KMEG 14 CBS and FOX 44 KPTH General Managers BLOG
The NFL Televised Game Schedules for 2015-2016
Upcoming NFL Season for KMEG (CBS) and KPTH (FOX)
As we head into another incredible NFL season on KMEG/CBS 14 and KPTH/Fox 44 here in Siouxland there are some interesting news items and games scheduled this year – not to mention the Golden Super Bowl 50 on KMEG and CBS!!! Thursday night prime time games return for us on KMEG/CBS 14. There will be eight (8) Thursday night Prime Time games this year and it starts with a BIG one for Siouxland and ends with a BIG one for Siouxland. The first Thursday night game features the Denver Broncos vs Kansas C ity Chiefs on 9/17/15 – Arrowhead will be rockin’ for this one! The last Thursday night game will pit Green Bay vs Detroit on 12/3/15 and could be a pivotal game in the NFC North. We have a schedule of great games for you again this year. Before I get to that let me reiterate below how the broadcast of games works for our two stations. This is repeated from last year’s BLOG.
The reality of life in Siouxland relating to the NFL is this - FOX (KPTH) carries the NFC and CBS (KMEG) carries the AFC. That means that, generally speaking, we will carry the Vikings games on FOX and the Chiefs games on CBS. Now, once in a while a scenario develops where we might have a week where the Vikings are playing an AFC team and the league has designated that game as a CBS game instead of a FOX game. So in that scenario we would carry the Vikings game on CBS (KMEG) – unless there was a Chiefs game assigned to CBS (KMEG) that aired at the same time (i.e. both early game start times). The reverse could also happen with a Chiefs game versus an NFC opponent being assigned to FOX.
So as a rule we will always try to carry the Vikings on FOX, the Chiefs on CBS and, in unusual circumstances involving cross-conference opponents for these two teams, we will defer to the team assigned to that network (Vikings FOX, Chiefs CBS) first and then if possible carry the Vikings on CBS (as long as it doesn’t conflict with a Chiefs game) and the Chiefs on FOX (as long as it doesn’t conflict with a Vikings game).
This is how double-headers work. As a rule, in non-NFL team markets, one network gets two games on one Sunday (double-header) while the other network on the same Sunday receives one game (single-header). Sometimes one network will get two double-header weeks in a row. This is NFL scheduling folks, not the local stations. If we have a Vikings game with an early start on FOX and it is a single-header week for FOX we cannot carry the second game on FOX even if it is Green Bay or Chicago because it is a double-header designated week for CBS (KMEG).
So for purposes of explanation here is how the 2015 television season breaks out for single-header and double-header weeks between FOX (KPTH) and CBS (KMEG) here in Siouxland:
FOX (KPTH) Single-header weeks: 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/18, 11/8, 11/15, 11/26 (Thanksgiving Day Game), 11/29, 12/20
FOX (KPTH) Double-header weeks: 9/20, 10/4, 10/25, 11/1 (actually 3 games this day as the Detroit vs Kansas City game from London starts at 8:30am), 11/22, 12/6, 12/13, 12/27, 1/3*
CBS (KMEG) Single-header weeks: 9/20, 10/25, 11/1, 11/22, 11/26(Thanksgiving Day Game), 12/6, 12/13 12/28
CBS (KMEG) Double-header weeks: 9/13, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 11/8, 11/15, 11/29, 12/20, 1/3*
CBS Thursday night Prime Time games in 2014: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 12/3
You will notice that there are several instances this coming season where one network gets two double-headers in a row. This is network and NFL scheduling again folks, not me or our stations scheduling it. Each network local affiliate gets to carry 28 regular season games in the 2015/2016 season.
*Also, on 1/3, both networks get a double-header.
The schedules for each station are listed below. These are subject to change if the league and NBC, as an example, decide to move a game for playoff implication reasons to a Sunday night.
