Forget candy and costumes; the hot Halloween plans this year could be staying home to watch Game 7 of the World Series.
Major League Baseball released its postseason schedule Monday. The World Series will start Oct. 23 on Fox, and a potential Game 7 — the league’s last game before an expected lockout this offseason — is scheduled for Oct. 31. What better way to mark the occasion than to pull on a Pete Crow-Armstrong, Shohei Ohtani or Junior Caminero jersey, post up on the couch, and leave a sign out front asking the neighbor kids to wait for a commercial break before they come knocking on the door?
The playoff slate opens with all four Wild Card Series starting Sept. 29 (Tuesday), a round televised on NBC, Peacock and NBC Sports Network. That will mark NBC’s return to MLB’s postseason fray, as it has not aired a playoff game since the 2000 ALCS.
The ALDS and NLDS begin Oct. 3 (Saturday). The NLCS will start Oct. 11 (Sunday), with the ALCS following Oct. 12 (Monday). The NLDS and NLCS will air on Fox and FS1. The ALDS and ALCS will be simulcast across TNT’s sports platforms: TBS, truTV and HBO Max.
Here is the schedule for the 2026 World Series, which will either end with a Los Angeles Dodgers three-peat or a new champ for the first time since the 2023 Texas Rangers:
Game 1: Friday, Oct. 23
Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 24
Game 3: Monday, Oct. 26
Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 27
Game 5*: Wednesday., Oct. 28
Game 6*: Friday., Oct. 30
Game 7*: Saturday, Oct. 31
*if necessary
All postseason games will air on ESPN Radio.
This is far from the first time World Series games have landed on Halloween.
Just last year, the Dodgers held off the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6 on Halloween night, helped by a dead-ball call. Down 3-1 with no outs and a runner at first, the Blue Jays’ Addison Barger blasted a ball that landed at the base of the center-field wall and got lodged beneath the padding. The runners were stopped at second and third base. From there, Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow entered in relief and secured a strikeout and a game-ending double play (on a sinking line drive to left field) to force Game 7.
