If you’re wondering where to watch the Premier League on US TV, we have the answers you’re looking for.
The Premier League, also referred to as the English Premier League (EPL) or BPL (Barclays Premier League), is the most-watched English-language soccer league in the United States. Worldwide, the league attracts nearly 5 billion viewers. In the United States, many of the games are watched by more than 1 million viewers each week (NBC Sports averaged 420,000 during the 2016/17 EPL season).
Unlike TV networks in England where an average of 3 Premier League games are shown live every weekend, soccer fans in the United States have access to all 10 games live every weekend, totaling 380 during an entire season.
Where to watch the Premier League on US TV
The TV network NBC Sports Group has exclusive EPL rights here in America through until the end of the 2021/22 season, and airs every single match on its platform of NBC channels. Most of these Premier League matches are shown on the NBCSN channel (or sometimes CNBC or USA), while the over-the-air NBC broadcast channel airs approximately 20 Saturday matches throughout the season.
New for the 2017/18 season is a paid subscription service from NBC entitled Premier League Pass, which is part of their NBC Sports Gold product. It exclusively features 130 games per season — an average of 3.5 per week. By launching Premier League Pass, NBC Sports has gotten rid of Premier League Extra Time completely. Here are more details about Premier League Pass.
SEE MORE: Get your free viewing guide to Fubo Premier, the legal streaming service
Spanish speakers, select Premier League games are also shown on Spanish-language TV networks Universo (formerly known as mun2) and Telemundo. Universo usually broadcasts 1-2 Saturday games, while Telemundo typically airs 2-3 games on Sunday mornings.
Want to know when and where to watch your favorite Premier League club on US TV? Your best bet is to visit our Premier League TV Schedule page, which is updated every day throughout the year and often features TV listings before NBC Sports or the electronic programming guides reveal them.
If you miss the live broadcasts, NBCSN broadcasts its version of Match of the Day on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as Premier League Goal Zone which is a highlight show catching you up on all of the goals you missed.
While NBC Sports’ TV coverage of the Premier League is exhaustive, their streaming coverage is even more impressive. With the NBC Sports App, 66% of games are streamed live online to computers, smartphones, tablets and other devices such as the Roku and Apple TV, while the remaining 34% are streamed to NBC Sports Gold’s Premier League Pass (paid subscription is required).
While the majority of soccer fans in the United States watch the Premier League on television, more and more people are switching to legal streaming services to watch the games on laptops, smartphones, tablets and connected TVs instead. The advantage is that you don’t have to be tied to a cable or satellite TV subscription. Plus you can watch the games when you want, where you want and on whatever device you prefer.
This article does not discuss one of the main problems for the PL in the US. There are many households in the US that no longer subscribe to cable TV and instead watch programs from Internet channels. NBC streams PL games but you can watch the streams ONLY if you have a cable TV subscription. I am becoming a fan of the Spanish league because it is available via streaming subscription every weekend (no need to have a cable TV account).
Hi Joe, we have a different article that focuses on how cord cutters can watch the Premier League and other leagues at http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/08/21/the-cord-cutters-guide-to-watching-soccer/
Hi Chris,
I’m a bit confused about the how to use sling blue (or sling blue+orange) to watch the EPL. Do I HAVE TO have my cable tv set up in order to use sling to watch EPL? Cuz one of the comments mentioned that “NBC streams PL games but you can watch the streams ONLY if you have a cable TV subscription”, but the article said that sling blue would be the option for fans who don’t have cable tv? Thanks
Hi Jason, the above article was written last season, so I need to update that. But with Sling Blue, you can watch all of the Premier League games that are televised on NBCSN without needing a cable TV subscription. All you need is an Internet connection. Right now, the only disadvantages to Sling Blue are (1) that it doesn’t include access to NBC Sports App, but the major games are pretty much always on NBCSN or NBC, and (2) the access to NBC over-the-air is only in select cities at this time.
Hi Chris, thanks for your reply. If I want to watch the whole season of PL+FA cup+Champions league, the best option would be sling blue (for all PL and FA cup games) + FOX soccer2go (for all champions league games) right?
Correct!
To more about fta channels that broadcast EPL
Does BeIN sports channels broadcast the PL games too? Or is it mainly NBCSN?
In the United States, it’s only on NBC, NBCSN and USA. beIN SPORTS has La Liga, Serie A, Ligue Un and other rights.
A lot of the EPL games are scheduled on the NBC Sports App. If I live outside the USA, there’s no way of watching those games right?
Correct. You can try to use a VPN account and select USA as a setting, but you would still need a username/login from one of your friends in the US who subscribes to NBCSN so you can log in online to the NBC Sports App using his/her credentials.
More info about VPNs is at http://worldsoccertalk.com/vpn-soccer/
Thanks, but I bought a cheap VPN earlier. I’m a massive Stoke fan living in Australia, but can’t afford the ripoff price here. Unfortunately i don’t know anyone in the US 🙁
You can watch Premier League on channels which are not available through VPN. Like BT Sport, SKY Sports, ITV, BBC and other in USA.
Not legally. And NBC Sports already has more Premier League coverage than all of those UK stations combined.
Yes Kevin is right, Premier League can be streamed regardless of geo location, i too had this issue, until i found this streaming guide
http://worldsoccertalk.com/vpn-soccer/
Some channels require cable tv subscription, but with vpn u can watch those channels which are free.
Talk sports aren’t doing radio of premier league anymore – how can We listen in USA?
Hi Neal, radio commentaries of Premier League matches are only available on Sirius XM FC now, which is a shame. One way to get around it in order to listen to talkSPORT’s Premier League commentaries no matter where you are in the world is to use a VPN. There’s a few to choose from here that have free trials at http://worldsoccertalk.com/vpn-soccer/
This post has been so helpful. I just got rid of my time warner cable after 5 years of torment and paying over $100 and went with sling blue. The problem is that i stay 2 hrs away from DFW and cant NBC channels to show epl which pisses me off. But i downloaded NBC sport on my roku and got my friend TWC username and password for authentication. Boom! problem solved.
TMI.
I have had PlayStation Vue for over a year now. I can either watch on PS Vue on my phone, tablet, or TV, or through NBC Sports App. When I choose a “cable” provider, PlayStation Vue is indeed in the drop down menu. I can watch any EPL game, every week. I have the middle package. For other leagues, I also have BeIn, Fox Sports, ESPN, through my PS Vue login credentials. My PS Vue package is $34.99 a month, not including my internet connection.
beIN SPORTS, beIN SPORTS en Español and beIN SPORTS Connect are no longer available on Vue.
Will it still be possible to watch premier league games that air on nbc with the nbc sports app with a Playstation Vue log in or a fubotv log in or do I need to get cable that offers nbc to watch those games? Thanks!
You can as long as your local NBC over-the-air network is owned and operated by NBC. If it is, you’ll be able to watch those games via fubo, PlayStation Vue and Sling TV. If it’s not, you can try an indoor antenna (see http://worldsoccertalk.com/2017/01/24/watch-premier-league-nbc-network-hd-indoor-tv-antenna/ ). Last but not least, a cable subscription would give you these games.
Hi Christopher,
By chance do you know any payable streaming where I can watch Portuguese league (Primeira liga) ? Thank you
You can watch Primeira Liga games through fuboTV at http://worldsoc.cr/2fp0LBm