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Amazon Gets a Slice of The New NFL TV Deal

The NFL renewed deals with broadcasting partners CBS, ESPN/ABC, Fox, NBC and Amazon through the 2033 season, the league announced Thursday. The agreement brings the Super Bowl back to ABC and sends Thursday Night Football to an all-digital package on Amazon Prime Video

 

ABC will be back in the Super Bowl rotation for the first time since 2006, with two Super Bowls during the new deals, which start in 2023. ESPN, which also has a one-year bridge deal for 2022 after its agreement expires following 2021, will continue to broadcast Monday Night Football. More games will be offered on ESPN+, including an International Series game.

 

Amazon Prime, which has partnered with NFL Network and Fox on Thursday Night Football since 2017, will now handle that package exclusively.

 

Deals with CBS, Fox and NBC will remain largely the same as previous years, outside of Fox moving away from Thursday Night Football. Each will add digital streaming access through their own services: Paramount+ for CBS, Tubi for Fox and Peacock for NBC.

 

NFL Network will continue to televise a select number of exclusive games during the year.

ABC has not broadcast a Super Bowl since Al Michaels and John Madden called Super Bowl XL in February 2006. It was the network's seventh Super Bowl, with the first coming in 1985.

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