The NFL is coming back to our TVs – and bigger than ever.
As the 2025 season kicks off on Thursday, NFL fans are in for another record-breaking season of TV viewing hours. Assuming every game takes at least three hours, we'll have more than 330 hours of NFL broadcasts. That's about two full weeks packed into the next 18 weeks, or about two days longer than binging the 36 seasons of the "Simpsons."
Of course, as with most products we crave, "more" comes with a price. Even if your TV is hooked to an antenna, to watch every regular season game, you could need five subscriptions: YouTube, ESPN, Prime Video, NFL Network and Netflix.
NFL starts next week: Here's the entire 2025 NFL schedule and TV times
The 2025 NFL schedule looks much different than it did when Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers was rookie backup for the Packers in 2005.
