• ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU: four college football games, per NCAA.com.
• USA Network and Peacock: Breeders’ Cup, 1 to 6 p.m. ET.

The other eight NBA games are on local TV and NBA League Pass.

NBA games today: 10 games, two on Prime Video

NBA.com labels all 10 games as Emirates NBA Cup group-stage games, on opening night of group play. Tip-offs run from 7 p.m. ET (Hornets at Wizards) to 10 p.m. ET (Lakers at Warriors and Nuggets at Suns). The full list with arenas is in our NBA games today story.

NHL games today: 3 games

The NHL lists Devils at Golden Knights at 6 p.m. ET, Jets at Panthers at 7 p.m. ET and Kraken at Flames at 8 p.m. ET. Arenas and Canadian TV are in NHL games today.

College football on Friday: 4 games

NCAA.com’s TV schedule, published Oct. 29, lists Tulane at Charlotte (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2), Harvard at Dartmouth (7 p.m. ET, ESPNU), Baylor at UCF (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) and Kent State at Sacramento State (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2). Our college football games today story covers them.

Breeders’ Cup Friday at Keeneland

USA Network and Peacock show the Breeders’ Cup from 1 to 6 p.m. ET, per the Breeders’ Cup. Five Championship races are on Friday at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.: post times are 2:55, 3:35, 4:15, 4:55 and 5:35 p.m. ET. Every post time, purse and Saturday’s schedule are in our Breeders’ Cup 2026 schedule.

Formula 1 practice from Mexico City

F1 lists first practice at 12:30 p.m. Mexico City time, which is 2:30 p.m. ET, and second practice at 4 p.m. local, which is 6 p.m. ET. The F1 page names no U.S. broadcaster, so check your F1 broadcaster or F1 TV. The weekend’s other sessions and the race are in our Mexico City Grand Prix 2026 schedule.

Is there baseball on tonight?

No game. The Milwaukee Brewers won the World Series 4-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays, clinching with a 4-1 win in Game 5 on Wednesday, Oct. 28, according to Major League Baseball (MLB) game data, so Game 6 was not needed. The Brewers’ Parade of Champions starts at 10 a.m. CT, 11 a.m. ET, on Friday; see our Brewers World Series parade story. The result is in the World Series 2026 schedule.

Printable sports on TV sheet

The one-page sheet lists the same 20 events in ET with the channel and a tick box for each. Pin it beside the printable weekly calendar, or mark the weekend on the October 2026 printable calendar. A printed sheet does not update, so check the schedule if a start time moves.