The National Football League announced its postseason television schedule on Sunday, December 31. Eight of the twelve current playoff teams hadn’t reached the playoffs in 2016-17; seven of them will play on Wild Card weekend. Wild Card weekend marks the kickoff to the NFL postseason on Jan. 6-7. ESPN and ABC will simulcast the first […]
In this final week of the NFL regular season, the playoff fates of those trans still mathematically in contention will be decided in games played in the late afternoon window on New Year’s Eve: The Atlanta Falcons can clinch a playoff berth with: 1) A Falcons win 2) A Seahawks loss 3) A Falcons tie […]
Two key matchups highlight Week 16 of NFL action on Christmas Eve: the Atlanta Falcons vie for the NFC South division lead but must defeat current leader New Orleans Saints in the early afternoon window; two NFC wild card contenders, each with an 8-6 record, battle in the late afternoon window on most Fox stations […]
Several key matchups highlight Week 15 of NFL action: the Los Angeles Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs battle for the AFC West lead on Dec. 16; NFC West rivals Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks — two of NFC’s best — face off on Dec. 17; and, in a matchup of the AFC’s two […]
Three NFC matchups highlight Week 14 of NFL action: NFC South division rivals New Orleans Saints (9-3) and Atlanta Falcons (7-5) face off in Atlanta on NBC/NFL Network/Amazon Prime’s “Thursday Night Football” on Dec. 7; NFC North leader Minnesota Vikings (10-2) visit the Carolina Panthers (8-4) in the early afternoon on Dec. 10 on some […]
Week 13 will feature three NFC matchups with strong playoff contenders on Dec. 3: the NFC North division-leading Minnesota Vikings (8-3) visit defending NFC champion Atlanta Falcons (7-4) in the early afternoon window on Fox; the battle for NFC South leadership between the Carolina Panthers and the New Orleans Saints (both 8-3) will air on […]
New original and off-network series titles for the month of December will appear on the streaming video services Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. Among the highlighted streaming original series this month: the second season of Netflix’s award-winning British royal drama “The Crown” (Dec. 8); Jeffrey Donovan, formerly of “Burn Notice”, stars as a failed magician […]
Thanksgiving weekend for 2017 begins on Nov. 23 with two of the NFL’s most-watched game telecasts (on average) of the regular season annually: the early afternoon game in Detroit (this year, Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions on Fox) and the late afternoon game in Dallas (this year, Los Angeles Chargers at Dallas Cowboys on CBS). […]
Two surprise division leaders in the NFC — the Los Angeles Rams at the Minnesota Vikings — face off in the early Sunday afternoon window on Fox on Nov. 19 NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” features the Philadelphia Eagles, who hold the best record in the NFC entering Week 11, play their division rival Dallas Cowboys.. […]
