JSn
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.All preseason games will be on WCVB channel 5 except the August 17 game which will be televised nationally on NFL Network and a yet to be determined Boston affiliate.
http://www.patriots.com/schedule/
And as pointed out in another thread I can't find, NFL Network showed replays of preseason games last year so there's a good chance you'll find the Pats game there after the original airing on WCVB.
Edit: Found the thread: http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/showthread.php?t=89689
I would guess that it's because it's the final pre-season game, which typically features largely non-starters and rookies trying to make the team.I never understood, since the schedule came out, why they didn't make Pats/Giants the nationally televised preseason game. You'd think they'd be smart enough to do that since that would most likely be the highest rated preseason game in the history of the NFL.
I know it's distributed throughout Canada on Bell ExpressVu...
For the last 2 years NFLN has replayed all of the preseaon games, just not live. So, they will be shown sooner or later. It was usually within 48 hours of the game happening.
I have a terrible memory of broadcasting restrictions and what not so hopefully someone can remind me...
So let's say that the Vikings are on at 1 PM EST on FOX. Its an CBS doubleheader week and the Pats are also on at 1 PM. Would I still get the doubleheader or... am I out of luck?
Week 3 has the Vikes at home so there might be an blackout even tho CBS does have the doubleheader. Same with week 10 which is against the Packers no less. Week 12 and 15 has the Vikings away. Week 16... well I better find an bar (or have Sunday Ticket) to watch the Pats since they play the same time the Vikes do and both are on Fox. Week 17 is the same scenario as week 3.
So worse case scenario I got at least four games that don't air here. Best case is only one game. Plus that's pending on what game my CBS station gets to broadcast. Normally we get most Pats games when they are on CBS since the Pats draw very well here in ratings. Hopefully that continues this year.
Absolutely.Doesn't Flex Scheduling mean that if the Pat's happen to be on a hot streak they may show up more in primetime from 11-17? Seems to me I was able to watch every single Pat's game from about week 9 on last year.
Looks to me like you'll end up with ten Pats games in Minnesota. That's pretty good, better than most areas outside of New England. Now you just have to find an acceptable sports bar for those six other games.