The National Football League, America’s most popular sports league and home to the most popular programming on television, today reached an agreement with FOX Sports, the leader in live sports events, to broadcast the next five seasons of Thursday Night Football beginning with the 2018 season. The announcement was made together today by Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner and Peter Rice, President of 21st Century Fox.
“This agreement is the culmination of over 10 years of strategic growth around Thursday Night Football, a period during which this property has grown from a handful of late-season games on NFL Network to a full season of games and one of the most popular shows on broadcast television with additional distribution via cable and digital channels,” said Goodell. “As one of the leaders in sports television and a recognized innovator of NFL game broadcasts for many years, we’re excited to be extending our partnership with FOX Sports, one of our most trusted and valued partners, to include Thursday Night Football.”
I still love to watch Thursday Night Football, especially if I have someone going in fantasy, or if I bet the game. Other than that, won’t watch it.
Presented by Bud Light, Thursday Night Football is a top-5 show in all of television and the No. 2 show in prime time. In securing the Thursday Night Football package, FOX now has 3 of the 5 most-watched shows in all of television.
