What Channel Is the NFL Playoff On?

It’s playoff time, and that means it’s time to start asking the important questions – like, what channel is the NFL playoff on?

NFL Playoff Channels

The NFL playoffs are here! If you’re looking for information on what channel the game is on, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll give you a rundown of the channels that will be broadcasting the NFL playoffs so you can be sure to catch all the action.

NBC

The National Football League playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the National Football League’s regular season to determine the league’s champion. Seven teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs. A single-elimination Wild Card playoff game is held between the two wild card teams from each conference. Three divisional playoff games are then held between the winners of each conference’s three divisions, with the winners of those games advancing to the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is then played between the two conference champions to determine the league’s overall champion.

CBS

The NFL playoffs are upon us and if you’re looking for how to watch all the action, we have you covered.

All of the NFL playoff games will be broadcast on either CBS, Fox, NBC or ESPN. The divisional round games will all be broadcast on Saturday, January 12 and Sunday, January 13. The NFC game between the Minnesota Vikings and the San Francisco 49ers will be on NBC at 4:35 p.m. ET on Saturday, while the AFC game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Tennessee Titans will be on CBS at 8:15 p.m. ET on Saturday.

On Sunday, January 13, the NFC game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers will be on Fox at 1:05 p.m. ET, while the AFC game between the Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs will be on CBS at 4:40 p.m. ET.

The conference championships will be held on Sunday, January 20 with the NFC game at 3:05 p.m. ET on Fox and the AFC game at 6:40 p.m. ET on CBS

ESPN

The ESPN family of networks will televise all NFL playoff games this season, including the Wild Card round, Divisional round, Conference Championships and Super Bowl LIII. ESPN’s flagship broadcast network will air one Wild Card game and one Divisional round game. ABC will televise two Wild Card games and one Divisional round game. ESPN2 will air one Wild Card game, while ESPN Deportes will offer a Spanish-language simulcast of ABC’s wild card telecast.

NFL Playoff Schedule

The NFL Playoffs are set to begin on Saturday, January 5th. The first game will be between the Houston Texans and the Buffalo Bills. The game will be broadcast on ABC. The following game will be between the New England Patriots and the Tennessee Titans. The game will be broadcast on CBS.

Wild Card Round

The NFL playoffs are upon us and for fans that means one thing – figuring out how to watch every game. The NFL playoff schedule is actually pretty easy to follow as all games will be broadcast on either CBS, NBC, ESPN or FOX. Here’s a rundown of the NFL playoff schedule and what channels you can find each game on.

Wild Card Round
The first round of the NFL playoffs is known as the Wild Card Round. In this round, there are four total games with two games taking place on Saturday, January 5th and two more games taking place on Sunday, January 6th. The first game on Saturday will be broadcast on ESPN at 4:35 pm EST followed by an 8:15 pm EST game on NBC. The action picks back up on Sunday at 1:05 pm EST on CBS followed by a 4:40 pm EST game on FOX.

Divisional Round
The second round of the NFL playoffs is known as the Divisional Round and it features the four winners from the Wild Card Round squaring off against the top seeds in each conference. This round starts on Saturday, January 12th with two games being broadcast – one at 4:35 pm EST on NBC and another at 8:15 pm EST also on NBC. The action continues on Sunday, January 13th with ESPN broadcasting a game at 1:05 pm EST followed by a 4:40 pm EST match-up on FOX.

Divisional Round

The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs by winning their respective divisional championships. A fourth seed is given to the team with the best record among the remaining spots.

The four divisional playoff games, which are held on Wild-Card weekend, are rematch games from the regular season. The winners advance to the Conference Championships, where they compete against their conference’s top seed. The AFC and NFC champions then face off in the Super Bowl, one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

The NFL playoff schedule is as follows:

Wild Card Weekend:
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Divisional Round:

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-Sunday, January 12th: TBD at TBD (TBD)

Conference Championships

The National Football League (NFL) playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the regular season to determine the NFL champion. Six teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs.

Seeded 1–6, the top two seeds receive a bye in the first round, which are referred to as ‘wild card weekend.’ The next weekend, the divisional playoffs, seeded 1–4 host 4–5 and 3–6. The following weekend, the conference championships (seeded 1–2), determine the participants of Super Bowl LIII, scheduled for February 3, 2019.

Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important American football game of the year. It is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). The game is usually played on the first Sunday in February and determines the champion of the NFL for that season.