Viewers in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island should get the game live, as well as two other Patriots preseason games: Friday, Aug 22, vs. Eagles, and Thursday, Aug. 28, at Giants. In Maine the ABC station is picking up the game, and the NH ABC station should do the same. In Rhode Island the Fox station used to broadcast the game.
These local preseason broadcasts are courtesy of Bob Kraft who allows the game to be broadcast outside the Boston TV market. However the NFL Network broadcasts the other preseason game nationally and they have in the past restricted their broadcast to WCVB and the ABC station in Manchester.