How to Watch NBC Online Without Cable to Livestream NBA Games & More

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For the new season of play, NBC is one of the broadcast partners of the NBA on TV. The network has live coverage throughout the season for the first time since 2002. If you want to watch LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and other superstar players perform jaw-dropping dunks, passes and three-pointers all season long, you’ll need to tune into your local NBC affiliate channel.

The 2025-26 NBA season tips off with a doubleheader, game 1 features the Houston Rockets playing against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma, with a start time of 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. For game 2, the Golden State Warriors takes on the L.A. Lakers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Both games are on NBC and Peacock.

In addition to letting you watch the 2025-26 NBA season live, NBC is home to some of TV’s most popular entertainment and news programming, including Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Voice. The easiest way to watch NBC at home would be through cable or a digital antenna, but for cord cutters, there are some live TV streamers that’ll let you watch NBC without having to drop hundreds of dollars on a cable package.

Keep reading to learn the streaming options available.

How to Watch NBC Without Cable at Home

The simplest way to get instant access to NBC programs and live 2025-26 NBA coverage is through the channel’s official streaming platform, Peacock. While there is no free trial for new users, the platform offers cheap plans starting at just $10.99 per month, or you can get an annual plan for $109.99 per year (which gets you 12 months of streaming for the price of 10).

Outside of the 2025-26 NBA season you can look forward to streaming TV shows, includes Poker Face, The Traitors, Couple to Throuple, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Love Island, Yellowstone, Suits, The Office, Modern Family and Parks & Recreation.

The streaming service is also the home to exclusive music programming, such as Girl You Know It’s True, Toby Keith: American Icon, When Metal Ruled the World, America’s Got Talent and others.

How to Watch NBC Without Cable for Free Online

For the most amount of content options, live TV streamers let you watch NBC without cable in addition to hundreds of other channels. Plus, through free trials and promos going on you can save money and watch NBC at home for free.

You can get access to NBC through live TV streamers, such as DirecTV — which is currently offering a free trial. Below are the best ways to watch NBC online.

DirecTV

A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with NBC for NBA games — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $49.99 for the first month of service ($89.99 per month afterwards). The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now.

You can watch local networks such as ABC, CBS, Fox and PBS, while you can also watch many cable networks, including FS1, Lifetime, FX, AMC, A&E, Bravo, BET, MTV, Paramount Network, Cartoon Network, VH1, Fuse, CNN, Food Network, CNBC and many others.

Sling TV

Sling TV offers the Blue package, which comes with NBC. Blue is one of the most affordable options and comes with more than 40 channels and can be streamed on up to three device at a time. Please note: Pricing and channel availability varies from market-to-market.

Hulu + Live TV

For the most content offerings, you can sign up for Hulu + Live TV and get access to the Hulu library in addition to more then 95 live TV channels (including NBC). The streaming platform starts at $64.99 per month for the first three months of service ($82.99 per month afterwards).

And, for even more programming, Hulu + Live TV now comes bundled with Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited, which gives you everything within the Hulu library, in addition to exclusive content on ESPN for even more sports coverage.

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