Starting in 2022, Amazon became the exclusive home of Thursday Night Football, with the NFL Network airing select late-season Saturday games.
Starting with the 2014 season, the NFL and CBS signed a deal that would put part of the Thursday Night Football package on national prime-time.
[105] Due to scheduling conflicts, NBC Sports had Mike Tirico team up with Cris Collinsworth for the Giants-Eagles game.
2017 marked the second and final year of the NFL's Thursday Night Football contract with CBS and NBC, as Fox would take over next season.
Also, along with the change in digital viewing, it was announced that there were 11 games simulcast between CBS, NBC, and NFL Network.
[122] In addition, Mike Tirico replaced Al Michaels full-time on Thursday night games.
Tirico became the new studio host, replacing Bob Costas, who retired from many major jobs with the network, like the Olympics.
While the entire schedule was released on May 12, the first Amazon-exclusive Thursday Night game, Chargers–Chiefs, was unveiled during the first round of the 2022 NFL draft on April 28.
Because of NFL rules, all games were simulcast on an over-the-air television station in the home markets of the teams playing.
[196] A free, legal simulcast was also available from this season onwards on Twitch's Prime Video stream on desktops and laptops for those not in the local markets, but was not available on mobile devices due to NFL+.
Also beginning with this season, one Wild Card playoff game will air exclusively on Prime Video.