ESPN to televise first NFL playoff game ever on cable
The league said today that ESPN will air a wild card game during the first weekend of the playoffs in early January. The milestone game will mark the first postseason NFL game on pay TV — and should draw astronomical ratings for the cable universe.
http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/espn-to-air-cables-first-nfl-playoff-game/
NBC will also televise its first Divisional playoff game since acquiring the Sunday night package in 2006.
Fans without cable will lose a wildcard game (unless it's within their viewing area, I assume), but they will be able to see Thursday night contests on CBS. I'm not a huge fan of TNF (I'd like it better if the teams playing were coming off byes), but I expect the match-ups will be better than what were televised on NFL Network.
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