Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced a series of new broadcast deals with ESPN, NBC, and Netflix for 2026-28, essentially replacing the final three years of ESPN’s previous deal which the network and MLB opted out of.

Get started on the diamond early on Sundays with the return of MLB Sunday Leadoff, featuring 18 games with late-morning starts — 17 Peacock/NBCSN exclusives and one Peacock/ NBC simulcast – over the course of the season. The package originally premiered on Peacock for the 2022 and 2023 seasons and now returns.

NBC’s coverage of Sunday Night Football is led by coordinating producer Rob Hyland and director Drew Esocoff. SNF has won a record 11 Sports Emmys for Outstanding Live Sports Series. Sam Flood is Executive Producer & President, NBC Sports Production. Fred Gaudelli is executive producer of NBC Sports’ NFL coverage.

On Wednesday, Major League Baseball and NBCUniversal announced a new three-year media rights agreement, which will return baseball to NBC and Peacock.

NBC Sports and the MLB announced a three-year deal to broadcast games on NBC, Peacock and NBC Sports Network beginning in the 2026 season.

NBC Sports features streaming-exclusive NBA action every Monday with Peacock NBA Monday, plus a nice mix of weekly NBA doubleheader games across NBC and Peacock as part of NBC ’s Coast 2 Coast Tuesday package. Ready for some details on how to catch this week’s lineup of games? Keep on scrolling for more!

The 78th Emmy Awards will air live coast-to-coast on NBC and Peacock Monday, September 14, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.

Saturday Coverage Begins with College Countdown at 3 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, followed by Syracuse-Notre Dame at 3:30 p.m. ET