The NFL’s US rights are divided into roughly seven windows, and each one sits behind a different service. Once you know which window matches the game you want, the route is straightforward.
Broadcaster rights at a glance
| Window | Network | Streaming home |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday early & late (AFC visitor) | CBS | Paramount+ |
| Sunday early & late (NFC visitor) | FOX | Tubi (free, ad-supported) |
| Sunday Night Football | NBC | Peacock |
| Monday Night Football | ESPN / ABC | ESPN+, Disney+ bundle |
| Thursday Night Football | Amazon | Prime Video |
| Out-of-market Sunday games | n/a | NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV |
| Christmas Day window | n/a | Netflix |
That is the whole picture for the regular season. Playoff games follow the same rotation, with the Super Bowl shifting between FOX, CBS and NBC on a three-year cycle.
Streaming services in plain terms
NFL+ ($6.99/month or $14.99 Premium) gives you live local and primetime games on your phone or tablet, plus replays and RedZone on the Premium tier. It is the league’s own product and the single best buy for a mobile-first viewer.
Paramount+ Essential ($7.99/month with ads) carries every CBS Sunday afternoon broadcast live. If your team is on CBS most weeks, this is the simplest answer.
Peacock Premium ($7.99/month with ads, $13.99 ad-free) carries Sunday Night Football live and replays the rest. Peacock also holds one exclusive regular-season game per season.
Prime Video (included with Amazon Prime, $14.99/month) holds Thursday Night Football for the entire season plus a Black Friday exclusive.
Tubi is free, ad-supported and now streams every FOX Sunday game in addition to the FOX broadcast itself. No subscription, no log-in.
Netflix carries the two Christmas Day games and one game on Christmas Eve. Coverage runs on the standard Netflix subscription you already have.
NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV
Sunday Ticket holds the out-of-market Sunday afternoon package: every CBS and FOX game that is not broadcasting in your local market. It is sold as an add-on to YouTube TV ($89/season RedZone-only or higher for the full package, prices announced each summer) and as a standalone YouTube Primetime Channel for households without YouTube TV. Verify current pricing at tv.youtube.com/welcome.
This is the only legal way to watch every Sunday afternoon game from a single subscription.
Watching without cable
A cable-free NFL Sunday in the 2025/26 season looks like this:
- Local CBS and FOX broadcasts: pull them off an over-the-air antenna for free, or stream CBS via Paramount+ and FOX via Tubi.
- Sunday Night Football: Peacock.
- Monday Night Football: ESPN+ or the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle.
- Thursday Night Football: Prime Video.
- Out-of-market games: YouTube TV Sunday Ticket.
- Christmas window: Netflix.
For most viewers, Paramount+ plus Peacock plus Prime Video covers every primetime game and your team’s CBS slate. Add Sunday Ticket only if you regularly want games outside your local market.
RedZone
NFL RedZone is the Sunday whip-around channel that jumps to every scoring play across the early and late windows. It is available three ways: as a YouTube TV add-on, bundled with NFL+ Premium, or through a cable provider that still carries the channel. RedZone runs only during the Sunday afternoon windows and does not cover primetime games.
Spanish-language NFL
ESPN Deportes carries Monday Night Football in Spanish. Telemundo holds rights to Sunday Night Football in Spanish on broadcast and via Peacock. NBC’s Spanish-language NFL output runs on the same Peacock subscription as the English-language feed.
Quick answers
- Cheapest way to watch one team’s Sunday games? Paramount+ Essential if they are usually on CBS; an antenna plus Tubi if they are usually on FOX.
- One subscription for every primetime game? There is no single answer. SNF needs Peacock, MNF needs ESPN+, TNF needs Prime Video.
- Can I still get a cable Sunday Ticket? Sunday Ticket is YouTube-only since the 2023 season. There is no legal cable equivalent.
- Where is the Super Bowl in 2026? Super Bowl LX is on NBC, simulcast on Peacock and Telemundo.
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