It is Monday? Indeed it is, but NFL fans hoping to see “Monday Night Football” will be very disappointed.
The NFL regular season has officially ended. Week 18 has come to an end and the playoff field is ready. While fans have enjoyed 17 weeks of “Monday Night Football,” they will have to wait a week for the 18th.
There is no “Monday Night Football” in Week 18. The NFL never schedules a game for Mondays in the last week of the season, so all its action may wrap up at the end of “Sunday Night Football.” As a result, there will be no “MNF” this week, although those who wish to watch soccer will have the opportunity to watch Alabama vs. Georgia in the National Championship Game.
Here’s everything you need to know about “MNF” in week 18 and what you can watch with the show on a week-long hiatus.
Is there a ‘Monday Night Football’ game tonight?
There is no “Monday Night Football” game on Monday, January 10th. ESPN does not air “Monday Night Football” during the final week of the regular season, as the NFL likes to have its playoff participants solidified on Sunday night. That’s why the last “Sunday Night Football” game of the regular season is often a win-and-go contest.
Although there is no broadcast on Monday nights in Week 18, there will actually be one in the wild-card round of the playoffs. ESPN will host the final Super Wild Card weekend game as a standalone game on January 17 at 8:15 p.m.
And while there isn’t a Monday game this week, there were two “Monday Night Football” broadcasts on Saturday in a doubleheader format. So the “MNF” team is on their toes before the postseason.
Sports on TV today
There may not be a “Monday Night Football” game on January 10, but there is a fairly large game that replaces it. The National College Football Playoffs Championship will begin at 8 p.m.
Alabama beat Georgia in the SEC Championship Game 41-24 and Nick Saban has never lost to Kirby Smart. Georgia boasts the best defense in the country, so they’ll be looking to slow down Bryce Young, Brian Robinson and Jameson Wiliams and get into a hard-working game.
2022 NFL playoff schedule
Wild card round
Saturday, January 15
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| Raiders vs. Bengals | 4:35 pm Eastern Time | NBC | Peacock, fuboTV |
| Patriots Against Bills | 8:15 pm ET | CBS | supreme +, fuboTV |
Sunday, January 16
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| Eagles vs. Buccaneers | 1:05 pm Eastern Time | Fox | fuboTV |
| 49ers vs cowboys | 4:40 pm Eastern Time | CBS, Nickelodeon | Paramount +, Amazon Prime, fuboTV |
| Steelers vs. bosses | 8:15 pm ET | NBC | Peacock, fuboTV |
Monday, January 17
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| Cardinals vs. Rams | 8:15 pm ET | ESPN | ESPN app, fuboTV |
divisional round
Saturday, January 22
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
| NFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
Sunday, January 23
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
| NFC Divisional Round | to be confirmed | to be confirmed | fuboTV |
conference championships
Sunday, January 30
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| AFC Championship Game | 3:05 pm ET | CBS | supreme +, fuboTV |
| NFC Championship Game | 6:40 pm ET | Fox | fox sports app, fuboTV |
Super Bowl 56
Sunday, February 13
| Match | Start time | television channel | live broadcast |
| Super Bowl 56 | 6:30 pm ET | NBC | nbc sports app, fuboTV |