Apple announced today that “Friday Night Baseball,” its weekly MLB doubleheader, will return in April. The games could be viewed for free during the previous season. Still, viewers need an Apple TV+ subscription, which costs $6.99 monthly or $69 for the entire year in the United States.
Every Friday during the 2023 Major League Baseball regular season, “Friday Night Baseball” will broadcast two live games from the MLB. The games will be streamable in 60 countries and regions, up from 13 during the previous season. There will be no limits placed on the games’ local broadcasts. On Friday, April 7, the action will begin with the Chicago Cubs playing against the Texas Rangers at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Atlanta Braves will play against the San Diego Padres at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
According to Apple, DirecTV will make games from “Friday Night Baseball” available to more than 300,000 restaurants, bars, hotel lounges, retail stores, and other venues in the United States throughout the regular season on satellite TV equipment that is already in place. This includes both public and private establishments.
Through the first half of the season, which ended on June 30, Apple and the MLB collaborated to create the schedule for “Friday Night Baseball.” Each game will include live coverage of both the pre-game and the post-game and “state-of-the-art cameras to offer vivid live-action images.”
2023 “Friday Night Baseball” Schedule on Apple TV+
Friday, April 7
- Texas Rangers at Chicago Cubs
- 2 p.m. ET
- San Diego Padres at Atlanta Braves
- 7 p.m. ET
Friday, April 14
- San Francisco Giants at Detroit Tigers
- 6:30 p.m. ET
- Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox
- 7 p.m. ET
Friday, April 21
- Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees
- 7 p.m. ET
- Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves
- 7 p.m. ET
Friday, April 28
- Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros
- 8 p.m. ET
- St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers
- 10 p.m. ET
Friday, May 5
- Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds
- 6:30 p.m. ET
- Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Guardians
- 7 p.m. ET
Friday, May 12
- Kansas City Royals at Milwaukee Brewers
- 8 p.m. ET
- Chicago Cubs at Minnesota Twins
- 8 p.m. ET
Friday, May 19
- Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays
- 7 p.m. ET
- Seattle Mariners at Atlanta Braves
- 7 p.m. ET
Friday, May 26
- San Diego Padres at New York Yankees
- 7 p.m. ET
- Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers
- 6:30 p.m. ET
Friday, June 2
- Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds
- 5 p.m. ET
- Cleveland Guardians at Minnesota Twins
- 8 p.m. ET
Friday, June 9
- Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
- 7 p.m. ET
- Seattle Mariners at Los Angeles Angels
- 9:30 p.m. ET
Friday, June 16
- Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers
- 8 p.m. ET
- Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners
- 10 p.m. ET
Friday, June 23
- Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins
- 6:30 p.m. ET
- New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies
- 7 p.m. ET
Friday, June 30
- Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates
- 7 p.m. ET
- Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Angels
- 9:30 p.m. ET
You may find additional “Friday Night Baseball” programming information in the news release published on Apple Newsroom.
