The NFL’s US broadcast picture spans more national partners than any other league. For 2025-26 the map runs across seven companies: CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN/ABC (Disney), Amazon, Netflix, and Google’s YouTube. The good news for viewers: every game has a clear, legal broadcaster. The complicated news: getting to all of them takes multiple subscriptions.
The weekly schedule by broadcaster
| Window | Broadcaster | How to watch |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday early afternoon (AFC visiting team) | CBS | Antenna, cable, Paramount+ |
| Sunday early afternoon (NFC visiting team) | FOX | Antenna, cable, no streaming-only product covers the FOX broadcast feed for the local game except via live TV services |
| Sunday late afternoon (single national game) | CBS or FOX | As above |
| Sunday Night Football | NBC | Antenna, cable, Peacock |
| Monday Night Football | ESPN / ABC simulcast for most weeks | Cable, ESPN+ for some standalone weeks, antenna for ABC simulcasts |
| Thursday Night Football | Amazon Prime Video | Amazon Prime ($14.99/mo) |
| Sunday morning London games | NFL Network / Peacock / others depending on week | Varies |
| Christmas games (2024-) | Netflix | Netflix Basic with ads ($6.99/mo) or any higher tier |
| Wild Card playoff exclusive (one game) | Peacock | Peacock Premium |
| Super Bowl (rotates) | CBS, FOX, or NBC | Antenna, cable, or that network’s streaming partner |
NFL+ vs NFL Sunday Ticket vs everything else
These two products are often confused. They are not the same:
NFL+ ($6.99/mo or $69.99/yr) is the NFL’s own direct-to-consumer service. It carries:
- Live local and primetime games on mobile devices only (not on TV or browser unless on NFL+ Premium)
- Live game audio (radio feeds)
- Replays of every game (full-game and condensed)
- NFL Network programming live
NFL+ Premium ($14.99/mo or $99.99/yr) adds:
- Coaches film (All-22)
- Ad-free game replays
- Higher-quality archive
NFL+ does not carry the Sunday afternoon out-of-market games. For those you need Sunday Ticket.
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV / YouTube Primetime Channels ($349/season for YouTube TV subscribers, $479/season for non-subscribers, with a multi-week trial typically available; Student plan around $109/season with verification) carries:
- Every Sunday afternoon out-of-market game (the games that are not on CBS or FOX in your local market because your local affiliates are showing the games for your local team or the league’s preferred matchup)
NFL Sunday Ticket does not include:
- Sunday Night Football (NBC), Monday Night Football (ESPN), Thursday Night Football (Amazon), playoff games beyond the standard wild-card weekend coverage, the Super Bowl, or the local-market games that air on your local CBS/FOX affiliate at standard kickoff times.
What a complete NFL season actually costs
A US fan who wants to watch every NFL game legally needs:
- Antenna or cable — for CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC local broadcasts.
- Amazon Prime — for Thursday Night Football.
- Peacock Premium — for Sunday Night Football streaming and the Peacock-exclusive playoff game.
- Netflix — for the Christmas Day games.
- NFL Sunday Ticket — for out-of-market Sunday afternoon games.
- NFL+ Premium (optional) — for All-22 coaches film and replay quality.
Total approximate cost for a full season (assuming the consumer already has Amazon Prime and Netflix for other reasons): cable or YouTube TV ($73-90/mo) + Peacock Premium ($7.99/mo) + NFL Sunday Ticket ($349/season for YouTube TV subscribers). All-in for the football months: roughly $750-900 for the full season including general cable. That is the real cost of legal full coverage.
If you do not need out-of-market games, you can skip Sunday Ticket entirely and your costs drop substantially.
Cross-reference: our NFL Sunday Ticket guide covers that single product in detail. UK readers — NFL in the UK is on Sky Sports and select games on ITV; see our UK NFL guide. For wider US references see Methstreams, Sportsurge, and Crackstreams.
See also
For readers arriving via a stream2watch search: see our mystream2watch explainer (what the old user dashboard was and why it’s gone) and Stream2Watch alternatives (full legal broadcaster map across US, UK, and Germany).