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How to watch 2024 NFL playoffs: online and TV options

Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes.

We've watched 18 weeks of regular season football, all leading up to this: the 2024 NFL playoffs. Fourteen teams still have a chance to play in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Whether your favorite team is still in the mix or not, you're not going to want to miss a second of the action, so we've got all the details you need to know about how to watch the 2024 NFL playoffs.

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The good news is that most of what you need to watch NFL playoff action isn't going to be any different than it was in the regular season. The NFL on CBS and NFL on Fox are still going to carry games, while ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcast team and NBC's Sunday Night Football setup are going to feature games. However, there are going to be some firsts for the NFL playoffs this year, including the first-ever streaming-only playoff game.

Read on to get all the info you need to watch the 2024 NFL playoffs, as well as the complete NFL playoff TV schedule.

How to watch NFL playoffs in the US

The NFL playoffs are going to air across multiple networks, as well as being available on a range of streaming services.

However, to make sure you can watch NFL playoff action from Wild Card weekend to Super Bowl LVIII, you absolutely must have access to CBS, which is airing the big game this year. The good news is that anyone with a traditional pay-TV subscription, a TV antenna that can receive local stations or a live TV streaming service that carries CBS (i.e. Fubo, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV) already has access to the broadcast network.

If you have cut the cord on live TV and made the move entirely to streaming, you can still watch the NFL on CBS playoff action live if you subscribe to Paramount Plus. Both the Paramount Plus Essential and Paramount Plus with Showtime plans allow you to watch NFL games on Paramount Plus.

ABC, ESPN, Fox and NBC are other broadcast TV networks that are going to be airing NFL playoff games. Like CBS, ABC, Fox and NBC are available through traditional pay-TV options, TV antennas or live TV streaming services (Fubo, Hulu with live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV). ESPN is a cable channel, so it is not available if you only have a TV antenna, but the sports network is carried by just about all traditional pay-TV providers and the live TV streaming services mentioned above.

Like how Paramount Plus is providing live streams of CBS NFL playoff games, a few other streaming services can help you watch playoff action. ESPN Plus is going to stream the Wild Card weekend game that airs on ABC/ESPN. Meanwhile, Peacock is going to live stream any game that airs on NBC, as well as stream the first-ever NFL playoff game exclusively available on a streaming platform — the Miami Dolphins vs Kansas City Chiefs game on January 13. The NFL also has its own streaming service that will allow subscribers to watch most of the playoff games, NFL Plus.

How to watch NFL Playoffs in the UK

UK fans of the NFL can watch every NFL playoff game on Sky Sports. Of course, you must be a Sky TV subscriber if you want to watch the games.

For the complete NFL playoff game schedule, visit the Sky Sports website.

NFL playoffs TV schedule

There are three rounds of NFL playoff games before we get to the Super Bowl: the Wild Card Round, the Divisional Round and the Conference Championships. 

We're entering into the first round of the playoffs, the Wild Card round. Find the complete TV schedule for these games directly below.

NFL Wild Card Round: January 13-15

Saturday, January 13

  • Cleveland Browns vs Houston Texans, 4:30 pm ET/1:30 pm PT, NBC
  • Miami Dolphins vs Kansas City Chiefs, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT, Peacock

Sunday, January 14

  • Pittsburgh Steelers vs Buffalo Bills, 1 pm ET/10 am PT, CBS
  • Green Bay Packers vs Dallas Cowboys, 4:30 pm ET/1:30 pm PT, Fox
  • Los Angeles Rams vs Detroit Lions, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT, NBC

Monday, January 15

  • Philadelphia Eagles vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:15 pm ET/5:15 pm PT, ABC/ESPN/ESPN Plus

NFL playoffs teams

The NFL playoff 2024 field is set. These 14 teams have advanced to the postseason with the opportunity to compete for a Super Bowl.

AFC playoff teams

Houston Texans' CJ Stroud (Image credit: Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
  1. Baltimore Ravens (AFC North champ)
  2. Buffalo Bills (AFC East champ)
  3. Kansas City Chiefs (AFC West champ)
  4. Houston Texans (AFC South champ)
  5. Cleveland Browns (Wild Card)
  6. Miami Dolphins (Wild Card)
  7. Pittsburgh Steelers (Wild Card)

NFC playoff teams 

Detroit Lions' Amon-Ra St. Brown (Image credit: Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
  1. San Francisco 49ers (NFC West champ)
  2. Dallas Cowboys (NFC East champ)
  3. Detroit Lions (NFC North champ)
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFC South champ)
  5. Philadelphia Eagles (Wild Card)
  6. Los Angeles Rams (Wild Card)
  7. Green Bay Packers (Wild Card)

Important info

Who is the favorite to reach Super Bowl LVIII?

Here are the current odds for the NFL playoff teams to win the Super Bowl, per BetMGM:

1. San Francisco 49ers (+225)
2. Baltimore Ravens (+325)
3. Buffalo Bills (+650)
4. Dallas Cowboys (+750)
5. Kansas City Chiefs (+900)
6. Philadelphia Eagles (+1300)
7. Miami Dolphins (+1600)
8. Detroit Lions (+2000)
9. Cleveland Browns (+3300)
10. Houston Texans (+4000)
11. Los Angeles Rams (+5000)
12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+6600)
13. Green Bay Packers (+8000)
14. Pittsburgh Steelers (+12500)

Where is Super Bowl LVIII being played?

Super Bowl LVIII is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The stadium is home to the Las Vegas Raiders. It is the first time that the Super Bowl is being held at Allegiant Stadium.

What time is Super Bowl LVIII?

Super Bowl LVIII kicks off at 6:30 pm ET/3:30 pm PT on Sunday, February 11. In the UK, the game begins at 11:30 pm local time.

What channel is Super Bowl LVIII on?

This year the Super Bowl is being broadcast on CBS in the US. 

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