In 2019, the network rotation remains unchanged from last season. NBC and ESPN are mainstays for Sunday and Monday, while Thursday night broadcasts can be found on Fox, NFL Network and, most weeks, Amazon Prime throughout the season.
Thursday night broadcast rights are shared between Fox, NFL Network and Amazon Prime in 2019, so you'll be able to find games on those channels every week (with the exception of Weeks 2-3, which are exclusively NFL Network). You can also stream TNF games on fuboTV, which offers a seven-day free trial.
Monday Night Football 2019
The demand to broadcast Monday Night Football games live across the United States over ABC was difficult to reconcile with other prime time programming, which is usually set to begin at a certain local time regardless of time zone. On the East Coast, with MNF beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, there was an hour of primetime in which to schedule regular programming. However, on the West Coast, the games lasted from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Pacific Time (or in the case of Seattle and Portland from 1970 to 1995, 7 to 10:30 p.m.), leaving little or no time for additional network programming on Monday. As a result, network programs scheduled for prime time on the East Coast were broadcast at various hours on the West Coast. Most affiliates pushed the network shows to immediately after the game; however, Los Angeles owned-and-operated station KABC-TV postponed them until 10 p.m. from at least the mid-1990s until 2005 to show trivia contests and other sports shows produced locally (the longest-tenured such show was Monday Night Live, hosted by sports anchor Todd Donoho). Meanwhile, KOMO, one of the stations that tape delayed MNF in most cases, broadcast new episodes of the sitcom Coach on Saturday afternoons (usually reserved, coincidentally enough, for college football telecasts; much of the series took place on a fictional college campus). Except for Seattle and Portland from 1970 to 1995, ABC World News Tonight was routinely preempted on most West Coast affiliates, though the ABC network-owned stations (e.g. Los Angeles) aired the program earlier in the afternoon.
As the NFL celebrates its 100-year anniversary in 2019, Monday Night Football is in its 50th year of being a groundbreaking event that changed the trajectory of entertainment & football as we know it.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The National Football League tonight announced the 2019 regular-season schedule and the New England Patriots will begin the defense of their Super Bowl LIII Championship when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers in primetime on Sunday Night Football on Sept. 8. It will be the fourth time the Patriots will open the season against Pittsburgh and the third time they will open against the Steelers as defending Super Bowl champions. The Patriots hosted Pittsburgh in 2002 and 2015 following their Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl XLIX titles. Both games resulted in New England victories.
Nov. 4 @ 5:30pm
A night filled with food, fun, good conversations and celebration for a successful 2019 business year.
Food and drink provided, with prize drawings every 30 minutes!
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