Both prices checked directly against each provider's own pricing page as of 2026-07-19, and re-confirmed current on 2026-08-11.
| Channel | Philo | Sling Orange |
|---|---|---|
| A&E | Yes | Yes |
| ABC | No | No |
| AMC | Yes | Yes |
| Animal Planet | Yes | No |
| BET | Yes | Yes |
| Bravo | No | No |
| Cartoon Network | Yes | Yes |
| CBS | No | No |
| CNBC | No | No |
| CNN | No | Yes |
| Comedy Central | Yes | Yes |
| Discovery Channel | Yes | Yes |
| Disney Channel | No | Yes |
| E! | No | No |
| ESPN | No | Yes |
| ESPN2 | No | Yes |
| Food Network | Yes | Yes |
| FOX | No | No |
| Fox News | No | No |
| FS1 | No | No |
| FX | No | No |
| Golf Channel | No | No |
| Hallmark Channel | Yes | Yes |
| HGTV | Yes | Yes |
| HISTORY | Yes | Yes |
| Lifetime | Yes | Yes |
| MeTV | Yes | No |
| MSNBC | No | No |
| MTV | Yes | No |
| National Geographic | No | No |
| NBC | No | No |
| NFL Network | No | No |
| Nickelodeon | No | No |
| Paramount Network | Yes | No |
| PBS | No | No |
| PBS Kids | No | No |
| Syfy | No | No |
| TBS | No | Yes |
| The CW | No | No |
| TLC | Yes | No |
| TNT | No | Yes |
| truTV | No | No |
| USA Network | No | No |
| VH1 | Yes | No |
| Weather Channel | No | No |
All 45 channels this site tracks, checked against both services as of 2026-07-19. Add-on-only carriage (a channel that needs a paid genre pack on top of the base plan) is marked "No" here. It's called out separately in the text below; this table is the base-plan answer only. Verify on each provider's own channel-lineup page before you sign up, since carriage changes and can vary by zip code for local channels.
This isn't a case of one plan simply covering more ground than the other. Philo and Sling Orange each carry 17 of the 45 channels we track. The question isn't which plan is bigger, it's which 17 match what your household actually watches.
Sling Orange's 17 lean toward sports and a few broad-appeal networks: ESPN and ESPN2, Disney Channel, CNN, and the Turner pair TNT and TBS. None of those five are on Philo at any price, since Philo carries no sports and no 24-hour news channel by design.
Philo's 17 lean toward lifestyle and general entertainment: Animal Planet, MTV, VH1, and Paramount Network, along with the broadcast-classics channel MeTV and TLC. None of those are on the Sling Orange base plan; MTV, VH1, and Paramount Network all need Sling's separate $6.00/mo Entertainment Extra or Lifestyle Extra add-on instead.
11 channels sit on both plans, so the overlap does most of the heavy lifting for a household that watches general entertainment: A&E, AMC, BET, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV, HISTORY, Hallmark Channel, and Lifetime. If your must-watch list stops there, price is the whole decision, and Philo wins it outright.
Neither plan carries local ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX/PBS affiliates. Philo also doesn't carry any 24-hour cable news channel, not just Fox News; Sling Orange picks up CNN but not Fox News or MSNBC. If locals matter to your household, see how antennas actually work instead of expecting either plan to cover them.
Want ESPN and Fox News, or general news beyond CNN? Neither Philo nor Sling Orange alone gets you there; see Sling Orange vs YouTube TV for a full-lineup option that covers locals, general news, and sports outside the ESPN family in one plan. If your household's channel list splits across both Philo's and Sling Orange's exclusives, check the channel you'd actually miss in the full channel finder, and see the complete household math on streaming vs cable cost before you commit to either plan.