{"id":696433,"date":"2026-01-22T14:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/696433\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:07:09","slug":"is-thursday-night-football-on-tonight-for-nfl-playoffs-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/696433\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Thursday Night Football on tonight for NFL playoffs (Conference)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan. 22, 2026, 8:16 a.m. ET<\/p>\n

It’s been a wild 2025 NFL postseason — we know who are the final four teams are in the playoffs and who’s starting already to think about the NFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But if you’re here, you might be wondering: Is there any NFL football to watch on this Thursday night like there was in 2025?<\/p>\n

The answer is: Nope. There’s no NFL playoff football on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. With the playoffs continuing, there’s no Thursday Night Football anymore as we get ready for the postseason to continue on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Let’s review all the facts as you mourn the fact that there’s no Thursday night NFL football on tonight:<\/p>\n

Is there an NFL game on Thursday night?<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Why Is Thursday Night Football not on tonight?<\/p>\n

It’s because every team has already played a Thursday game this year, and there’s no way there would be a short week playoff game for teams in the postseason. There are games on Sunday.<\/p>\n

What channel is Thursday Night Football on?<\/p>\n

It usually streams exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.<\/p>\n

When are the next NFL games?<\/p>\n

The Conference championships are on Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 22, 2026, 8:16 a.m. ET It’s been a wild 2025 NFL postseason — we know who are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[95878,7,6,84,95940,95941,95882,96175,96082,95896,95888,95897,95883,96084,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-696433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-playoffs","12":"tag-sstssportsnfl","13":"tag-sstsnnfl","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagexclude-social-autopilot","16":"tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnfl","19":"tag-tagoverall-negative","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagtv-guides-reference","22":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115939144668352661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}