Is there a ‘Thursday Night Football’ game tonight? NFL schedule, TV channels for 2022 playoffs

There are only 13 games left in the longest season in NFL history. Will any of them be played on Thursday night in the future?

“Thursday Night Football” is something that football fans have gotten used to over the years. It’s taken some time, and matchups aren’t always pretty, but rest assured, when it’s Thursday, football fans are ready to watch two NFL teams fight hard to win.

Unfortunately, they will not have that opportunity this week. The 2022 NFL playoffs have started and that means there will be no more Thursday night games for the remainder of the season.

Here’s everything you need to know about “TNF” for the 2022 playoffs and what you can see with the finished schedule for the season.

Is there a ‘Thursday Night Football’ game tonight?

No, there is not a “Thursday Night Football” game on Thursday, January 13th. “Thursday Night Football” ended for this season and will not return until the 2022 NFL regular season begins.

The official “Thursday Night Football” program will return to action in Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season, as usual. There will be a game on Thursday night, the NFL season opener, in Week 1, likely to feature the winner of the Super Bowl against a projected main title contender. That said, that game is technically a “Sunday Night Football” broadcast, so “TNF will not officially return until week 2 of the 2022 season. But there will be Thursday football starting in week 1.”

The last “TNF” game of the season aired on December 23, when the Titans beat the 49ers 20-17 in a back-and-forth battle. The NFL does not schedule Thursday games during the playoffs so teams can have adequate time to rest, recover and prepare for their next opponent.

That said, the NFL will host a “Monday Night Football” game for the first time during the 2022 NFL postseason, so fans will have three days of NFL broadcasts this week with games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

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Sports on TV today

With no more “Thursday Night Football” and the college football season over, soccer fans will be out of luck looking for a live soccer game to watch tonight. That said, there are a few other sports that could potentially fill the void, with the NBA and NHL making up the majority of the best deals available.

Here’s a look at what you can watch during normally “Thursday Night Football” hours.

• NBA: Bucks vs. Warriors (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT) and Nuggets vs. Trail Blazers (10 p.m. ET, TNT)
• NHL: Bruins vs. Flyers (7 p.m. ET, ESPN)
• NCAAM: Wisconsin vs. Ohio State (7 pm, ESPN2), UCLA vs. Oregon (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) and Gonzaga vs. BYU (11 p.m. ET, ESPN2)

2022 NFL playoff schedule

Wild card round

Saturday, January 15

Sunday, January 16

Monday, January 17

divisional round

Saturday, January 22

Sunday, January 23

conference championships

Sunday, January 30

Super Bowl 56

Sunday, February 13