CAMELBACK RANCH, AZ — Spectrum SportsNet LA dropped its broadcast plan for 2026, and if you live on this channel during baseball season, the headline is simple: there is going to be a lot of Dodgers on TV.
The network says it will carry 30 Spring Training games plus more than 145 regular-season games, for more than 175 live exhibition and regular-season broadcasts total. The reason that it’s not the full 162-game regular season schedule is, of course, that those other 17 games will be national broadcasts, usually on Sunday Night Baseball (now on NBC) or elsewhere on the dial.
But the Cactus League schedule will be exclusively on SNLA. The first live Spring Training telecast is set for Saturday, February 21 (12:10 p.m. PT), with the Dodgers facing the Angels in Tempe. SportsNet LA also plans to air the Dodgers’ World Baseball Classic exhibition vs. Team Mexico on Wednesday, March 4 at Camelback Ranch, which feels like the perfect bridge between February reps and March intensity.
Regular-season coverage on the channel begins Friday, March 27 (7:10 p.m. PT) when the Dodgers open at home against the Diamondbacks, and SportsNet LA says that broadcast will include the World Series ring ceremony before first pitch. That’s one of those nights where you want the TV on early, volume up, phone on silent.
On the studio side, SportsNet LA says its coverage is already rolling with Access SportsNet: Dodgers, which will be a daily hub for camp news, highlights, and interviews. For Opening Day on the channel, they’re planning a special 90-minute extended pregame show starting at 5:30 p.m. PT. Once the season is moving, the network’s regular rhythm is LeadOff LA beginning one hour before most games, followed by Access SportsNet: Dodgers 30 minutes before first pitch, with pregame timing adjusted for select early starts. Postgame coverage is built around highlights, clubhouse interviews, and analysis.
The main booth stays exactly how a lot of fans like it: Joe Davis and Orel Hershiser are back together for their 11th season calling games on SportsNet LA. The network says Stephen Nelson will fill in for Davis at points during the season, and the analyst mix will also include Eric Karros, Jessica Mendoza, and Dontrelle Willis. Kirsten Watson returns for her sixth year as the field reporter and will continue to appear on studio programming, with radio dude David Vassegh set to fill in for her during the season.
For Cactus League broadcasts on SportsNet LA, the network lists Tim Neverett on play-by-play with Rick Monday alongside him.
In the studio, John Hartung leads Spring Training coverage with Jerry Hairston Jr. and Watson reporting live from Camelback Ranch, with interviews and camp access throughout the exhibition schedule. During the regular season, Hartung will anchor pre- and postgame coverage with a deep bench of familiar faces: Nomar Garciaparra, Adrián González, Jerry Hairston Jr., Orel Hershiser, James Loney, and Dontrelle Willis. SportsNet LA notes that Hartung, Hershiser, Garciaparra, and Hairston Jr. are together for their 13th season, while Willis and González enter their fifth as analysts and Loney returns for his fourth.
One more little bonus for the behind-the-scenes crowd: Backstage: Dodgers is coming back again, and SportsNet LA says it will debut a special episode on Friday, March 27 to kick off the season.
SportsNet LA says the full Spring Training and regular-season broadcast schedule is posted on its site, so if you’re planning your March nights and April weekends now, that’s the spot to bookmark.
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