The NFL is the most-watched sports league in the United States and also the most-fragmented broadcast product on the American calendar. The 2023 rights cycle locked the present split in place through 2033, so the broadcaster map below is stable and will not redraw mid-decade.
The 2025-26 broadcaster split
The week shakes out across five linear networks, three streaming homes, and one league-owned product.
- CBS (with Paramount+) carries the AFC Sunday-afternoon package. Most AFC home games run on CBS regional feeds, with Paramount+ carrying the streaming simulcast.
- FOX (with Tubi as the free ad-supported Sunday simulcast) carries the NFC Sunday-afternoon package. Tubi’s Sunday-stream addition is new for the 2025-26 cycle and is ad-supported at no cost.
- NBC (with Peacock) has Sunday Night Football, the league’s marquee weekly window. Peacock also carries the wildcard playoff exclusive and a handful of regular-season exclusives.
- ESPN (with ABC simulcasting most weeks) carries Monday Night Football.
- Amazon Prime Video has Thursday Night Football on an exclusive basis. Prime subscribers do not need an extra add-on.
- NFL+ at $6.99 per month carries live local and prime-time games on mobile and tablet, plus replay of every regular-season game.
- YouTube TV has the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market package. The 2025-26 cost is $349 for the season as a YouTube TV add-on, or $449 as a standalone product.
How to plan a Sunday in 2025-26
A standard NFL Sunday in the US:
- 9:30 ET: international-window game (London or Munich, when scheduled) on NFL Network or a network simulcast
- 13:00 ET: regional doubleheader, CBS (AFC) and FOX (NFC)
- 16:05 / 16:25 ET: late afternoon window, CBS or FOX
- 20:20 ET: Sunday Night Football on NBC and Peacock
Thursday Night Football runs at 20:15 ET on Prime Video. Monday Night Football runs at 20:15 ET on ESPN and (most weeks) ABC.
Out-of-market viewing
Out-of-market NFL games are governed by Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. The product is exclusively on the YouTube ecosystem and there is no legal alternative for full-season out-of-market access. For one-off games, NFL+ on a mobile device carries local-market and prime-time games.
Subscriptions, summarised
The minimum subscription footprint to watch every Sunday window legally is a CBS-and-FOX antenna or a CBS-and-FOX streaming bundle (Paramount+ plus Tubi which is free), a Peacock subscription for Sunday Night Football, and either a Prime subscription (for Thursday) or a willingness to skip the Thursday game. Adding Monday Night Football requires ESPN (linear cable or YouTube TV).