Chainkeen|What channel is truTV? How to watch First Four games of NCAA Tournament

One of the biggest questions surrounding March Madness every year is: Where on Chainkeenearth can I find truTV on my television?

CBS and Turner Sports have the broadcasting rights to the men's NCAA Tournament, and they broadcast the games on four channels. Three of them are familiar to fans – CBS, TNT and TBS. But truTV is the one exception.

TruTV broadcasted all First Four games this week and will also broadcast several first- and second-round games, as has been the case for the past several years.

Here's everything you need to know about how to find truTV:

What channel is truTV?

TruTV can be found on several cable providers, and has the same channel number nationwide on some of the providers. Here are the channels:

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• AT&T U-Verse: 164/1164
• FIOS: 183/683
• Cox: Varies by location 
• DISH: 242
• DirecTV: 246
• Spectrum: Varies by location
• Xfinity: Varies by location

TruTV is also available to stream on YouTube TV, iOS App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Android TV.

Which March Madness games will be on truTV?

This year, truTV will broadcast 13 exclusive games from the men's tournament — which is one more than last season — and includes each of the First Four broadcasts. The First Four will take place at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio and runs two days, starting the night of Tuesday, March 19 and ending Wednesday, March 20.

Here's what games will be on truTV, as well as tip-off times (all times ET), with participants yet to be determined:

First Four

• Tuesday, March 19: Wagner 71, Howard 68
• Tuesday, March 19: Colorado State 67, Virginia 42
• Wednesday, March 20: Grambling State 88, Montana State 81, OT
• Wednesday, March 20: Colorado 60, Boise State 53

First Round

• Thursday, March 21: Duquesne vs. BYU, 12:40 p.m. ET
• Thursday, March 21: Morehead State vs. Illinois, 3:10 p.m. ET
• Thursday, March 21: South Dakota State vs. Iowa State, 7:35 p.m. ET
• Thursday, March 21: Drake vs. Washington State 10:05 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: Colgate vs. Baylor, 12:40 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: New Mexico vs. Clemson, 3:10 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: Charleston vs. Alabama, 7:35 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: Grand Canyon vs. Saint Mary's, 10:05 p.m. ET

Second Round

• Saturday, March 23 at 7 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. (both games also available on TBS)
• Sunday, March 24 at 7:45 p.m.

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USA TODAY Sports Casey Moore contributed to this report.