YouTube possibly SOL this season
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Not long ago, YouTube was reportedly engaged in a “long-form contract review” with the NFL for a five-game package in 2026. As of Thursday, CNBC reported that the four games the league reclaimed from ESPN would be split between YouTube and Netflix.
Now, YouTube could be SOL for the coming season.
Via John Ourand of Puck, it’s possible YouTube “will wind up with nothing.”
Instead, it appears that Netflix will get its own five-game package. Specifically, Netflix is expected to televise three of the five games (to go along with its existing pair of Christmas games), with one of the three-letter networks getting the remaining two.
For now, the Netflix package for 2026 (per Ourand) likely will consist of the two Christmas games, the Week 1 game in Australia, the Thanksgiving Eve game (which has quietly gone from possible to definite), and a Saturday game on the final weekend of the regular season that will lead into the usual ESPN doubleheader.
That leaves two games that were previously part of the ill-advised Monday night doubleheaders. Ourand reports that the league has begun shopping them to CBS, NBC, ESPN, and Fox.
But not YouTube.
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