So let’s take a look at the CBS (KMEG) schedule first:
KMEG 14/CBS NFL Football Schedule for 2015/2016
Week | Teams | Day | Dates | Times |
Pre-Season: | ||||
Detroit Lions vs Jacksonville Jaguars | Friday | 8/28/15 | 7-10pm | |
Seattle Seahawks vs San Diego Chargers | Saturday | 8/29/15 | 7-10pm | |
Regular Season: | ||||
Week #1 | Kansas City Chiefs vs Houston Texans | Sunday | 9/13/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #1 | Baltimore Ravens vs Denver Broncos | Sunday | 9/13/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #2 | New England Patriots vs Buffalo Bills | Sunday | 9/20/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #3 | San Diego Chargers vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 9/27/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #3 | Chicago Bears vs Seattle Seahawks | Sunday | 9/27/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #4 | NY Jets vs Miami Dolphins LONDON | Sunday | 10/4/15 | 8:30-11:30am |
Week #4 | Kansas City Chiefs vs Cincinnati Bengals | Sunday | 10/4/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #5 | St. Louis Rams vs Green Bay Packers | Sunday | 10/11/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #5 | New England Patriots vs Dallas Cowboys | Sunday | 10/11/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #6 | Kansas City Chiefs vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 10/18/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #6 | San Diego Chargers vs Green Bay Packers | Sunday | 10/18/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #7 | Pittsburgh Steelers vs Kansas City Chiefs | Sunday | 10/25/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #8 | Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers | Sunday | 11/1/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #9 | Oakland Raiders vs Pittsburgh Steelers | Sunday | 11/8/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #9 | Denver Broncos vs Indianapolis Colts | Sunday | 11/8/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #10 | Cleveland Browns vs Pittsburgh Steelers | Sunday | 11/15/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #10 | Kansas City Chiefs vs Denver Broncos | Sunday | 11/15/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #11 | Denver Broncos vs Chicago Bears | Sunday | 11/22/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #11 | Carolina Panthers vs Dallas Cowboys | Thursday | 11/26/15 | 11:30am-2:30pm |
Week #12 | Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs | Sunday | 11/29/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #12 | Pittsburgh Steelers vs Seattle Seahawks | Sunday | 11/29/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #13 | Kansas City Chiefs vs Oakland Raiders | Sunday | 12/6/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #14 | San Diego Chargers vs Kansas City Chiefs | Sunday | 12/13/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #15 | Kansas City Chiefs vs Baltimore Ravens | Sunday | 12/20/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #15 | Denver Broncos vs Pittsburgh Steelers | Sunday | 12/20/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #16 | Cleveland Browns vs Kansas City Chiefs | Sunday | 12/27/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #17 | Oakland Raiders vs Kansas City Chiefs | Sunday | 1/3/16 | 12n-3pm |
Week #17 | San Diego Chargers vs Denver Broncos | Sunday | 1/3/16 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Note: All games subject to change.
TBA vs. TBA Sunday, January 17th, 2016 NFC Divisional Playoff
TBA vs. TBA Sunday, January 24th, 2015 NFC Championship Game
Thursday Night Prime Time Games on CBS and KMEG
Date | Teams | Day | Times |
9/17/15 | Denver Broncos vs Kansas City Chiefs! | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
9/24/15 | Washington Redskins vs NY Giants | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
10/1/15 | Baltimore Ravens vs Pittsburgh Steelers | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
10/8/15 | Indianapolis Colts vs Houston Texans | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
10/15/15 | Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
10/22/15 | Seattle Seahawks vs San Francisco 49ers | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
10/29/15 | Miami Dolphins vs New England Patriots | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
12/3/15 | Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions | Thursday | 7-1030pm |
OK so let’s talk about the CBS (KMEG) schedule. The first thing you will notice is that there are two Vikings games that will be carried on CBS (KMEG) in week #3 vs San Diego and week #6 vs Kansas City!! as New England visits Minnesota.
Also there are no Chiefs games on CBS (KMEG) on the following dates:
9/20 – Chiefs play the Broncos on Thursday the 17th on CBS/KMEG.
9/27 – Chiefs play on Monday Night Football vs Green Bay.
10/11 – Chiefs play the Chicago Bears and it is carried on Fox. KPTH will carry the Chiefs game that day barring a schedule change.
11/1 - Chiefs play Detroit in London at 8:30am CST. Game will be carried by KPTH/FOX.
