PickleballTV Expands Early‑March Lineup with More Hours, Replays, MLP Draft Coverage

PickleballTV pushed a denser early-March slate that loaded the schedule with repeated airings of "The 2026 MLP Draft," multiple PPA Tour encores and a full roster of Pickleballers Podcast episodes and coaching clips. The network’s live schedule listing clocks dozens of MLP Draft entries at 3:00 AM, 5:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM and 10:00 PM EST, while PPA Tour coverage from Cape Coral, Lakeville and The Masters appears alongside those repeats.

The "COMING UP ON PICKLEBALLTV" blocks show the mix in granular detail. Block A lists 1:30 AM EST Pickleballers Podcast featuring Parris Todd, 3:00 AM EST PPA Tour: Virginia Beach Cup Semifinals - Encore, 3:30 AM EST Pickleballers Podcast featuring Anna Leigh Waters, then back-to-back MLP Draft airings at 5:00 AM, 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM, followed by PPA Cape Coral: Championship Sunday at 8:00 AM EST and My Pickleball Life Episode 6 at 10:00 AM EST.

A separate schedule block lists additional podcast and tour pairings. Block B includes 3:00 AM EST The 2026 MLP Draft, 4:00 AM EST PBTV Big Shots Episode 4, 6:00 AM EST Pickleballers Podcast featuring Catherine Parenteau, 7:30 AM EST PPA Cape Coral: Quarterfinals, 10:00 AM EST PPA The Masters: Semifinal Saturday and a 1:00 PM EST PPA Lakeville Open: Semifinal Saturday slot. The Lakeville Open Championship Sunday appears at 3:00 PM EST in the same block and again as a 1:30 AM EST listing in Block D, indicating daytime broadcasts with overnight replays.

Evening and encore programming fills out the calendar. Block C lists 1:00 PM EST PPA Tour: Las Vegas Cup 2025 Championship Sunday - Encore, 4:00 PM EST PPA Cape Coral Quarterfinals, 5:30 PM EST PPA Cape Coral Semifinals, 7:00 PM EST Pickleballers Podcast featuring Greg Dowe, 8:30 PM EST Pickleballers Podcast featuring Anna Leigh Waters and 11:00 PM EST PPA Cape Coral: Championship Sunday. PBTV Big Shots Episode 3 appears at 1:00 AM EST in Block D, and the schedule repeatedly labels many items with the UI marker "show thumb."

PickleballTV’s wider site supplements the linear feed with on-demand match replays and coaching content dated late February and March 1, 2026. The site posted "Is This the GREATEST Mixed Doubles Match EVER! Johns & Waters vs Bright & Ignatowich for Gold! 🏆🔥" on March 01, 2026 with a listed duration of 01:01:42, and a Flying Pickle Academy clip titled "From Wristy to Weapon in 5 Minutes: One-Handed Backhand Counter (Coached by a Pro)" on March 01, 2026 with a 00:09:42 duration. PBTV presents itself with the banner "ALWAYS PLAYING ON PICKLEBALLTV LIVE. 24/7. FREE." and identifies as "A new network from Tennis Channel."

The PPA Tour’s broadcast pages show a packed March tournament calendar with court assignments for SXY Newport Beach Open, Veolia Texas Open and Greater Zion Cup at Black Desert Resort. PPA lists SXY Newport Beach Open day-by-day court headings for Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, March 8 with Humana Championship Court and Carvana Grandstand Court named for each day. TheDinkPickleball’s separate SXY Newport Beach Open schedule conflicts on dates, listing Thursday, March 4 through Sunday, March 7 and explicit 1 - 9pm ET Championship Court and Grandstand Court streaming on pickleballtv. TheDink tagline "Pickleball Lives Here" appears with its note that "This marks the first year the finals are in May, as they have traditionally been in December. However, the PPA and Major League Pickleball (MLP) have created a schedule where MLP runs in the summer, while PPA runs August through May."

The overlap of PBTV’s expanded replay strategy with other free streams is already evident in broader coverage patterns. Tom’s Guide observed that "many of the tournaments will also be live streamed free-of-charge on the Pickleball Channel, PPA Tour, APPTV, and Major League Pickleball YouTube channels. The only challenge is keeping track of what's on and when." With schedule listings presented in EST, PickleballTV’s early-March push — heavy MLP Draft repeats, PPA encores and podcast slots featuring names like Anna Leigh Waters, Parris Todd, Andrei Daescu, Catherine Parenteau, Hunter and Yates Johnson and Greg Dowe — positions the channel as a central replay and on-demand hub through the March tournament stretch.