When to watch the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions?
- Thursday, Dec. 5, at 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT).
Where to watch
- The Packers-Lions game will stream live on Amazon Prime Video and for free on Twitch. Fans in the home markets of each team can also watch on their local channel.
We’ve got a good one tonight for Thursday Night Football between division rivals Green Bay and Detroit. The Lions, at 11-1, are tops in the conference, with their only loss coming way back in Week 2. The 9-3 Packers are solidly in the Wild Card race, but find themselves only in third place in the NFC North behind the Lions and 10-2 Vikings. The Packers have won three in a row and seven out of their last eight, losing only to the Lions during this stretch. If Green Bay has any hope of capturing the NFC North crown, it will need to find a way to win on the road to split its season series with Detroit and move one game back in the standings.
The Packers-Lions game kicks off in Detroit tonight at 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT). The game will stream nationally on Prime Video and for free on Twitch.
The Detroit Lions host the Green Bay Packers for an NFC North battle on Thursday Night Football tonight.
Keep reading to see your options for watching Thursday Night Football on Prime Video, Twitch, NFL Plus and — if you live in the home markets of the Packers or Lions — a local network channel.
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TNF streaming: Prime Video, Twitch and NFL Plus
Thursday Night Football games are streamed nationally on Amazon Prime Video, giving NFL fans more incentive than free two-day shipping to sign up for an Amazon Prime account, which costs $15 a month or $139 a year. You can also subscribe only to Prime Video for $9 a month.
Fans in the local markets of each team playing on Thursday night will be able to watch the game on an over-the-air station, while those who don’t pay for either of Amazon’s services can watch for free on Prime Video’s Twitch channel. (Twitch is also owned by Amazon.)
If you subscribe to NFL Plus, the league’s $7-per-month streaming service (or $15 a month with Red Zone included), you can also stream the game without subscribing to Prime or Prime Video. Note that NFL Plus viewing is limited to watching on just a phone or tablet, not on a computer or TV.
Thursday Night Football games are streamed live on Amazon Prime Video. For millions of Amazon Prime subscribers, the Prime Video channel is already included at no extra cost. But if you’re not an Amazon Prime subscriber, it might be worth it to shell out the $9 a month for the stand-alone Prime Video service, not only for football but also its impressive selection of shows and movies.
Can I watch Thursday Night Football on local TV?
Yes, you can, if you live in the local market of either of the teams playing on Thursday. For this week, that’s NBC 26 (WGBA) in Green Bay, Fox 2 (WJBK) in Detroit and Fox 6 (WITI) in Milwaukee, according to 506 Sports. There are two ways to watch local channels on your TV without cable or satellite TV. The first is with a live TV streaming service. And the second is with an over-the-air antenna, if you live in an area that has good reception.
Each of the five major live TV streaming services carry Fox and NBC, but not every service carries every local network, so check each one using the links below to make sure it carries Fox or NBC in your area.
YouTube TV costs $73 a month and includes Fox and NBC. Right now, the first two months are discounted to $50 a month and there is a 7-day free trial. Plug in your ZIP code on YouTube TV’s welcome page to see which local networks are available in your area. Read our YouTube TV review.
Fubo costs $80 a month and includes Fox and NBC, but Fubo charges an RSN fee (either $12 a month if you get one RSN or $15 a month if you have two or more in your area) that raises the monthly charge to $92 or $95. Fubo is currently offering $30 off for the first month of some of its plans, which means you can get its base Pro plan for $62 or $65 to start. Click here to see which local channels you get. Read our Fubo review.
Sling TV’s Sling Blue package includes local Fox and NBC channels but only in a handful of markets. Sling Blue costs $45 a month in markets where it offers local networks and $40 elsewhere. Read our Sling TV review.
All the live TV streaming services above allow you to cancel anytime and require a solid internet connection. Looking for more information? Check out our live TV streaming services guide.
