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The NFL has set another multiplatform deal for this season’s wild card playoff games. ESPN owner the Walt Disney Company 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…

After a successful debut last season, Nickelodeon and CBS Sports are re-teaming with the NFL for another alternate broadcast of a playoff game. The wild-card game will be Sunday, January 16, at 4:30PM ET. A graphics- and kid-commentary-filled telecast will accompany the regular broadcast on CBS. Last year’s edition…

ESPN has expanded its first “MegaCast” of Sunday’s NFL Wild Card playoff game to include streaming service ESPN+ and five Disney networks: ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, Freeform and ESPN Deportes. The Baltimore Ravens-Tennessee Titans matchup will also include a halftime performance by DJ Khaled airing exclusively on Freeform…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has generally taken a conservative approach to managing Covid-19 in the state, has raised eyebrows by backing a plan to let fans attend a Buffalo Bills playoff game next month. Up to 6,772 fans will be permitted at the game, which will be played on January 9 or 10 (depending on the…

CBS Sports and ViacomCBS sibling Nickelodeon have offered a preview of the custom telecast of an NFL wild-card playoff game the kids network will present next month. Bottom line: Viewers opting for that version instead of the regular CBS telecast should expect plenty of Snapchat-like filters, computer animation…

NBC's broadcast of the San Francisco 49ers' 27-10 victory over the Minnesota Vikings Saturday in the NFC Divisional Playoff averaged 29.3 million TV-only viewers – ranking as the most-watched late Saturday NFL Divisional Playoff game since the Chiefs-Patriots tilt in 2016. In addition, Vikings-49ers averaged a Total…

UPDATE: At AT&T spokesman said a new retransmission consent agreement has been reached, and stations are returning to DirecTV and AT&T. The affected markets that will be able to see the NFL Playoffs and Golden Globes, among other programming, include Albuquerque-Santa Fe NM; Baltimore; Birmingham AL; Boston…