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NASCAR Playoffs at Bristol: How to Watch Tonight’s Race Without Cable

After Saturday night’s race, four drivers will be cut from the title chase in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. Sixteen drivers qualified for postseason racing, which consists of eliminations after one more Round of 16 race at Bristol before moving on to three races each for the Round of 12 (Texas, Talladega, Charlotte) and the …

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Peacock: What’s Paywalled (Emmys), What’s Free and What Else to Know

Peacock TV is NBCUniversal’s US streaming app, with tens of thousands of hours of free programming, plus more shows, movies, sports and originals if you pay. Monday, Peacock is the only place in the US to stream the 2022 Emmy Awards ceremony live — but only if you have one of the paid, premium subscriptions.  Also paywalled on Peacock are Premier League matches; …

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Hulu to Lose Next

Hulu is poised to lose next-day streams of NBCUniversal programming like Saturday Night Live, a change expected in the fall as NBCU shifts to streaming exclusivity over to its own service Peacock instead.  An NBCU spokeswoman said Friday that Comcast-owned NBCUniversal has terminated the deal with Hulu, which gave Hulu the rights to stream its programming the day after it aired. This specific licensing change …

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How to Get Peacock Premium Free if You Already Pay for Comcast, Cox or Spectrum

Peacock is NBCUniversal’s streaming app, and it has tens of thousands of hours of free shows, movies, sports and originals. But a lot of the most popular programming sits behind a paywall for Premium Peacock members. Same-day streaming movies, Yellowstone, Bel-Air, Dr. Death, Premier League matches, WWE and The Office are some of the things you can’t stream unless you …

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How to watch the Puppy Bowl 2022

Though Super Bowl LVI will beam to millions of viewers on Sunday, another championship game is happening: Puppy Bowl XVIII. The canine clash happens at 11 a.m. PT (2 p.m. ET), hours before Super Bowl kickoff.  Sure, game day is the day for entertaining (not to mention expensive) commercials, as well as finger foods and touchdown dances, here’s your chance to …

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Super Bowl 2022 Twitter: Best 15 accounts to follow for the big game

We didn’t get Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs nor Josh Allen and the Bills. Neither the Packers with Aaron Rodgers nor Tom Brady and the Bucs. After three rounds of the NFL playoffs, we’ve arrived at Super Bowl LVI with a surprising matchup as both conferences’ No. 4 seeds have reached the title game. The Cincinnati Bengals edged the Kansas City Chiefs …

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If you’re streaming the Super Bowl, expect to lag behind Twitter and cable

The 2022 Super Bowl is taking place in the state-of-the-art SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, but that doesn’t mean the broadcasts or streams will be any more advanced than in recent years. NBC, the broadcaster for Super Bowl 56, has already said it won’t be airing the big game in 4K resolution. And people who are watching the Super Bowl …

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NFL Playoffs: How to watch Bengals vs. Chiefs on CBS, 49ers vs. Rams on Fox without cable

Welcome to the NFL’s version of the final four — Conference Championship weekend! The AFC Championship is up first on Sunday afternoon followed by the NFC Championship. The winners will meet in Super Bowl LVI in two weeks. In the AFC, the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Kansas City Chiefs. The Bengals knocked off the top seeded Tennessee Titans last …

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YouTube TV could lose ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels late Friday

Update Dec. 18: Disney has pulled all of its channels including ESPN, ABC and National Geographic as a result of the dispute. Google says it will discount or refund its users $15 a month until it is resolved. If you’re a YouTube TV subscriber, your best alternatives are Hulu plus Live TV and Sling TV.   YouTube TV and Disney are coming down …

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YouTube TV, NBC reach extension to stave off disappearing NBC channels

YouTube TV, Google’s popular live-channel streaming service, was set to lose access to all channels from Comcast’s NBCUniversal late Thursday, but the two companies have reached a new carriage agreement to replace the one that was originally set to expire on Friday night.  The news was announced over the weekend, after the two parties agreed to a temporary extension.  “We’re …

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