11/8 – Chiefs BYE week.
11/22 – Chiefs play Sunday night on NBC vs San Diego.
KMEG/CBS Highlights:
KMEG (CBS):
A great schedule of games this year n KMEG 14 and CBS!!
Fox 44 Schedule below
KPTH/Fox 44 NFL Football Schedule for 2015/2016
Week | Teams | Day | Dates | Times |
| Pre-Season: | |||
St. Louis vs Tennessee | Sunday | 8/23/15 | 7-10pm | |
Houston vs New Orleans | Sunday | 8/30/15 | 3-6pm | |
Regular Season: | ||||
Week #1 | Green Bay vs Chicago | Sunday | 9/13/14 | 12n-3pm |
Week #2 | Detroit Lions vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 9/20/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #2 | Dallas vs Philadelphia | Sunday | 9/20/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #3 | Atlanta Falcons vs Dallas Cowboys | Sunday | 9/27/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #4 | Phila. Eagles vs Washington Redskins | Sunday | 10/4/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #4 | Minnesota Vikings vs Denver Broncos | Sunday | 10/4/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #5 | Chicago Bears vs Kansas City Chiefs | Sunday | 10/11/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #6 | Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions | Sunday | 10/18/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #7 | Minnesota Vikings vs Detroit Lions | Sunday | 10/25/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #7 | Dallas Cowboys vs NY Giants | Sunday | 10/25/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #8 | Detroit Lions vs Kansas City Chiefs (London) | Sunday | 11/1/15 | 8:30am-11:30am |
Week #8 | Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears | Sunday | 11/1/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #8 | Seattle Seahawks vs Dallas Cowboys | Sunday | 11/1/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #9 | St. Louis Rams vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 11/8/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #10 | Minnesota Vikings vs Oakland Raiders | Sunday | 11/15/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #11 | Green Bay Packers vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 11/22/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #11 | San Francisco 49ers vs Seattle Seahawks | Sunday | 11/22/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #11 | Phil. Eagles vs Detroit Lions (Thanks) | Thursday | 11/26/15 | 11:30am-2:30pm |
Week #12 | Minnesota Vikings vs Atlanta Falcons | Sunday | 11/29/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #13 | Seattle Seahawks vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 12/6/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #13 | Phil. Eagles vs New England Patriots | Sunday | 12/6/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #14 | Detroit Lions vs St Louis Rams | Sunday | 12/13/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #14 | Dallas Cowboys vs Green Bay Packers | Sunday | 12/13/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #15 | Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 12/20/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #16 | NY Giants vs Minnesota Vikings | Sunday | 12/27/15 | 12n-3pm |
Week #16 | Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals | Sunday | 12/27/15 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Week #17 | Minnesota Vikings vs Green Bay Packers | Sunday | 1/3/16 | 12n-3pm |
Week #18 | Seattle Seahawks vs Arizona Cardinals | Sunday | 1/3/16 | 3:25-6:30pm |
Note: All games subject to change.
TBA vs. TBA Sunday, January 17th, 2016 NFC Divisional Playoff
TBA vs. TBA Sunday, January 24th, 2015 NFC Championship Game
Let’s talk about the Fox (KPTH) schedule:
There are no Vikings games on FOX (KPTH) on the following dates:
9/14 – Vikings play San Francisco on Monday Night Football.
9/27 – Vikings play San Diego and the game is assigned to CBS. WSe will carry the game on KMEG barring any schedule change.
10/11 – Vikings BYE week.
10/18 – Vikings play Kansas City on CBS at 12noon.
12/13 – Vikings play Arizona on Thursday Night 12/10 on NFL Network.
KPTH/FOX 44 Highlights:
KPTH (FOX):
As always I am hopeful that this information will help you enjoy the NFL games this fall on KMEG (CBS) and FOX 44 (KPTH/FOX). As always, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to e-mail me at sscollard@siouxlandnews.com and I will reply as soon as I am able. Here’s to a terrific NFL season for the Vikings, the Chiefs and to whomever your favorite team is!!!
Steve Scollard
General Manager