Super Wild Card Weekend spans three days, five networks, and six games, kicking off Saturday at Bank of America Stadium when the Carolina Panthers host their first home playoff game since 2015.
The broadcast landscape reflects the NFL’s sprawling media rights deals: Fox gets two games, NBC gets its usual Sunday night slot, CBS takes the early Sunday window, Amazon Prime Video handles Saturday night, and ESPN/ABC has a Monday Night Football playoff clash. Here’s a look at the broadcasters and TV channel for each playoff game.
Complete TV Schedule for 2026 NFL Wild Card Weekend
Saturday, Jan. 10 | No. 5 Los Angeles Rams at No. 4 Carolina Panthers
- Kickoff: 4:30 p.m. ET
- TV: Fox, Fox Deportes
- Streaming: Fox Sports app
- Announcers: Joe Davis (play-by-play), Greg Olsen (analyst)
- Sideline: Pam Oliver
The Panthers’ first playoff game since 2017 features a reunion of sorts in the booth. Olsen, widely considered one of the greatest Panthers ever, returns to Bank of America Stadium to call a postseason matchup.
Carolina enters as the NFC South champion after going 5-12 a year ago, while the Rams head east for a rematch of their meeting in Week 13, when the Panthers shockingly pulled off the upset.
No. 7 Green Bay Packers at No. 2 Chicago Bears
- Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
- Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
- Local simulcast: Fox 32 Chicago, NBC 26 Green Bay, Fox 6 Milwaukee
- Announcers: Al Michaels (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst)
- Sideline: Kaylee Hartung
This game will be exclusively available on Amazon Prime Video and features the NFL’s oldest rivalry. Michaels and Herbstreit will be calling the broadcast, just as they do during Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football coverage.
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For fans without a Prime subscription in the Chicago, Green Bay, and Milwaukee markets, local affiliates will simulcast the game.
Sunday, Jan. 11 | No. 6 Buffalo Bills at No. 3 Jacksonville Jaguars
- Kickoff: 1 p.m. ET
- TV: CBS
- Streaming: Paramount+
- Announcers: Jim Nantz (play-by-play), Tony Romo (analyst)
- Sideline: Tracy Wolfson
CBS sends its A-team to EverBank Stadium for a highly anticipated matchup. Nantz and Romo will handle the Josh Allen vs. Trevor Lawrence duel.
The Bills are 3-4 in one-score postseason games with Allen as the starting quarterback (7-6 overall). Since acquiring Jakobi Meyers, Jacksonville is 8-1 and is averaging 33.1 points per game, which is second-best in the NFL since Week 10. The Jaguars’ +146 point differential in that stretch leads the NFL.
No. 6 San Francisco 49ers at No. 3 Philadelphia Eagles
- Kickoff: 4:30 p.m. ET
- TV: Fox, Fox Deportes
- Streaming: Fox Sports app
- Announcers: Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play), Tom Brady (analyst)
- Sideline: Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi
Fox’s No. 1 crew gets the marquee NFC Wild Card matchup: the defending Super Bowl champion Eagles against a 49ers team that overcame plenty of injuries this season. Brady, who knows a thing or two about winning the playoffs, calls a game with massive NFC Championship implications.
San Francisco averaged 35.7 points per game during their six-game winning streak (Week 11-17), leading the NFL over that span. The Eagles under Nick Sirianni are 5-0 at home in the postseason, winning by an average of 21.0 points per game.
No. 7 Los Angeles Chargers at No. 2 New England Patriots
- Kickoff: 8 p.m. ET
- TV: NBC
- Streaming: Peacock, Universo
- Announcers: Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst)
- Sideline: Melissa Stark
The Sunday Night Football playoff edition marks a return to Gillette Stadium for a playoff game after a six-year drought. Tirico and Collinsworth will call this showdown between two stud quarterbacks: Justin Herbert vs. Drake Maye.
NBC Sports will debut new graphics and a revamped scorebar for this game, which will carry through to Super Bowl LX.
Monday, Jan. 12 | No. 5 Houston Texans at No. 4 Pittsburgh Steelers
- Kickoff: 8:15 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN, ABC
- Streaming: ESPN+, ESPN Deportes
- Announcers: Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (analyst)
- Sideline: Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge
- ManningCast: ESPN2, ESPN+ (Peyton and Eli Manning with guest Ben Roethlisberger)
The Wild Card finale features ESPN’s top broadcast team at Acrisure Stadium. Buck and Aikman, who have called games together since 2002, will call what could be Aaron Rodgers’ final NFL game. Salters, now the longest-tenured Monday Night Football sideline reporter in history, is joined by Rutledge, who was elevated to a full-time role this season.
Also, the ManningCast returns with a notable guest: future Hall of Famer Ben Roethlisberger will watch his former team take on Houston.
“It’s going to be old school football and it’s going to a physical game,” Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said of the smashmouth-football clash. “If you like football you should be excited about it
