Blackout checker
NBA and NHL: approximate home-market check by ZIP. MLB: MLB doesn't publish territory data, so we link you to MLB's official ZIP lookup.
Enter a ZIP code and a team to see whether a game is blacked out on the league's streaming package, and how to watch it legally instead.
How blackouts work
- NBA League PassLive games of teams in your home market are blacked out, and so are national TV games on ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock and Prime Video.Official NBA blackout page
- NHL on ESPN UnlimitedOut-of-market NHL games stream in the ESPN app. Your local team’s games are blacked out there and air on your local channel instead.Official ESPN blackout page
- MLB.TVYour local teams’ games and national exclusives, such as the World Series on FOX, are blacked out. Our territory data doesn’t cover MLB, so use MLB’s exact ZIP lookup.Check your ZIP on MLB.com
Last checked October 23, 2026. Home markets here are approximate, because the leagues set the exact territories and don’t publish them as data. If you live near a market border, confirm on the official page. This isn’t legal advice, and we never link to unofficial streams.