How to watch Thursday Night Football: Jets vs Browns
Thursday Night Football has become a staple of the NFL season, as fans get to kick off each new week of NFL action with an exciting matchup. And the weekly primetime game has an exclusive streaming home, with Prime Video handling the coverage.
What to Watch has you covered with how to watch all of the primetime NFL offerings for the 2023 season, including Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football, but read on here to get all you need to now about how to watch Thursday Night Football, including game previews, the season-long schedule, the commentators and more.
With that in mind, we have everything you need to know on how to watch Thursday Night Football this week, as well as details on how to watch for the rest of the season.
What time is Black Friday Football on?
Thursday Night Football games have a kickoff of 8:15 pm ET/5:15 pm PT.
Pre-game coverage starts at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT.
What channel is Thursday Night Football on?
Thursday Night Football streams exclusively on Prime Video. Local stations for the two teams that are playing on Thursday Night Football in a given week are also going to have the game (check local listings).
How to watch Thursday Night Football
For Prime Video's special Thursday Night Football broadcast, the best way to make sure you can watch all the action is by having an Amazon Prime account. With Amazon Prime you automatically get access to Prime Video, which also includes original TV shows and movies (like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and The Rings of Power), a library of classic movies and TV shows and access to a range of Prime Video channels.
You can watch Thursday Night Football through Prime Video on a web browser, smart TV, tablets, mobile devices and other connected devices that have the Prime Video app.
For those in the local markets of the two teams playing in a given week, those games are also available on their local broadcast TVs. Channels will differ for each market, but most options are going to be available through a traditional pay-TV service or a live TV streaming service like Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV.
In addition, the Prime Video stream should be available in bars, restaurants and other out-of-home venues, in case you are out and about but don't want to miss TNF action.
The streaming service Twitch is also offering streams of Prime Video's football coverage. Watching the game on Twitch allows viewers to interact through live chat, see stats, participate in polls and make live predictions.
The NFL's streaming service, NFL Plus, can also stream games on Prime Video, but only on mobile or tablet devices.
For UK NFL fans, Thursday Night Football airs on Sky Sports' Main Event and NFL channels starting at 12:30 am UK on Fridays. UK viewers can also sign up for NFL Game Pass to stream NFL games.
Thursday Night Football preview: Jets vs Browns
The Jets are hoping to play the role of spoiler, as they are officially eliminated from playoff contention but could create problems for the the Browns as they race for the postseason. The Browns, however, are a formidable opponent with one of the league's best defenses and a rejuvenated offense since Joe Flacco was brought in late.
Thursday Night Football schedule
There is one quirk with Prime Video's Thursday Night Football schedule, as one game actually is being played on Friday. In Week 12, with Thanksgiving Day games taking place on CBS, Fox and NBC, Prime Video is going to have the first ever Black Friday game.
Here is the 2023 Prime Video Thursday Night Football schedule:
Week 2: Minnesota Vikings 28, Philadelphia Eagles 34
Week 3: New York Giants 12, San Francisco 49ers 30
Week 4: Detroit Lions 34, Green Bay Packers 20
Week 5: Chicago Bears 40, Washington Commanders 20
Week 6: Denver Broncos 8, Kansas City Chiefs 19
Week 7: Jacksonville Jaguars 31, New Orleans Saints 24
Week 8: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18, Buffalo Bills 24
Week 9: Tennessee Titans 16, Pittsburgh Steelers 20
Week 10: Carolina Panthers 13, Chicago Bears 16
Week 11: Cincinnati Bengals 20, Baltimore Ravens 34
Week 12: Miami Dolphins 34, New York Jets 13
Week 13: Seattle Seahawks 35, Dallas Cowboys 41
Week 14: New England Patriots 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 18
Week 15: Los Angeles Chargers 21, Las Vegas Raiders 63
Week 16: New Orleans Saints vs Los Angeles Rams
Week 17: New York Jets vs Cleveland Browns
Thursday Night Football commentators
Set to call the games for Thursday Night Football during the 2023 season is legendary play-by-play announced Al Michaels, with football analyst Kirk Herbstreit joining him in the booth. The TNF sideline reporter is Kaylee Hartung.
In addition, NFL Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez, Richard Sherman, Andrew Whitworth and Ryan Fitzpatrick serve as analysts for Thursday Night Football's pregame, halftime and postgame shows, with Charissa Thompson serving as host. In addition, Taylor Rooks is a feature reporter for the broadcast, Michael Smith is on board as a news analyst and Terry McAulay is the TNF's rules analyst.
Marshawn Lynch, a Super Bowl winner and recent star of Bottoms, is also part of the Thursday Night Football team, doing special segments that'll run throughout the season.
Thursday Night Football — Dude Perfect
Prime Video did not just have the traditional Thursday Night Football broadcast in 2022, but alternate game broadcasts as well. Dude Perfect, the YouTube creators, are set to host one such alternate broadcast.
The streaming launched TNF With Dude Perfect, which featured Tyler Toney, Cory and Coby Cotton, Garrett Hilbert and Cody Jones commenting on the game live, attempting to predict the next play and entertaining antics like dunk tanks, pudding cannons, special guests and "the occasional world record attempt."
No information has been provided on TNF With Dude Perfect as of August 24, but it is expected that it'll return for the 2023 NFL season.
