The following is a detailed list of results and scores from National Football League games aired on NFL Network's Thursday Night Football. Starting with the 2006 NFL season, NFL Network was awarded the rights to air Thursday night games (with some extra broadcasts on Saturday nights). Previously, games played on Thursdays were broadcast on TNT and ESPN.
Video NFL Network Thursday Night Football results (2006-present)
Results by season
Listed below are games and their respective results played from 2006 to the present.
2000s
2006 season
Additional notes
According to Nielsen Media Research, the Broncos-Chiefs game that opened this package was the highest-rated program on cable/satellite TV in the United States on November 23, 2006, with a 6.8 rating (among available households) and an average of 4.2 million households. These numbers are especially remarkable, considering that millions of potential fans were unable to see the game due to their cable systems not making it available to them.
2007 season
2008 season
2009 season
The 2009 season featured a Friday night game on December 25, as the Thursday that week is Christmas Eve, and the NFL tries not to schedule games that night in deference to the holiday (a lone exception being a Monday Night Football game in 2007 due to scheduling conflicts caused by ESPN's broadcast contracts). Also, the start times were pushed back by five minutes, to 8:20 p.m. Eastern time (except for the December 25 game, starting at 7:30 PM EST/6:30 CST).
2010s
2010 season
2011 season
2012 season
Starting with this season, the NFL expanded to a full season Thursday Night Football schedule. But there were some changes with the biggest being that every team was guaranteed a primetime appearance. In addition to the Season opener, the primetime Thanksgiving game also aired on NBC.
2013 season
2014 season
Starting with the 2014 season, the NFL and CBS signed a deal that would put part of the Thursday Night Football package on national primetime. CBS, with an NFL Network simulcast, would air eight games (mostly the first half), while the NFL Network would air the other eight games (mostly the second half) exclusively. The deal was for one year with the option of a second year in 2015, which the NFL chose to exercise.
2015 season
2016 season
For the 2016 and 2017 seasons, a new Thursday Night Football deal takes effect. Thursday Night Football is now an 18-game schedule with CBS broadcasting 5 games, NBC broadcasting 5 games, and the NFL Network simulcasting the whole season with 8 games exclusively. CBS Sports and NBC Sports will each produce 4 NFL Network-only games. The NFL also sold the digital rights to the package separately to Twitter. Due to scheduling conflicts, NBC Sports had Mike Tirico team up with Cris Collinsworth for the Giants-Eagles game. Tirico, Doug Flutie, and Tony Dungy also called Dolphins-Jets and Ravens-Steelers.
2017 season
2017 marked the second and final year of the NFL's Thursday Night Football contract with CBS and NBC, as Fox would take over next season. Also, Amazon replaced Twitter as the digital rights holder. Also, along with the change in digital viewing, it was announced that there will be 11 games simulcast between CBS, NBC, and NFL Network. While CBS will keep the original 5 games, NBC will simulcast 6 games with NFL Network. Also, the change means that CBS will produce 4 NFL Network-only games, while NBC will produce 3 NFL Network-only games, including a Week 15 Saturday Doubleheader. In addition, after being banned from TNF for a year, and as back up play-by-play for NBC, Mike Tirico will replace Al Michaels full time on Thursday Night games. Tirico was slated to be the new studio host, replacing Bob Costas, who would retire from many major jobs with the network, like the Olympics. He was also slated to be back up play-by-play announcer, replacing Michaels on various occasions. Michaels will now focus on Sunday Night games, while Tirico will handle Thursday Nights with Cris Collinsworth or Kurt Warner.
Maps NFL Network Thursday Night Football results (2006-present)
See also
- NFL on television
- NBC Sunday Night Football
- NBC Sunday Night Football results (2006-present)
- Monday Night Football results (1970-1989)
- Monday Night Football results (1990-2009)
- Monday Night Football results (2010-present)
- 2007 New England Patriots-New York Giants game
References
- NFL Network Official Website
- NFL.com/Live - NFL Network Run to the Playoffs Online Broadcast
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