The NFL officially returns tonight as the 2026 season gets underway. Football fans can tune into the season opener and Super Bowl LX rematch tonight at 8:20 p.m. ET. Here’s everything to know about watching the NFL on NBC this week: Which NFL games are on NBC this week?

The NFL is picking up where it left off. The 2025 season came to a conclusion with the Seattle Seahawks dismantling the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, and the 2026 season will kick off with a rematch. Drake Maye, A.J. Brown and the Patriots will ...

Call it the kick-off to the Kickoff. NBC is mounting a week-long promotional effort called “Race to Wednesday” to give fans ample notice that its 2026 NFL Kickoff Game takes place on a Wednesday — just the second time in NBC Sports’ history of football coverage it will do so.

The NFL is off and running, and the first ratings numbers of the 2026 season show that traditional television still has a sizable advantage when it comes to reaching football fans. NBC’s New England Patriots-Seattle Seahawks season opener averaged 25.

Some NFL fans are pushing back against a major change to one of the most familiar parts of the football season: Carrie Underwood’s “Sunday Night Football” opening theme. The country music star debuted a new rock-focused version of the long-running anthem ahead of NBC’s first “Sunday Night Football” broadcast of the 2026 season,

Country music star Carrie Underwood kicked off her 14th consecutive season fronting Sunday Night Football on NBC, debuting a new rendition of her hit theme 'Waiting All Day for Sunday Night.'

Viewership surprisingly fell for the NFL’s season opener.