Netflix Looking to Take NFL’s Sunday Afternoon Games from Fox and CBS in Next Media Deal: Report

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After streaming its first NFL games on Christmas, Netflix will be seeking a much bigger piece of the pie in the league’s next media deal.

According to a report from ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio, Netflix will try moving in on the NFL’s Sunday afternoon games. With the current deals, that slate of games belongs to Fox and CBS. NBC handles Sunday Night Football; Amazon has Thursday Night Football; and ESPN/ABC is in charge of Monday Night Football.

The current deals are set to run through 2033, but the NFL has the option end them four years early in 2029. The league, Florio added, will “likely” do that.

He continued:

So a major shakeup could be coming, with Netflix becoming a very major player in the NFL broadcast landscape. And if Netflix is in, one of the current partners will be out. Or, at best, relegated to Sunday mornings.

Streaming services have continued to increase their presence in the world of professional sports. Prior to Netflix’s Christmas games, the streamer broadcast the widely-criticized boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul.

A few years after Amazon became the exclusive provider of Thursday Night Football, NBC had its first Peacock-exclusive playoff game. Amazon also managed to secure one of the NBA’s media packages, which begins with the 2025-26 season.