NFL Network 2008 Debut Thursday Night
Tomorrow night, the Denver Broncos face the Cleveland Browns in the season premier of NFL Network Thursday Night Football.
The NFL Network will broadcast a game a week on Thursday nights in high definition for the next 7 weeks, plus one additional Saturday night game scheduled for December 20. No games are currently scheduled on the network for Week 17, so they won’t face the same type of heat they felt last year when the Patriots undefeated season was on the line the last week of the season in what turned out to be a Superbowl preview.
So who out there is still talking to a wall and telling their TV provider “I Want NFL Network”?
| 2008 NFL Network High Definition Schedule | |||
| DATE | TIME (ET) | DESCRIPTION | NETWORK |
| 11/6/2008 | 8:15 PM | Denver Broncos vs Cleveland Browns | NFL Net (1080i) |
| 11/13/2008 | 8:15 PM | New York Jets vs New England Patriots | NFL Net (1080i) |
| 11/20/2008 | 8:15 PM | Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL Net (1080i) |
| 11/27/2008 | 8:15 PM | Arizona Cardinals vs Philadelphia Eagles | NFL Net (1080i) |
| 12/4/2008 | 8:15 PM | Oakland Raiders vs San Diego Chargers | NFL Net (1080i) |
| 12/11/2008 | 8:15 PM | New Orleans Saints vs Chicago Bears | NFL Net (1080i) |
| 12/18/2008 | 8:15 PM | Indianapolis Colts vs Jacksonville Jaguars | NFL Net (1080i) |
| 12/20/2008 | 8:15 PM | Baltimore Ravens vs Dallas Cowboys | NFL Net (1080i) |
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November 5th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Are the NFL Network games simulcast in the local markets for both teams?
November 5th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I believe so, but only if the home team’s market sells out. I know it’s on local WUAB in Cleveland, so NFL Network will probably be blacked out in Cleveland.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Yes, there are local-market simulcasts. Tonight’s game is simulcast on KWGN-2 in Denver and My43 in Cleveland.
If NFL Network is blacked out it’s because your cable company doesn’t carry that channel.
November 13th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
why isn’t the Patriots v Jets game being broadcast in HD? I have Directv and SD version is working fine, but HD is blank?
December 12th, 2008 at 12:46 am
This is BS! No Bears game broadcast outside Chicago. The games need to be broadcaste on a real network. Screw it. I’m not paying my cable company extra so I can see a football game. I think I can find a new hobby. Goodbye NFL!
December 18th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I think the NFL is hurting itself with requiring cable suppliers to sign up for their telecast. That is no way to treat it’s fan base. I would think that ESPN, TNT, or even TBS would jump at a chance to put the NFL on whenever it was available.
December 18th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
The Nfl is going the way Baseball did. When the games are not televised on regular TV Channels, the kids lose interest and like baseball there will be a next Generation that grows up doing something else, and Football will become a thing of the past. Don’t believe me? There are baseball fields all over every town in America, because when we were kids there were none. We made it happen. Then MLB decided to put the games on so late that we couldn’t stay up to watch them, then the games went to special channels. We didn’t watch them, our kids didn’t either. They don’t even know the game, so all those fields are empty. Take a look some time. DOn’t show Football on common channels, and the next generation will forget this game, too.