Houston Satellite Local Channel Comparison:
DirecTV vs Dish Network
DirecTV vs Dish Network
| DirecTV Channel | Dish Network Channel | Call Letters | Description | DirecTV Package | Dish Network Package |
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| 2 | 2 | KPRC | Some programs on NBC: Heroes: Origins, ER, 30 Rock, Sunday Night Football, Bionic Woman, Friday Night Lights, The Apprentice, My Name Is Earl, Heroes, Journeyman, The Biggest Loser, Football Night in America, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Law and Order, and Lipstick Jungle. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 8 | 8 | KUHT | Some programs on PBS: Mustard Pancakes, Cyberchase, Sesame Street, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Antiques Roadshow, WIRED Science, Red Dwarf, Fetch: With Ruff Ruffman, Zoboomafoo, Independent Lens, Monty Python's Flying Circus, History Detectives, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Learn To Read, and This Old House. | Local | Local |
| 11 | 11 | KHOU | Some programs on CBS: Survivor: China, The Amazing Race, NCIS, The Unit, Ghost Whisperer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, Rules of Engagement, The Big Bang Theory, Jericho, CSI: NY, Moonlight, Cold Case, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Criminal Minds. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 13 | 13 | KTRK | Some programs on ABC: Big Shots, Carpoolers, Brothers and Sisters, Private Practice, America's Funniest Home Videos, National Bingo Night, Samantha Who, Eli Stone, The Bachelor, Cavemen, Desperate Housewives, Cashmere Mafia, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Men in Trees, and Ugly Betty. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 20 | 20 | KTXH | KTXH (MNT) | Local | Local |
| 26 | 26 | KRIV | Some programs on FOX: When Women Rule the World, The Simpsons, Back to You, American Idol, COPS, Canterbury's Law, Bones, MADtv, King of the Hill, Til Death, 24, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, K-Ville, and The Return of Jezebel James. | Local/HD | Local/HD |
| 39 | 39 | KHCW | Some programs on CW: Crowned, Supernatural, Everybody Hates Chris, One Tree Hill, Smallville, Beauty and the Geek, Life Is Wild, WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Gossip Girl, Aliens in America, Eight Days a Week, Farmer Wants a Wife, The Game, America's Next Top Model, and Reaper. | Local | Local |
| 45 | 45 | KXLN | KXLN (UNI) | Local | Local |
| 47 | 47 | KTMD | KTMD (TMO) | Local | Local |
| 49 | - | ION | ION (ION) | Local | - |
| 51 | 51 | KNWS | KNWS (IND) | Local | Local |
| 55 | 55 | KTBU | KTBU (IND) | Local | Local |
| - | 57 | KAZH | KAZH (AZA) | - | Local |
| 57 | - | KUVM | KUVM (AZA) | Local | - |
| 61 | 61 | KZJL | KZJL (IND) | Local | Local |
| 67 | 67 | KFTH | KFTH (TFT) | Local | Local |
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