How to watch the NFL on CBS

NFL on CBS is home to Sunday football action every week throughout the NFL regular season. It's playoff time, and CBS continues to be one of the main homes for the NFL.

CBS is just one of the networks that covers the NFL, with NFL on Fox, NBC's Sunday Night Football, ESPN's Monday Night Football and Prime Video's Thursday Night Football carrying games. CBS is the primary home for AFC-centric games, but just about every team will play on CBS throughout the course of the season.

Here is everything that you need to know about how to watch the NFL on CBS.

How to watch the NFL on CBS

CBS is one of the four major US TV networks and as such it is required to be carried on all traditional pay-TV cable subscription packages, meaning if you still pay for cable TV, then you automatically have access to your local CBS station. Local CBS stations can also be received for free by those who use a TV antenna.

If you’ve cut the cord on traditional pay-TV services and have opted for a live TV streaming service, most of them include CBS as part of their standard channel lineup, like Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream.

There is also a pure streaming option for watching NFL on CBS games — Paramount Plus. US subscribers can watch the NFL on Paramount Plus. The ad-free version of the streaming service allows for live streaming of local CBS stations, as does the ad-supported, but only for sporting events like NFL games on CBS.

Another option to stream your local CBS game is to sign up for NFL Plus. This streaming service provides live streams of games available in your area, but only through your mobile phone or tablet.

If UK football fans are wondering where they can watch NFL games — since they don’t have CBS or the other US networks — they do have a couple of options. NFL games are shown in the UK on ITV, Sky TV and the NFL Game Pass subscription service.

NFL on CBS: AFC Championship

CBS is airing the AFC Championship game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs at 6:30 pm ET/3:30 pm PT on Sunday, January 26, from Kansas City.

This is a matchup of the two top seeds in the AFC playoff field. The Bills are heading out on the road for the first time in these playoffs after home wins over the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens, while the Chiefs took care of business against the Houston Texans to secure their seventh consecutive trip to the AFC Championship game as they pursue their third straight Super Bowl.

The two teams played earlier this season in Buffalo, a game that the Bills won. However, in this rivalry between Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, the Bills have had the advantage in the regular season, where Allen's Bills are 4-1 against Mahomes in the Chiefs, but in the postseason the Chiefs have the only three matchups they've had.