The 2022 NCAA Tournament is here, and the college basketball games will be shown on four channels: CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV. The latter is a channel that many people forget exists in the other 11 months of the year, but it’s all of a sudden a must-find come March Madness.
And for Tuesday and Wednesday night’s First Four games (headlined on Tuesday with a matchup of two 12-seeds in the Indiana Hoosiers and the Wyoming Cowboys), the games — located in Dayton — are only on truTV.
So, that has college basketball fans scrambling to find out if they have truTV (and where that channel is located).
First, here are some examples of people that are trying to find truTV, along with some mocking of the annual March Madness tradition:
First Four twitter is a mismatched battle between people making jokes about “ha what channel is truTV who even watches this” and the legions of Impractical Jokers Enthusiasts. there are more of the first but they cannot outlast the dedication and passion of the second
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) March 15, 2022
That special time of year when we all remember TruTv exists.
Happy March Madness to those that celebrate.
— Justin Michael (@JustinTMichael) March 15, 2022
Wildly scrolling the guide to figure out where truTV is. A tradition unlike any other.
— Tyler Metcalf (@tmetcalf11) March 16, 2022
my remote lets me talk into it and say the channel name ("TruTV") and go straight to it, so I feel like I am missing out on one of the March rites of passage
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) March 15, 2022
We reached the time of year again where everyone has to find out what channel truTV is😂
— T3 Bracketology (@TBracketology) March 15, 2022
Feels great to not know how to find TruTV again. March!
— Drew Franklin (@DrewFranklinKSR) March 15, 2022
It’s that time of the year when I can’t find TruTV🤣
— Morgan Adsit (@MorganAdsit) March 15, 2022
Ah, March Madness. My favorite time of year. The upsets, the excitement, the heartbreak, and most importantly, millions of people across America struggling to figure out what channel TruTV is.
— Ghost Mike Toscano (@mtosc98) March 15, 2022
The one week of the year where we all scramble to determine if we have access to TruTV.
— Matt Snyder/FFTMAG (@FFTMAG) March 16, 2022
Anyone else trying to find @truTV?!?!?
— TH (@UNH09) March 16, 2022
Should’ve bookmarked TrUTV from last year. Takes a whole half of basketball to find it. Meanwhile, the NIT is on prime time ESPN. #gotit
— Tom_McVey (@ToMcVey_9) March 16, 2022
tired: no one knows what channel TruTV is until the NCAA Tournament starts.
wired: no one even works at TruTV. the entire network is housed in one storage closet, containing one computer, playing one continuous loop of Impractical Jokers episodes 355 days of the year.
— Josh Vitale (@JoshVitale) March 15, 2022
And here are just some services that carry truTV for those still struggling to find it :
Hulu Plus, YouTubeTV, Sling TV, DirecTV (channel 246), Dish (channel 242), AT&T UVerse (channel 1164), Spectrum, and Xfinity. It can also be streamed on NCAA March Madness Live.
Be prepared for many Impractical Jokers promos.
[Photo Credit: truTV]