The NFL has set another multiplatform deal for this season’s wild card playoff games
and the NFL announced a five year rights agreement for ESPN to present a new Monday night Wild Card game beginning with the 2021 season and continuing through the 2025 season. The agreement was announced today by Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content at the CAA World Congress of Sports.game will be played on January 17, 2022 at 8:15 p.m. ET, marking the grand finale of the NFL’s Super Wild Card Weekend. It will be the first scheduled weekday prime time NFL playoff game.
The 2021 season’s Wild Card game will be ESPN’s eighth NFL Playoff game, having begun airing an annual Wild Card game following the 2014 regular season. Beginning in the 2023 NFL Season, ESPN will add an NFL Divisional round game to its postseason slate, while continuing to air its existing Wild Card game.has aired on ESPN since 2006 and beginning this season, ESPN and ABC will air a Week 18 doubleheader — on January 8, 2022 — to conclude its regular season coverage.
Monday Night Football viewership is averaging 14 million viewers through the first five weeks of the NFL season, according to ESPN.
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