Thursday Night Football has become a staple of the NFL season, as fans get to kick off each new week of NFL action with an exciting matchup. And the weekly primetime game has an exclusive streaming home, with Prime Video handling the coverage.
US: Prime Video | NFL Plus | local stations for participating teams' cities
UK: Sky TV | NFL Game Pass
Thursday Night Football is set as the first game in just about each week of the NFL season (there are a few exceptions), with the rest of the week's action playing out on the NFL on CBS, NFL on Fox, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football.
With that in mind, here's everything you need to know on how to watch Thursday Night Football.
How to watch Thursday Night Football in the US
For Prime Video's special Thursday Night Football broadcast, the best way to make sure you can watch all the action is by having an Amazon Prime account. With Amazon Prime you automatically get access to Prime Video, which also includes the streamer's original TV shows and movies, a library of classic movies and TV shows and access to a range of Prime Video channels.
You can watch Thursday Night Football through Prime Video on a web browser, smart TV, tablets, mobile devices and other connected devices that have the Prime Video app.
For those in the local markets of the two teams playing in a given week, those games are also available on their local broadcast TVs. Channels will differ for each market, but most options are going to be available through a traditional pay-TV service or a live TV streaming service like Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV.
In addition, the Prime Video stream should be available in bars, restaurants and other out-of-home venues, in case you are out and about but don't want to miss TNF action.
The streaming service Twitch is also offering streams of Prime Video's football coverage. Watching the game on Twitch allows viewers to interact through live chat, see stats, participate in polls and make live predictions.
The NFL's streaming service, NFL Plus, can also stream games on Prime Video, but only on mobile or tablet devices.
How to watch Thursday Night Football in the UK
For UK NFL fans, Thursday Night Football airs on Sky Sports' Main Event and NFL channels starting at 12:30 am UK on Fridays. UK viewers can also sign up for NFL Game Pass to stream NFL games.
Thursday Night Football: Texans vs Jets preview
What many thought may have been a playoff preview at the start of the season is now a meeting between two teams heading in opposite directions.
The 6-2 Houston Texans have a solid lead in the AFC South and are looking to prove they are a true contender in the AFC behind second-year quarterback CJ Stroud and a strong defense. One issue with the Texans hopes is that their once deep wide receiver room has been depleted recently. Having already lost Nico Collins, last week Stefon Diggs was injured and has now been ruled out for the season due to a torn ACL. That means some other players are going to have to step up and the Texans run game behind Joe Mixon, which has been solid this year, will need to step up.
The Jets, meanwhile, enter week 9 at 2-6, having lost five straight games. And this after they fired their head coach, swapped out offensive coordinators and traded for star receiver Davante Adams. After giving up a last minute comeback in week 8, the Jets need to show they still have some life now if they want to have any chance in salvaging this season. That will require a better showing from the defense, which has not looked as good as it did earlier this season, and continued improvement from the offense, which has begun to show signs of life.
Thursday Night Football schedule
Here is the 2024 Prime Video Thursday Night Football schedule. All games start at 8:15 pm ET/5:15 pm PT unless otherwise specified.
- Week 2: Buffalo Bills 31, Miami Dolphins 10
- Week 3: New England Patriots 3, New York Jets 24
- Week 4: Dallas Cowboys 20, New York Giants 15
- Week 5: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36, Atlanta Falcons 30
- Week 6: San Francisco 49ers 36, Seattle Seahawks 24
- Week 7: Denver Broncos 33, New Orleans Saints 10
- Week 8: Minnesota Vikings 20, Los Angeles Rams 30
- Week 9: Houston Texans vs New York Jets
- Week 10: Cincinnati Bengals vs Baltimore Ravens
- Week 11: Washington Commanders vs Philadelphia Eagles
- Week 12: Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cleveland Browns
- Week 13 (Friday, November 29, 3 pm ET/noon PT): Las Vegas Raiders vs Kansas City Chiefs
- Week 14: Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions
- Week 15: Los Angeles Rams vs San Francisco 49ers
- Week 16: Cleveland Browns vs Cincinnati Bengals
- Week 17: Seattle Seahawks vs Chicago Bears
Thursday Night Football commentators
Expected to return for the 2024 season is legendary play-by-play announced Al Michaels, with football analyst Kirk Herbstreit joining him in the booth. The TNF sideline reporter is Kaylee Hartung.
In addition, NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez, Richard Sherman, Andrew Whitworth and Ryan Fitzpatrick serve as analysts for Thursday Night Football's pregame, halftime and postgame shows, with Charissa Thompson serving as host. In addition, Taylor Rooks is a feature reporter for the broadcast, Michael Smith is on board as a news analyst and Terry McAulay is the TNF's rules analyst.
Marshawn Lynch, a Super Bowl winner and recent star of Bottoms, is also part of the Thursday Night Football team, doing special segments that'll run throughout the season.
