What Channel Does The Nfl Football Game Come On?
If you’re looking to catch the latest NFL game, you’ll need to know what channel it’s on. Here’s a quick guide to help you find out where to tune in.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) is the professional American football league in the United States, consisting of 32 teams. It was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself as the National Football League for the 1922 season. The NFL agreed to merge with the American Football League (AFL) in 1966, and the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that season; the merger was completed in 1970. Today, the NFL has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world and is by far the most popular sports league in America.
The NFL Network
The NFL Network is a cable television network owned and operated by the National Football League (NFL). It airs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The channel broadcasts football games on Thursday nights during the regular season, as well as select live game broadcasts on Saturday nights and Sundays during the NFL preseason. In addition to live game coverage, the network also airs NFL-related programming such as news shows, analysis shows, and documentary series.
CBS
The game will be carried by CBS.
NBC
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL’s 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, six teams from each conference (four division winners and two wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, which is usually held on the first Sunday in February and is played between the champions of the NFC and AFC.
The primary television partners of the NFL are CBS, ESPN, Fox, and NBC. NFL games are broadcast on television every Sunday afternoon during fall and winter months in all time zones, and on Monday nights during fall and winter months by ESPN. Thursday Night Football games are broadcast by CBS, NBC, NFL Network and Amazon Video during Fall.[1][2] Some Saturday games are also broadcast during Week 16 on NFL Network.
In addition to national broadcasts on conventional television networks, NFL games are shown live on internet streaming service Twitch as part of their Amazon Prime membershipBenefit which launched in August 2017; previously live games were not available through Amazon Prime Video except after their original airing on television had concluded. As part of Verizon Communications’ deal with the NFL which began in 2010,[3] live local Sunday afternoon games are broadcast exclusively on Verizon-owned platforms: Verizon Wireless smartphones and tablets via the NFL Mobile app;[4] go90 video service;[5] Fios TV;[6] and FiOS Internet.[7][8]
CBS has been televising NFL games since 1956.[9] The network has benefited greatly from its association with professional football over these many years, including upgrading its production values and technology as well as using game broadcasts to promote its other programming such as 60 Minutes or its daytime dramas. Presently, CBS airs Sunday afternoon AFC games under contract through 2023,[10][11] while NBC airs Sunday afternoon NFC games through 2022.[12][13] Both conferences’ title games—the AFL-NFL World Championship Game for pre-1970 title holders; thereafter it was officially renamed the Super Bowl—are carried by CBS through 2023 as well.[14] ESPN has been televising Monday Night Football since 1987,[15][16][17] while Fox got its own package of Sunday afternoon NFC regular season games in 1994 under a contract that runs through 2022.[18][19][20] These contracts do not include playoff broadcasts or Thursday Night Football broadcasts which are sold separately by individual teams or syndicated among various networks such as NFL Network (owned by a consortium led by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company that includes Comcast/NBCUniversal), ABC/ESPN (under a contract with them covering simulcasts of TNF telecasts shown on sister cable network ESPN), Fox or Amazon Video Prime Live Event; beginning with 2018 TNF season all but 5 TNF telecasts will be broadcast exclusively by FOX/NFL Network/Amazon Video Prime Live Event under new broadcasting rights deals that involve all those entities plus Comcast’s NBCUniversal subsidiary paying an unprecedented combined $3 billion per year for rights to those nights via 9-year respective extensions of their existing TNF broadcasting arrangements that now run respectively through 2022 for both FOX/NFL Network/Amazon Video Prime Live Event & ABC/ESPN).[21][22][23]”
NBC has aired “Sunday Night Football” ever since 2006.
FOX
FOX is the exclusive home of NFL football. You can find the FOX NFL game of the week on your local FOX station on Sundays at 1 PM ET.
ESPN
ESPN is the best place to catch all the action of NFL games. You can also check your local listings for times and channels in your area.
Conclusion
In conclusion, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of what channel the NFL football game will come on. It depends on your cable or satellite provider, your location, and whether or not you have a subscription to a premium channel such as NFL Sunday Ticket. However, you can usually find out what channel the game will be on by visiting the website of your cable or satellite provider, or by using a TV listings guide.
