The NFL and NBC announced on Monday that NBC will broadcast a playoff game this season on Wild Card Saturday exclusively on its streaming service, Peacock, marking the first time a playoff game doesn’t appear on a television network.
On Wild Card weekend, NBC will get two games on Saturday, Jan. 13, with the 4:30 game airing on NBC and Peacock followed by the Peacock-exclusive game in primetime. Both NBC and Peacock will then get a third game on Sunday night, becoming the first network to air three playoff games in one weekend.
This comes after the NFL began airing its Thursday Night Football package exclusively on Amazon last year, the first time it consistently aired games on a streaming service.
