The NFL just announced that they will simulcast Saturday’s Pats-Giants game on NBC and CBS, making it the first ever game simulcast on three networks in the history of the NFL. Instead of being available in select local markets, the game will now be available to every household in the U.S.
In Boston, where the local ABC affiliate was to broadcast the game it will be aired on just about every channel. This is not as many would suspect the NFL backing down to public pressure. More likely, the move is designed to prove the NFL’s point.
With every household in the country able to tune in and little in the way of competing programming this may well be the highest rated non-Super Bowl game in history. The NFL will be able to use this as proof that fans want the NFL Network and it should be on the basic tier.