What Channel Is The CBS Sports Network On DirecTV?

If you’re looking for the right channel for the CBS Sports Network on Directv, all you need to do is to go to Channel 221.

That’s the right channel throughout the country.  It can be confusing though because there’s CBS, CBS Sports, and the CBS Sports Network.

We don’t like confusion so we did some research to figure out what games and shows are on the CBS Sports Network vs CBS’ other properties.

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DIRECTV CBS Sports Channel Guide

CBS Sports Channel
Location	Channel	Location	Channel
Birmingham	221	Baltimore	221
Little Rock	221	Detroit	221
Phoenix	221	Minneapolis	221
Yuma	221	St. Louis	221
Los Angeles	221	Charlotte	221
San Francisco	221	Omaha	221
Bakersfield	221	Albuquerque	221
San Diego	221	Las Vegas	221
Fresno	221	New York	221
Sacramento	221	Columbus	221
Colorado Springs	221	Oklahoma City	221
Denver	221	Portland	221
Washington DC	221	Philadelphia	221
Jacksonville	221	Nashville	221
Fort Worth	221	Memphis	221
Miami	221	El Paso	221
Orlando	221	Houston	221
Tampa	221	Brownsville	221
Atlanta	221	Dallas	221
Honolulu	221	San Antonio	221
Chicago	221	Austin	221
Kansas City	221	Norfolk	221
Louisville	221	Seattle	221
New Orleans	221	Boston	221

CBS Sports Network Channel On DirecTV

DirecTV customers can watch the CBS Sports Network on Channel 221.

CBS Sports has the rights to some of the most popular sports leagues in the country but on the CBS Sports Network Channel it airs college football and basketball, women’s sports, and soccer.

The most popular games on the CBS Sports Network are college football and basketball.

Some of the leagues where they have the rights include Mountain West, Army and Navy Football, and the Atlantic 10.

Every year the CBSSN has 23 games each of college basketball and football although the championship games are usually on the main broadcast channels.

Recently, the CBS Sports Network Channel got the rights to the World Series of Poker and UEFA games – specifically the Champions League and Europa.

Another nice get for the network is being the leader in the US for womens’ sports – the WNBA and NWSL are available on the network.

Non-Sports Programming

There’s more to the channel than just games on the CBS Sports Network on DirecTV and other service providers.

CBS Sports also has some talk shows.  The most notable are the CBS Sports HQ Spotlight, the Jim Rone Show, and Time to Shein.

Because the timing of games is unpredictable, these shows get moved if there’s a game that they have the rights that they can put on.

Another thing that we noticed is that these nonsports shows don’t air during the weekend.  On Saturdays and Sundays, it’s just nonstop sports, even if it’s just reruns.

CBS Sports is bigger than the CBS Sports Network.  It envelopes all of the sports rights that CBS has and that airs on the CBS Broadcast channel.

These include games like the NFL, SEC, and the Masters and PGA Tour.

For these sports, they want to have the widest possible audience for advertising.

You can find out where to watch CBS on DirecTV in this guide that we created.

How To Watch Online

Besides watching CBS Sports on Channel 221 on your DirecTV TV, you have another 2 options to watch the channel.

One is to go to the CBS Sports website and authenticate your account by signing into your DirecTV account.

It’s nice that even if you’re not logged in, there’s a 24/7 feed of sports news on the CBS website.

Another and in our opinion the better option is to go to DirecTV Stream.

DirecTV Stream is a way to watch the shows on DirecTV on your computer or on your phone.

It’s similar to logging onto the CBS Sports website to watch the CBS Sports Channel but you’ll have access to all the channels on your plan.

It’s available on your phone and online.  The major benefit is that after your show is over, you can easily change to whatever other show that you want to watch.

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