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NFL 2026

Week 1 · Regular season · Wednesday, September 9 – Monday, September 14

Week 1 is over

The 13:00 ET kick-offs in your time

  • League time · ET

    13:00

    Sun, Sep 13

  • London

    18:00

    Sun, Sep 13

  • Tokyo

    02:00

    Mon, Sep 14

Wednesday, September 9

20:20 ET

Thursday, September 10

20:35 ET

Sunday, September 13

13:00 ET
16:25 ET
20:20 ET

Monday, September 14

20:15 ET

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Broadcast schedules can vary by match and region — check your local listings.

Frequently asked questions

When is NFL week 1?
Week 1 runs Wednesday, September 9 – Monday, September 14: 16 games, most kicking off at 13:00 ET (17:00 UTC).
Where can I watch the NFL?
It is shown live in 155 countries, including United States (CBS, FOX, NBC / Peacock, ESPN / ABC, Amazon Prime Video), Canada (CTV, TSN, RDS, DAZN), United Kingdom (Sky Sports, 5 / 5Action, DAZN (NFL Game Pass)), Germany (RTL, Sky Sport, DAZN (NFL Game Pass)). The list on this page names the rights holder in each market.

How an NFL week works

The NFL regular season runs for 18 weeks. Each of the 32 teams plays 17 games and has one bye week, so a typical week holds around sixteen games spread over four days. It opens with Thursday Night Football, builds to a full Sunday slate, and closes with Monday Night Football. Most Sunday games kick off at 1:00 PM Eastern, with a later window at 4:05 or 4:25 PM, and Sunday Night Football starts at 8:20 PM. Through the autumn the league also plays regular-season games abroad, which shift those kickoffs into European daytime.

Those American times land very differently elsewhere. For viewers in Türkiye, a 1:00 PM Eastern kickoff starts at 20:00 while the US is on daylight saving time and at 21:00 after the clocks change in early November; Sunday Night Football falls in the small hours of Monday morning. The countdowns on this page are already converted to your own time zone, so you can see at a glance which games fit your evening and which are worth an alarm.