The NFL distributes its broadcast rights across more carriers than any other US sport. A single Sunday in the regular season runs across CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, Prime Video and Peacock simultaneously. Here is how the 2025-26 map reads.
The 2025-26 NFL US broadcast map
CBS carries the AFC Sunday-afternoon doubleheader. Roughly half the Sundays in the season are CBS-doubleheader weekends, with the other half going to FOX. CBS also holds Super Bowl rotation rights and carries the Super Bowl in 2026 and 2030.
FOX carries the NFC Sunday-afternoon doubleheader, alternating doubleheader weekends with CBS. FOX also holds Thursday Night Football’s early-season “season-opener” slots and the NFC playoff package.
NBC carries Sunday Night Football (the prime-time Sunday game), plus the Thanksgiving night game, and rotates the Super Bowl with CBS and FOX. The Sunday Night Football broadcast also streams on Peacock at $7.99 per month.
ESPN and ABC carry Monday Night Football, the Pro Bowl Games, and the new Wild Card weekend simulcast. ESPN streams via cable login or live-TV bundles, and selected Monday Night Football games stream on ESPN+ as a secondary feed.
Amazon Prime Video carries Thursday Night Football exclusively, included with the standard Prime membership at $14.99 per month. Prime Video also carries one playoff Wild Card game per year and selected Black Friday games.
Netflix carries the NFL Christmas Day games. Netflix took the Christmas Day window for a multi-year deal starting in 2024.
NFL+ at $6.99 per month is the league’s own subscription. It does not carry the standard Sunday slate (those rights are held by the broadcasters above) but it carries the live game audio for every game, full-game replays, and mobile-only live access to selected Sunday and Monday games for in-market viewers.
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV at $349 per season (or $449 without a YouTube TV subscription) carries the out-of-market Sunday afternoon games — every CBS and FOX afternoon game not airing in your local market.
The minimum cost to watch every NFL game
A complete NFL viewing setup requires:
- CBS, FOX, NBC via cable or a live-TV bundle (YouTube TV at $82.99/mo is the most common single-bundle path)
- Peacock at $7.99/mo for Sunday Night Football streaming and exclusive games
- ESPN/ABC via the same live-TV bundle (YouTube TV includes ESPN)
- Amazon Prime at $14.99/mo for Thursday Night Football
- Netflix at $7.99/mo for Christmas Day games
- NFL Sunday Ticket at $349/season for out-of-market Sunday afternoon games
The all-in monthly cost during the September-to-February NFL season is approximately $135 per month for the full slate including Sunday Ticket pro-rated. Without Sunday Ticket, the cost drops to roughly $108 per month.
For a single-team out-of-market follower, the cheapest path is YouTube TV plus NFL Sunday Ticket, totalling roughly $112 per month during the season ($82.99 YouTube TV plus $349 Sunday Ticket spread across the season).
What is and is not on each service
| Service | Sunday Afternoon | Sunday Night | Monday Night | Thursday Night | Christmas Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBS + FOX | ✓ (in-market) | — | — | — | — |
| Peacock | — | ✓ | — | — | — |
| ESPN/ABC | — | — | ✓ | — | — |
| Prime Video | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Netflix | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Sunday Ticket | ✓ (out-of-market) | — | — | — | — |
| NFL+ | Mobile only | Mobile only | Mobile only | — | — |