After a full afternoon of watching the various games via the NFL on Fox and CBS, the whole country gets to tune into a marquee matchup to end their weekend with Sunday Night Football on NBC.
US: NBC (live TV streaming services) | Peacock | NFL Plus
UK: Sky TV | NFL Games Pass
Watch abroad with a VPN
One of three weekly primetime games along with Thursday Night Football and Monday Night Football, Sunday Night Football is set to feature many of the league's best teams and exciting matchups. NBC will also host a few special non-Sunday night broadcasts throughout the year that will be handled by the Sunday Night Football team.
Here is everything you need to know about how to watch Sunday Night Football to get yourself ready for a full season of action.
How to watch Sunday Night Football in the US
NBC is widely available to viewers across the US via their local NBC stations. If you subscribe to traditional cable, catching the game is simple, as NBC is included on all basic cable packages. You can also watch the games on the NBC Sports app or at NBCSports.com when you provide your TV provider login.
NBC is also available on live TV streaming services like Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV. Each of these offers a mix of channel packages and services. We think Sling TV offers the best value for Sunday Night Football fans. You can watch Sunday Night Football on Sling TV Blue, which goes for $40 per month.
Streaming of the game is also available through Peacock, which live-streams NBC's Sunday Night Football game every week.
As a nationally televised game, Sunday Night Football is also going to be available to live stream on NFL Plus, but only through a mobile device.
How to watch Sunday Night Football in the UK
NFL fans in the UK have the opportunity to watch Sunday Night Football games and other NBC NFL broadcasts via Sky Sports' NFL Channel, which is available through a Sky TV subscription.
If that's too late (or early) for you, NFL Game Pass is an option. The international version of this subscription service offers live broadcasts of games as well as the opportunity to watch the full broadcast on-demand or a condensed version of the broadcast that only features the plays.
How to watch Sunday Night Football from anywhere
If you're going to be away from your normal TV setup but still want to watch Sunday Night Football, you might run into some problems. Thankfully, you can solve this exact issue with a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
A VPN lets you change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to your favorite events or other content even if you're not there. Our favorite is NordVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream:
- Download the app at NordVPN
- Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
- Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
Sunday Night Football week 16: Buccaneers vs Cowboys
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers head to Dallas to take on the Cowboys in this week's Sunday Night Football matchup.
The Bucs have won four straight games, putting them in the lead of the NFC South. They're coming off one of their best games of the year, where they hung 40 points on the Los Angeles Chargers behind strong games from Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans and Bucky Irving. The Bucs' defense has also played well the last two weeks, holding both of their opponents to under 20 points. While they're currently in first place, they need a win would keep them firmly there, whereas a loss could drop them into second place depending on what happens with Atlanta this week.
The Cowboys, meanwhile, are playing to keep their playoff hopes alive; a win and some help can do just that, a loss guarantees that their season will end in a couple of weeks. The Cowboys are winners of three of their last four games, where they have been getting strong play from Cooper Rush at quarterback, Rico Dowdle has taken off in the running game, while Micah Parsons has registered five-and-a-half sacks. The Cowboys defense will be without star player Trevon Diggs though, who went on IR earlier this week.
Sunday Night Football schedule
Here is the schedule for Sunday Night Football's 2024 slate of games. Unless otherwise noted, all games start at 8:20 pm ET/5:20 pm PT. We've also included other special games that Sunday Night Football team is handling throughout the season:
- NFL Kickoff (Thursday, September 5): Baltimore Ravens 20, Kansas City Chiefs 27
- Week 1: Los Angeles Rams 20, Detroit Lions 26
- Week 2: Chicago Bears 13, Houston Texans 19
- Week 3: Kansas City Chiefs 22, Atlanta Falcons 17
- Week 4: Buffalo Bills 10, Baltimore Ravens 35
- Week 5: Dallas Cowboys 20, Pittsburgh Steelers 17
- Week 6: Cincinnati Bengals 17, New York Giants 7
- Week 7: New York Jets 15, Pittsburgh Steelers 37
- Week 8: Dallas Cowboys 24, San Francisco 49ers 30
- Week 9: Indianapolis Colts 13, Minnesota Vikings 21
- Week 10: Detroit Lions 26, Houston Texans 23
- Week 11: Cincinnati Bengals 27, Los Angeles Chargers 34
- Week 12: Philadelphia Eagles 37, Los Angeles Rams 20
- Thanksgiving Game (Thursday, November 28): Miami Dolphins 17, Green Bay Packers 30
- Week 13: San Francisco 49ers 10, Buffalo Bills 35
- Week 14: Los Angeles Chargers 17, Kansas City Chiefs 19
- Week 15: Green Bay Packers 30, Seattle Seahawks 13
- Week 16: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys
- Week 17: Atlanta Falcons vs Washington Commanders
- Week 18: TBD
Some of these games could be fluid, as the NFL allows flex scheduling for Sunday Night Football to try and ensue good games are airing in primetime. Between weeks 5-10, up to two games can be flexed, while from weeks 11-17 it can be done for any game at the NFL's discretion.
Sunday Night Football commentators
The lead voice in the Sunday Night Football booth is Mike Tirico, joined by Cris Collinsworth in the booth. Melissa Stark rounds out the crew as the sideline reporter.
NBC's Sunday Night Football coverage also consists of the Football Night in America pregame show, which features Maria Taylor as host and Tony Dungy, Rodney Harrison, Jason Garrett, Chris Simms and Mike Florio as commentators.
