Nationally televised regular season games on Sunday and Monday nights have aired on NBC and ESPN, respectively, since 2006. Since 1998, regionally shown games on Sunday afternoons have been televised on CBS and Fox, which primarily carry games of AFC and NFC teams respectively (the conference of the away team generally determines the broadcaster of an inter-conference game). Since the 1960s, all regular season and playoff games broadcast in the United States have been aired by national television networks. This has raised questions about the impartiality of the networks' coverage of games and whether they can criticize the NFL without fear of losing the rights and their income. Since then, National Football League broadcasts have become among the most-watched programs on American television, and the financial fortunes of entire networks have rested on owning NFL broadcasting rights. Television brought professional football into prominence in the modern era after World War II. The television rights to broadcast National Football League (NFL) games are the most lucrative and expensive rights of any sport in the world. National Football League broadcasts are among the most-watched programs on American television. Satellite trucks broadcasting from Super Bowl XXXV.

Overview of American professional football television broadcasts

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