{"id":395769,"date":"2026-01-08T08:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/395769\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:52:09","slug":"is-there-a-thursday-night-football-game-tonight-full-nfl-schedule-tv-channels-for-2026-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/395769\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a ‘Thursday Night Football’ game tonight? Full NFL schedule, TV channels for 2026 playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there a ‘Thursday Night Football’ game tonight? Full NFL schedule, TV channels for 2026 playoffs<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Following an exciting regular season \u2014 highlighted by several races decided in the final weekend\u2014the NFL playoffs have finally arrived.<\/p>\n

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The journey to Santa Clara, host of Super Bowl 60, officially starts this weekend.<\/p>\n

Here’s all you need to know about the Thursday Night Football schedule as the playoffs approach.<\/p>\n

Is there a ‘Thursday Night Football’ game tonight?<\/p>\n

There is no ‘Thursday Night Football’ game this week, as the 2026 NFL playoffs begin on Saturday, Jan. 10. The wild-card round will take place over three days, concluding on Monday, Jan. 12.<\/p>\n

NFL playoff schedule 2026Wild-card round<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 10<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

Panthers vs. Rams<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox, Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

Bears vs. Packers<\/p>\n

8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Prime Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 11<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

Jaguars vs. Bills<\/p>\n

1 p.m.<\/p>\n

CBS, Paramount+<\/a><\/p>\n

Eagles vs. 49ers<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox,\u00a0Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

Patriots vs. Chargers<\/p>\n

8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

NBC,\u00a0Peacock<\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, Jan. 12<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

Steelers vs. Texans<\/p>\n

8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

ESPN, ABC,\u00a0ESPN app<\/a>,\u00a0Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

Divisional round<\/p>\n

Saturday, Jan. 17<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 18<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

3 p.m.<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

Conference championships<\/p>\n

Sunday, Jan. 25<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

AFC Championship<\/p>\n

3 p.m.<\/p>\n

CBS,\u00a0Paramount+<\/a>, Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

NFC Championship<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fox,\u00a0Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n

Super Bowl 60<\/p>\n

Sunday, Feb. 8<\/p>\n

Matchup<\/p>\n

Time (ET)<\/p>\n

TV\/Live stream<\/p>\n

TBD<\/p>\n

6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

NBC,\u00a0Peacock<\/a><\/p>\n

How to watch the NFL playoffs<\/p>\n

TV channels:\u00a0CBS | FOX | ABC | ESPN | NBC<\/p>\n

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The NFL playoff games will air on many of the same networks that carry regular-season games.<\/p>\n

CBS, Fox, and NBC will broadcast the most games, while ESPN and ABC will combine to broadcast the “Monday Night Football” wild-card game. NBC holds the rights to Super Bowl 60 on Sunday, Feb. 8.<\/p>\n

Viewers can stream the NFL playoffs live with Fubo<\/a>, which offers a free trial, so you can try before you buy.<\/p>\n

For a limited time, you can get your first month of Fubo<\/a>\u00a0for as low as $49.99, a $30 savings. Stream ESPN, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and 200-plus top channels of live TV and sports without cable. (Participating plans only. Taxes and fees may apply.)<\/p>\n

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Streamers will be able to watch the games in a variety of ways.\u00a0Prime Video<\/a>\u00a0will feature exclusive national coverage of a single wild-card game, while the\u00a0ESPN app<\/a>\u00a0will carry the ESPN wild-card game,\u00a0Paramount+<\/a>\u00a0will have the CBS games, and\u00a0Peacock<\/a>\u00a0will stream the NBC games.<\/p>\n

NFL playoffs radio station<\/p>\n

You can listen to the NFL playoffs on\u00a0SiriusXM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Get SiriusXM for free for your first month<\/a>.\u00a0Listen to live NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL games, plus NASCAR, college sports and more. Stay updated with all the news and get all the analysis on multiple sport-specific channels.<\/p>\n

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Sports on TV today<\/p>\n

Even without ‘Thursday Night Football,’ there’s still a marquee football game to watch on Thursday, with Ole Miss battling Miami in the College Football Playoff semifinals. Here’s a look at all of the top events to air on live television in the U.S. on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

NCAAF:\u00a0No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 10\u00a0Miami\u00a0(7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)<\/p>\n

NBA:\u00a0Heat vs. Bulls (8\u00a0p.m. ET, NBA TV)<\/p>\n

NCAAM: No. 9\u00a0Michigan State vs. Northwestern\u00a0(6:30 p.m. ET, BTN), No. 20 Illinois vs. Rutgers\u00a0(8:30\u00a0p.m. ET, BTN), No. 7\u00a0Gonzaga\u00a0vs. Santa Clara (11:30\u00a0p.m. ET, ESPN2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is there a ‘Thursday Night Football’ game tonight? Full NFL schedule, TV channels for 2026 playoffs originally appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[13278,1442,49,48,1161,6390,7817,514,68628,12105,8821,82,1626,11285,44228],"class_list":["post-395769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-49ers","tag-bears","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-espn","tag-miami","tag-nbc","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-packers","tag-panthers","tag-sports","tag-steelers","tag-texans","tag-thursday-night-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}