The Raiders and Steelers will face off under the lights on Christmas Eve this Saturday. However, you might not be able to find the game on any of the usual channels.
NFL Network will be handling national broadcast duties for the primetime matchup. It continues some out-of-the-ordinary NFL broadcasting decisions as the league heads into the final weeks of the regular season.
So why is Raiders vs. Steelers not being shown on one of the usual channels that airs NFL games? Here's everything you need to know about the programming information for the Week 16 clash:
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Why is Raiders vs. Steelers on NFL Network?
As the college football regular season wraps up each year, Saturdays become wide open on the sports calendar. The NFL has taken advantage of this for decades by playing some of its late-season games on Saturday rather than keeping everything on the usual Sunday afternoon slate.
In addition, Christmas falls on a Sunday this year. Rather than force the majority of the teams to play games on Christmas Day, the league made the decision to move 11 of the 16 matchups this week to Saturday.
Raiders vs. Steelers in Week 16 has been slotted for prime time since the schedule was released. However, because there are already "Thursday Night Football," "Sunday Night Football" and "Monday Night Football" games lined up for this week, the broadcasting rights fall to the NFL Network.
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How to watch Raiders vs. Steelers in Week 16
- Date: Saturday, Dec. 24
- Time: 8:15 p.m. ET (5:15 p.m. PT)
- TV channel (national): NFL Network
- TV channel (Las Vegas): KLAS-TV
- TV channel (Pittsburgh): KDKA-TV
- Live stream: NFL+ | fuboTV (US) | DAZN (Canada)
NFL Network will air the game nationwide in the United States. Rich Eisen (play-by-play), Kurt Warner (analysis), Allison Williams (sideline reporting) and Steve Wyche (sideline reporting) will on the call from Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. The game will also be shown on local CBS affiliates KLAS (in Las Vegas) and KDKA (in Pittsburgh).
You can find the Raiders' away broadcast on SiriusXM channel 226, while the Steelers' home broadcast airs on channel 225.
A live stream will also be available in the U.S. with fuboTV, which offers a free trial. In Canada, viewers can watch with a subscription to DAZN, which includes every NFL game.
