NFL Playoffs live on Sky Sports, highlights on BBC
January 4, 2012 · 1 Comments
With the 2011 regular NFL season complete, the play off teams are set with the list of potential Super Bowl winners whittled down to 12 teams. Of those 12, eight are playing on Wild Card weekend – four division winners and four Wild Card teams from both the AFC and NFC.
Sky Sports will screen live coverage of all play-off games with the BBC airing a weekly highlights programme as the road to Super Bowl XLVI continues.
Wildcard Weekend
Saturday January 7
Cincinnati Bengals @ Houston Texans (AFC) 9.30pm – Sky Sports HD2
Sunday January 8
Detroit Lions @ New Orleans Saints (NFC) 1am – Sky Sports HD2
Atlanta Falcons @ NY Giants (NFC) 5.30pm – Sky Sports HD2
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos (AFC) 9.30pm – Sky Sports HD2
Divisional Play-offs
Saturday January 14
New Orleans Saints @ San Francisco 49ers 9.30pm – Sky Sports HD3
Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots 12.30am – Sky Sports HD3
Sunday January 15
Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens 6pm – Sky Sports HD2
New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers 9.30pm – Sky Sports HD2
Conference Championships
Sunday 22 January
Afc Conference Championship Game
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots 7.30pm – Sky Sports HD2
Nfc Conference Championship Game
New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers 11.15pm Sky Sports HD2
The BBC will air a weekly highlights show in January which will allow viewers to keep up to date with the NFL playoffs. Each show will be an hour long and will be presented by Matt Roberts and Mike Carlson. The show will air every Monday night / Tuesday morning:
- Jan 10th – BBC Two 12.10-1.10am
- Jan 17th – BBC Two 12.10-1.10am
- Jan 23rd – BBC Two 11.20pm-12.20am
Super Bowl XLVI will also be shown LIVE in HD on BBC One on February 5 at 10.55pm – Mark Chapman will host the show with Mike Carlson. Sky Sports will also broadcast Super Bowl XLVI live on Sky Sports HD1 from 10.30pm.
Tags: BBC Sport, Mark Champan, Mike Carlson, NFL, Sky Sports, Super Bowl XLVI
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Disgusting. You watch the whole NFL regular season on channel 4 and all we get is some poxy highlights programme on BBC for probably the most important games of the season.