Caleb Harris
2024 NFL Schedule is scheduled to be revealed on Wednesday, as the league will reveal every regular season matchup from Weeks 1 through 18. This is one of the most exciting days of the season. NFL off-season, as teams will know when they will face opponents and fans will finally be able to plan their trips.
What do we know
The Kansas City Chiefs are playing in the annual kickoff game (reserved for the Super Bowl champion) and will host the Baltimore Ravens in a rematch of last season’s AFC Championship game. The Philadelphia Eagles will “host” the Green Bay Packers in the first September Friday game since 1970, which is also the first regular season game to be played in Brazil.
In total, the NFL will play five international games in 2024. The Jacksonville Jaguars will host a game at Wembley Stadium in London, while the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings will host games at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England. The Carolina Panthers will also host a game at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. On Wednesday night, the opponents for these games will be revealed.
The league will also have three Thanksgiving games once again. The Detroit Lions will host the game in the early afternoon and the Dallas Cowboys in the late afternoon. Their opponents will also be revealed, along with the primetime Thanksgiving game, which has two unidentified opponents.
There will also be a “Black Friday” game in 2024, played on the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving between two unnamed opponents.
How to watch
The entire NFL schedule will be revealed on Wednesday at 8pm on various platforms. NFL Network will have a “Schedule Release Show” on Wednesday at 8 p.m. fubo. CBS Sports HQ will detail the launch schedule (which you can click here to watch) or broadcast on Paramount+.
Be sure to check CBSSports.com often for the week-by-week national schedule, team-by-team schedule, primetime matchups, top revenge games and more!
Date: Wednesday, May 15 | Time: 8 p.m. ET
TELEVISION: NFL Network
Christmas Day Games
Christmas Day games will also be held in 2024, although Christmas falls on a Wednesday. A slate of doubleheaders was announced by the league in March, with both games reportedly heading to Netflix.
The league is expected to have games on Saturday, December 21; Sunday, December 22nd; Monday, December 23; Wednesday, December 25th; Thursday, December 26th; Saturday, December 28th; Sunday, December 29th; and Monday, December 30th – making the Week 15 and Week 16 calendar even more interesting.
Broadcast partners
As for the league’s broadcast partners, this is the second year of the 11-year television deal between CBS, Fox, ESPN/ABC and NBC. Sunday afternoon games are split between CBS and Fox, as each network will air 10 doubleheaders this year. Both networks have doubleheaders in Weeks 1 and 18. CBS has the Thanksgiving game in the early afternoon, while Fox has the game in the late afternoon. CBS will also have an alternative broadcast on Nickelodeon, so stay tuned.
NBC has the “Sunday Night Football” package and ESPN/ABC has the “Monday Night Football” package. NBC also has the primetime Thanksgiving game and the NFL Kickoff Game. The ESPN/ABC package will also consist of three “Monday Night Football” doubleheaders, with one game broadcast on ABC and one on ESPN.
Not all ESPN games will be simulcast on ABC this year, returning to select broadcasts as in previous years. ESPN/ABC will also have a Week 18 doubleheader on the last Saturday of the season (Week 18), as these games will be expanded to these locations in December.
NFL Network is scheduled to air select International Series games and Saturday afternoon games in December.
Broadcast partners
Amazon Prime Video will have “Thursday Night Football” once again in 2024, as the TNF schedule begins in Week 2. Prime Video also has the Black Friday game, which will be played on the Friday afternoon after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving.
Peacock will simulcast all NBC games and will have exclusive coverage of the Eagles-Packers International Series game in Brazil. This is expected to be Peacock’s exclusive game as part of the NFL’s television and streaming deal (Peacock gets one per year).
ESPN+ will also have an exclusive game from the International Series. Paramount+ will simulcast in-market and national CBS games.
