Baseball’s postseason has arrived and in a new format this year. Instead of ten teams in the playoffs, we now have a 12-team tournament — the three division winners plus three wild card teams in each league. Postseason play gets underway on Friday with the wild card round. Each wild card series is now the best of three instead of the previous winner-take-all one-game affair.

In one National League wild card series, the New York Mets host the San Diego Padres. The games will be played in New York on Friday, Saturday and (if necessary) Sunday. Game 1 starts today at 8:07 pm ET (5:07 pm PT) on ESPN with Yu Darvish taking the mound for the Padres against Max Scherzer for the Mets.

Here’s how you can watch baseball’s postseason, from the Wild Card round through the World Series, without cable.

The Mets nearly won the NL East but lost a tiebreaker to the Braves and now must face the Padres in the wild card round. They did finish with a better record than the Padres, however, so all three games will be played at Citi Field in Queens.

Here’s the schedule for the Padres-Mets series.

• Game 1: Friday at 8:07 pm ET (5:07 pm PT) on ESPN
• Games 2: Saturday at 7:37 pm ET (4:37 pm

Florida’s Disney World is raising the prices of base tickets and most annual passes, reports said Tuesday.

Starting Dec. 8, Disney World’s theme parks, which include MagicKingdomHollywood Studios, Epcot and Animal Kingdom, will reportedly implement park-specific pricing on one-day, one-park tickets. On busy days, that Magic Kingdom ticket specifically will cost park-goers a prettier penny.

According to USA Today, Animal Kingdom will be the only park to keep its existing one-day one-park ticket price range ($109-$159). The other three will cost as follows:

• Epcot: $114-$179
• Hollywood Studios: $124-$179
• Magic Kingdom: $124-$189

“Magic Kingdom Park will be priced at or above our other theme parks due to the incredible demand as it remains the most-visited theme park in the world,” Disney said in a statement to USA Today.

Park Hopper and Park Hopper Plus tickets, the option that lets park-goers visit one or more theme parks per day, will increase in price as well.

the cost of annual passes will almost all increase too, according to CNN:

• Disney Pixie Dust Pass: $399 (remains the same)
• Pirate Pass: $749 (up by $50)
• Sorcerer Pass: $969 (up by $70)
• Incredi-Pass: $1,399 (up by $100)

The ticket increases come as families feel the weight of inflation on everyday items like groceries and gas.

it follows Disneyland last month raising ticket prices in Anaheim. Over on the West Coast, a one-day park hopper ticket can cost up to $244. Genie Plus, the paid system that replaced free fastpasses, now also costs $25 per

Like most streamers, HBO Max has a wide range of sci-fi series, including originals, older titles and excellent international offerings. What sets the HBO originals apart is a stamp of quality marked “prestige TV.” Station Eleven is the prime example of a prestige show. With long episode times, high production values ​​and a great Metacritic score (81), the unconventional post-apocalyptic series is the epitome and the pinnacle of HBO Max’s sci-fi offerings.

Sadly, you might notice a couple of titles disappearing from HBO Max, including Snowpiercer. Plus, Made For Love was canceled after season 2. This all comes in the wake of the Warner Bros. and Discovery mergers. Here’s more on what that means.

For more excellent and noteworthy sci-fi series on HBO Max, scroll down.

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While it’s 90% a superhero show, Peacemaker features visitors from another planet, so it lands itself a spot on this list. The Suicide Squad spinoff series centers on the titular Peacemaker, an outrageous John Cena who explores where his catchphrase — “I cherish peace with all of my heart. I don’t care how many men, women and children I kill to get it” — came from. Sweary, bloody and bounce to a rocking soundtrack, the James Gunn-written series is a rolling time with surprising heart.

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The Leftovers (2014-2017)

Maybe it’s considered more supernatural than sci-fi, and it’s definitely nowhere near hard sci-fi, but come on. It’s The Leftovers. It’s Damon Lindelof, the genius who turned Watchmen into a lauded TV