The New England Patriots are typically on CBS or FOX for most Sunday afternoon games, with some games on NBC (Sunday Night Football), ESPN (Monday Night Football), and Amazon Prime Video (Thursday Night Football). For the Jets–Patriots game on Sunday, December 28, 2025, kickoff at 1 p.m. ET, the game is specifically listed on FOX.

Today’s Patriots channel (example)

For the Week 17 matchup:

  • Date and time: Sunday, December 28, 2025, at 1 p.m. ET.
  • Opponent: New York Jets vs New England Patriots at MetLife Stadium.
  • TV channel: FOX (check your local FOX affiliate for the exact channel number in your area).

General rule of thumb

Across the 2025 season, Patriots games are split among:

  • CBS : Main carrier for many Sunday afternoon Patriots games, also streamable on Paramount+ in-market.
  • FOX : Some Sunday afternoon and the Week 17 Jets game.
  • NBC : Select primetime games via Sunday Night Football, also on Peacock.
  • ESPN/ABC : Monday Night Football appearances.
  • Amazon Prime Video : Exclusive Thursday Night Football games.

How to quickly find “what channel”

To know exactly what channel the Patriots are on for your TV provider:

  1. Look up the specific game on an NFL schedule site like ESPN’s Patriots schedule, which lists the network for each game.
  1. Match that network (CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN, etc.) to the channel number from your cable/satellite lineup or live-TV streaming service guide.
  2. If you are out-of-market, check NFL Sunday Ticket or your streaming bundle (YouTube TV, Fubo, etc.), which carry CBS, FOX, NBC, and ESPN for Patriots games.

If you tell your location (city/ZIP) and which game you mean (date/opponent), a more precise local-channel answer is possible.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.