In 2014, the NFL shifted the package to a new model to increase its prominence. Since 2012, the TNF package has begun during the second week of the NFL season the NFL Kickoff Game and the NFL on Thanksgiving are both broadcast as part of NBC Sports' Sunday Night Football contract and are not included in Thursday Night Football, although the Thanksgiving primetime game was previously part of the package from 2006 until 2011. In the past, games in the package also air occasionally on Saturdays in the later portion of the season, as well as select games from the NFL International Series (these games were branded since 2017 as NFL Network Special).ĭebuting on November 23, 2006, the telecasts were originally part of NFL Network's Run to the Playoffs package, which consisted of eight total games broadcast on Thursday and Saturday nights (five on Thursdays, and three on Saturdays, originally branded as Saturday Night Football) during the latter portion of the season. Most of the games kick off at 8:15 Eastern Time (8:20 prior to 2022). Thursday Night Football (often abbreviated as TNF) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that broadcast primarily on Thursday nights. American TV series or program Thursday Night Footballġ6 per season (15 regular season, 1 preseason) ( list of episodes)ġ80 minutes or until game ends (inc.

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