How to Watch Rams vs. Lions Tonight on Sunday Night Football

Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions shakes hands with Matthew Stafford #9 of the Los Angeles Rams after an NFL wild-card playoff football game at Ford Fiel Jared Goff #16 of the Detroit Lions shakes hands with Matthew Stafford #9 of the Los Angeles Rams after an NFL wild-card playoff football game at Ford Fiel

Having met in the playoffs last year, QBs Jared Goff and Matthew Stafford face off again to begin the 2024 season.

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Rams vs. Lions game: When and where?

This Week 1 NFL game sees the Lions host the Rams starting tonight at 8:20 p.m. ET (5:20 p.m. PT). The game will take place at Ford Field in Detroit.

How to watch Rams vs. Lions

For tonight’s game in Detroit and the rest of the Sunday Night Football schedule, you can watch your local NBC station with a cable or satellite TV subscription or with an over-the-air antenna. Most live TV streaming services such as YouTube TV and Hulu Plus Live TV also carry your local NBC station (see below). 

If you don’t subscribe to a TV service with NBC and want to watch this game and the Sunday night slate this fall, you can sign up for Peacock Premium for $8 per month.

You can also subscribe to NFL Plus, the NFL’s own streaming service at $7 per month, but streams are limited to just watching on a phone or tablet (not a TV).

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Hulu Plus Live TV costs $77 and includes NBC in most markets. On its live news page, you can enter your ZIP code under the “Can I watch local news in my area?” question at the bottom of the page to see which local channels you get. Read our Hulu Plus Live TV review.

DirecTV

Fubo

Fubo costs $80 a month and includes NBC, but Fubo charges an RSN fee (either $12 a month if you get one RSN or $15 a month if you have two or more in your area) that raises the monthly charge to $92 or $95. Fubo is currently offering $30 off for the first month of some of its plans, which means you can get its base Pro plan for $62 or $65 to start. Click here to see which local channels you get. Read our Fubo review.

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Sling TV’s Sling Blue package includes local NBC stations, but only in a handful of markets. Sling Blue costs $45 a month in markets where it offers local networks and $40 elsewhere. Read our Sling TV review