Your Thursday Night Football viewing experience is about to change. Amazon Prime — the streaming service arm of Jeff Bezos’ retail behemoth — begins streaming Thursday night NFL games with tonight’s Chargers-Chiefs tilt in Kansas City and will continue for the next four months.
While fans in local markets will be able to watch the broadcast on TV — including Los Angeles and Kansas City tonight — fans outside the market will need an Amazon Prime Video subscription ($8.99 per month and included in the overall Amazon Prime price of $14.99 per month or $139 per year) and built-in streaming to watch their TV games. The device is also available through the Prime Video app on smartphones and tablets.
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18 months ago, Amazon announced on Thursday night that Amazon would be the exclusive carrier of games, a $13 billion game through 2033. At a cost of about $1 billion a year, that means Amazon pays about $67. million per game in rights fees.
If nothing else, NFL fans can use one of Amazon’s free 30-day Prime trials. It takes you through Washington-Chicago in mid-October, and if you’re willing to see that, you’re willing to see anything.
Amazon Prime Thursday Night Football schedule
Week 2, September 15: Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 3, September 22: Pittsburgh Steelers at Cleveland Browns
Week 4, September 29: Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 5, October 6: Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos
Week 6, October 13: Washington commanders at Chicago Bears
Week 7, October 20: New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals
Week 8, October 27: Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 9, November 3: Philadelphia Eagles at Houston Texans
Week 10, November 10: Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
Week 11, November 17: Tennessee Titans at Green Bay Packers
Week 13, December 1: Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
Week 14, December 8: Las Vegas Raiders at Los Angeles Rams
Week 15, December 15: San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
Week 16, December 22: Jacksonville Jaguars at New York Jets
Week 17, December 29: Dallas Cowboys at Tennessee Titans
