NFL Flexes Denver/KC Into Prime Time

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The NFL has switched out the Nov. 17 Sunday Night Game on NBC.

It had been Green Bay  Packers vs. New York Giants, but the NFL has decided to move the Kansas City Chiefs/Denver Broncos game from Sunday afternoon on CBS to that prime time spot, moving Green Bay/NY to the 4:25 p.m. slot on Fox and making the San Diego Chargers/Miami Dolphins game the late game (4:05) on CBS.

The NFL's flex scheduling allows it to move later season matchups to prime time that have playoff implications.

When the schedule was made, KC as coming off a losing season, but this year it is undefeated and one game atop Denver (6-1) in their division.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.