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CBS Sports has announced its 2023 NFL ON CBS schedule, highlighted by its exclusive coverage of SUPER BOWL LVIII from Las Vegas on Sunday, February 11, 2024. SUPER BOWL LVIII marks the 22nd time CBS has broadcast the Super Bowl, the most of any network.
The 2023 NFL ON CBS regular-season schedule, with more than 100 games across 18 weeks, is headlined by marquee matchups in the Sunday 4:25 PM, ET national game window, the most-watched window in all of television. Among the featured games are the AFC Championship Game rematch between Cincinnati and Kansas City in Week 17, the New York Jets visiting Dallas in Week 2, Buffalo at Kansas City in Week 14, and Philadelphia hosting Buffalo in Week 12.
The Super Bowl champion Chiefs are scheduled to appear a minimum of eight times on CBS, more than double any other network. Kansas City has six NFL ON CBS games in the coveted 4:25 PM, ET window along with the nationally televised Christmas Day game. Among the other teams with multiple appearances in national NFL ON CBS game windows are the Cowboys, Bills, Bengals, Eagles and Jets. Additionally, the 2023 schedule includes an expanded NFC slate with multiple games featuring the Eagles, Cowboys, Packers, Giants, Bears, and 49ers.
The NFL ON CBS continues as the primary TV home for the American Football Conference (AFC), which boasts an unprecedented roster of star quarterbacks, including Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow, the New York Jets’ Aaron Rodgers, Buffalo’s Josh Allen, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence, and the Los Angeles Chargers’ Justin Herbert, as well as top five 2023 NFL Draft picks C.J. Stroud of Houston and Anthony Richardson of Indianapolis.
Additionally, the NFL ON CBS will feature division rivalry games on Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as a full postseason slate, including the AFC Championship Game and SUPER BOWL LVIII.
The NFL ON CBS’ 2023 regular-season schedule begins on Sunday, September 10 with a national doubleheader, and will be broadcast to viewers all season across the country who can watch the NFL ON CBS games shown in their local market on the CBS Television Network and streamed live on Paramount+.
Last season, CBS Sports delivered its best viewership for the NFL ON CBS in seven years by averaging 18.487 million viewers, and Paramount+ delivered its most-streamed NFL season ever.
MARQUEE NATIONAL GAMES HIGHLIGHT TV’S MOST-WATCHED WINDOW AT 4:25 PM, ET
CBS Sports will have 10 national Sunday doubleheader windows at 4:25 PM, ET. Last year, the NFL ON CBS averaged 23.495 million viewers for its 10 national Sunday game windows, which was more than any primetime television sports, entertainment or news series on any network.
The 2023 schedule is bookended with national Sunday doubleheaders beginning in Weeks 1 and 2 and concluding in Weeks 17 and 18, with defending NFC champion Philadelphia visiting New England in CBS’ 4:25 PM, ET window to kick off the season (Sunday, September 10). As announced by the team earlier today, the Patriots will honor legendary quarterback Tom Brady that day.
This year’s national game window slate is highlighted by Cincinnati visiting Kansas City in a rematch of the past two AFC Championship Games in Week 17 (Sunday, December 31). Among the other highly anticipated matchups at 4:25 PM, ET are the New York Jets visiting Dallas in Week 2 (Sunday, September 17), Buffalo facing Kansas City in Week 14 (Sunday, December 10), Philadelphia hosting Buffalo in Week 12 (Sunday, November 26), Cincinnati meeting San Francisco in Week 8 (Sunday, October 29) and the Jets at Buffalo in Week 11 (Sunday, November 19).
RIVALRY GAMES ON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS … PLUS SLIME
The NFL ON CBS will celebrate the holidays with fans by presenting national games on Thanksgiving and Christmas, both featuring divisional rivalries.
The Network will broadcast an NFC East clash between Washington and Dallas on Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 23) at 4:30 PM, ET. That game will lead into a doubleheader weekend for CBS with Buffalo at Philadelphia as the national game on Sunday, November 26 at 4:25 PM, ET.
On Christmas Day (Monday, December 25), CBS Sports and Nickelodeon will once again team up to deliver a present to fans of all ages with Las Vegas facing Kansas City in an AFC West rivalry game at 1:00 PM, ET. In addition to the NFL ON CBS broadcast on CBS, Nickelodeon will air its annual slime-filled presentation tailored for family viewing fun.
HIGHLIGHTED 1:00 PM, ET GAMES
The NFL ON CBS schedule is anchored in the 1:00 PM, ET window with strong games throughout the season, including playoff rematches, division rivalry games, interconference showdowns and an expanded schedule of NFC matchups.
Among the headline games at 1:00 PM, ET are Kansas City at Jacksonville in Week 2 (Sunday, September 17), New England at the Jets in Week 3 (Sunday, September 24), Miami at Buffalo in Week 4 (Sunday, October 1), Baltimore at Pittsburgh in Week 5 (Sunday, October 8), Seattle at Cincinnati in Week 6 (Sunday, October 15), Washington at the New York Giants in Week 7 (Sunday, October 22), the Jets at the Giants in Week 8 (Sunday, October 29), Chicago at New Orleans in Week 9 (Sunday, November 5), Green Bay at Pittsburgh in Week 10 (Sunday, November 12), Pittsburgh at Cincinnati in Week 12 (Sunday, November 26), the Jets at Miami in Week 15 (Sunday, December 17) and New England at Buffalo in Week 17 (Sunday, December 31).
The NFL ON CBS announce team of Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson lead CBS’ 64th year of coverage of the NFL as the Network is scheduled to broadcast more than 100 games during 18 weeks of the regular season, as well as a Wild Card playoff game (Saturday, January 13 or Sunday, January 14), a Divisional playoff game (Saturday, January 20 or Sunday, January 21), the AFC Championship Game (Sunday, January 28) and SUPER BOWL LVIII (Sunday, February 11).
CBS will present one preseason game with Carolina hosting Detroit on Friday, Aug. 25 @ 8:00 PM, ET.
Sean McManus is chairman of CBS Sports and serves as the executive producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of the NFL. David Berson is president of CBS Sports. Harold Bryant is executive producer and executive vice president of production at CBS Sports. Jim Rikhoff is coordinating producer for the NFL ON CBS.
