Can't watch your team where you live? Here's why, and how to fix it
Short answer: Sunday-afternoon games on CBS and FOX are regional. Each local station shows the game picked for its area, and the local team comes first. So an Eagles fan in Connecticut or Florida often gets the Giants, Jets, Patriots or Dolphins instead. Night games and holiday games are national: you get those anywhere.
Games you'll always get (national)
- Sunday Night Football (NBC and Peacock)
- Monday Night Football (ESPN; some weeks also ABC)
- Thursday Night Football (Prime Video; also on a local station in the two teams' home markets)
- Thanksgiving and Christmas games, Saturday games late in the season, and international morning games
Games you might not get (regional)
- Sunday 1:00 PM and 4:05/4:25 PM ET games on CBS and FOX. Your station shows the game chosen for your area. If your local team plays in the same window, that's usually the game you get.
How to watch your team anyway
- NFL Sunday Ticket (on YouTube and YouTube TV) carries every Sunday-afternoon out-of-market game. It's the only legal way to see every regional game from anywhere. Prices vary by plan and change during the season; check YouTube's Sunday Ticket page.
- A sports bar that has Sunday Ticket.
- Check the weekly coverage map before Sunday: fans' sites publish which areas get which CBS and FOX games (for example 506sports.com).
- Watch the national games free: if the national game is on ABC or NBC, a TV antenna gets it with no monthly bill.
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