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# TIME, Twitter Partner to Stream Thursday Night Football Games on Time.com

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## TIME Staff


Sep 15, 2016 10:04 PM UTC

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[TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/)


## TIME Staff


Sep 15, 2016 10:04 PM UTC

For the first time, sports fans can watch the [Twitter live stream](http://time.com/thursday-night-football/) of tonight’s NFL Thursday Night Football game on [Time.com](http://time.com/). 

During the 2016 season, Thursday Night Football games will be available to stream on [Time.com](http://time.com/) thanks to a new syndication partnership between Twitter and Time Inc.

The NFL announced in April that it would partner with Twitter to stream 10 Thursday night games on the social networking site in an effort to enhance the two-screen experience already employed by many viewers. Twitter has in turn partnered with Time Inc. to make the games available for free on [Time.com](http://time.com/).

The 10 Thursday Night Football games set to stream via Twitter will be available to watch on [SI.com](http://si.com/) in addition to [Time.com](http://time.com/), and eventually on [TheMMQB.com](http://themmqb.com/) and [Fansided.com](http://fansided.com/).

The experience on [Time.com](http://time.com/) will include the live Twitter video as well as a related timeline of tweets during the game.

You can stream tonight’s game between the Jets and the Bills [here](http://time.com/thursday-night-football/), and find the schedule for the rest of the season’s streamable games below.

**Thursday Night Football stream schedule**

Week 2, Sept. 15: New York Jets at Buffalo Bills ([STREAM](http://time.com/thursday-night-football/))

Week 3, Sept. 22: Houston Texans at New England Patriots

Week 5, Oct. 6: Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers

Week 6, Oct. 13: Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers

Week 7, Oct. 20: Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

Week 11, Nov. 17: New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers

Week 13, Dec. 1: Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings

Week 14, Dec. 8: Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 15, Dec. 15: Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks


Week 16, Dec. 22: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles

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