NFL cuts lucrative new TV deals through 2033 season

You don’t have to worry about the National Football League and its owners. The money is going to keep rolling in — and how.

Making official on Thursday what long has been anticipated, the NFL and its media partners announced TV and streaming deals spanning 2023 to 2033 that are as notable for what isn’t changing as what is.

CBS, Fox and NBC keep their Sunday packages, with CBS also streaming games on its Paramount+ service, Fox putting select games on Fox Deportes and Tubi and NBC streaming its prime-time games on Peacock.

Amazon Prime is getting “Thursday Night Football,” which last aired on Fox and was simulcast by NFL Network with complementary feeds on Amazon. In the markets of participating teams, games also will be televised over broadcast TV.

ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” will get the ability to “flex” to better games starting in Week 12 — much like NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” does — with streams on ESPN+ and some shared over the air on ABC.

With the new rights deal, ABC returns to the Super Bowl rotation with Fox, CBS and NBC beginning with the 2026 season.

There will be three “MNF” doubleheaders, a Saturday doubleheader on the last weekend of the season and an International Series game streamed on ESPN+. ESPN not only will present a wildcard playoff game but one in the divisional round as well.

Although NFL Network no longer will simulcast “Thursday Night Football,” it will get some games, too. Like the Amazon and ESPN games, its telecast will get an over-the-air outlet in the home markets of participating teams.

The future of DirecTV’s “Sunday Ticket” package beyond 2022 was not addressed.