NFL Football Season 2012-2013 Prime Time TV Schedule|Playoffs-Super Bowl

The 2012-2013 NFL Football TV Prime Time Schedule for ESPN Monday Night Football and the NBC Sunday Night Football has been announced. The 2012-2013 NFL season will begin with a NBC Wednesday Night Special Kick-Off Football Game September 5th @ 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the NBC Network with the Dallas Cowboys visiting the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants.

In this article you will find the ESPN Monday Night Television Schedule, the NBC Sunday Night Football Schedule, the NFL Network TV Schedule as well as the Thanksgiving Day Schedule. The NFL Playoff Schedule is also posted at the end of the article. I have also added the preliminary postseason/playoff schedule dates. All game times are listed in Eastern Time.

NFL Football fans nationwide will buy NFL tickets, team tickets, season tickets for their football enjoyment. There are many NFL football fans that will cozy up in the recliner, on the couch or have a NFL Football night get-together with friends and family over to watch football. Big Screen TV and awesome Home theater Sound Systems will be purchased to watch the NFL games in the best possible way to feel as though you are at the games. Don’t forget that Direct TV has the NFL Sunday Ticket for those fans who just can’t get enough NFL football.

Super Bowl XLVII is scheduled to be played in 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.But until the NFL Playoffs are here, Television as well as Internet TV fans of football will celebrate the 2012-2013 season and you can see the TV listing here to plan for your Sunday, Monday and Thursday night of NFL Football.

September 5th, 2012 NBC 8:30 p.m. eastern time

Cowboys @ New York Giants

Monday Night Football on ESPN will begin the 2012 football telecast season with a double-header schedule featuring the Cincinnati Bengals at the Baltimore Ravens in the early game @ 7:00 p.m. eastern time followed by the San Diego Chargers @ the Oakland Raiders @ 10:15 p.m. for the late game.

The Monday Night Football Schedule will showcase nine NFC Conference match-ups, 7 AFC Conference match-ups and 1 inter-Conference game this season. The Chicago Bears are the only team with 3 appearances on Monday Night Football.

Every NFL football team will have at least one prime time televised football game for the first time in NFL history.

Game Time schedule- 8:30 p.m. E.T.

Week 1- September 10, 2012---Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens

Week 1- Double-Header --------San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders

Week 2- September 17, 2012---Denver Broncos @ Atlanta Falcons

Week 3- September 24, 2012---Green Bay Packers @ Seattle Seahawks

Week 4- October 1, 2012--------Chicago Bears @ Dallas Cowboys

Week 5- October 8, 2012-------Houston Texans @ New York Jets

Week 6- October 15, 2012------Denver Broncos @ San Diego Chargers

Week 7- October 22, 2012------Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears

Week 8- October 29, 2012-----San Francisco 49’ers @ Arizona Cardinals

Week 9- November 5, 2012----Philadelphia Eagles @ New Orleans Saints

Week 10- November 12, 2012—Kansas City Chiefs @ Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 11- November 19, 2012—Chicago Bears @ San Francisco 49’ers

Week 12- November 26, 2012—Carolina Panthers @ Philadelphia Eagles

Week 13- December 3, 2012----New York Giants @ Washington Redskins

Week 14- December 10, 2012---Houston Texans @ New England Patriots

Week 15- December 17, 2012---New York Jets @ Tennessee Titans

Week 16- December 22, 2012---Atlanta Falcons @ Detroit Lions (Saturday Night)

The NBC NFL Sunday Night TV Football Schedule is set with football games that should give NFL Football fans a great evening of professional football. NBC will air a Special Wednesday Night Football Season Kick-Off game between the Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants to begin the 2012-2013 NFL football season on September 5th. The Thursday Night Kick-off game was moved back a night to Wednesday because of the opening of the Democratic National Convention with President Obama to speak.

The Sunday Night Football TV line-up will feature multiple divisional rivalries and conference rivalry games. Sunday Night Football telecast will have at least one playoff team from the NFL 2012 playoffs in 15 of the 18 NFL games scheduled.

The game times are scheduled for 8:20 p.m. eastern time. After a day of Sunday football, the NBC Sunday Night Football line-up will close the day with exciting match-ups. Check out the schedule below to the games slated.

Once the NFL Football Season reaches Week 11 of play the NFL can institute a "flex-scheduling" to reschedule a Sunday Night Prime Time Game for teams with Playoff Implications. This scheduling has been successful in the past years and will continue this year as well. For a complete explanation of this NFL broadcast rules for the flex scheduling, see NFL FLEX SCHEDULING 101.

Game Time schedule-8:20 p.m. E.T.

Week 1- September 5, 2012----Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants (Wednesday Night Football Season Kick-Off Game)

Week 1- September 9, 2012---Pittsburgh Steelers @ Denver Broncos

Week 2- September 16, 2012---Detroit Lions @ San Francisco 49’ers

Week 3- September 23, 2012---New England Patriots @ Baltimore Ravens

Week 4- September 30, 2012--New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles

Week 5- October 7, 2012--------San Diego Chargers @ New Orleans Saints

Week 6- October 14, 2012-------Green Bay Packers @ Houston Texans

Week 7- October 21, 2012------Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals

Week 8- October 28, 2012------New Orleans Saints @ Denver Broncos

Week 9- November 4, 2012-----Dallas Cowboys @ Atlanta Falcons

Week 10- November 11, 2012-----Houston Texans @ Chicago Bears

Week 11- November 18, 2012---Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 12- November 22, 2012---New England Patriots @ New York Jets (Thanksgiving Night)

Week 12- November 25, 2012---Green Bay Packers @ New York Giants

Week 13- December 2, 2012----Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys

Week 14- December 9, 2012---Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers

Week 15- December 16, 2012---San Francisco 49’ers @ New England Patriots

Week 16- December 23, 2012---San Diego Chargers @ New York Jets

***The Sunday Night Football TV Schedule will allow for a "flex-schedule" near the end of the NFL regular season. NFL games between two teams that have NFL playoff implications can have their game time schedule changed to be live telecast on NBC Sunday Night Football.

The NFL Network has released the NFL Football Schedule for the Thursday Night line-up. The NFL Network TV line-up has expanded to 13 games for the 2012 NFL season. The Games will begin to telecast Week 3 through Week 15 on Thursday nights at 8:20 p.m. eastern time.

The NFL Network Schedule will consist of 13 Thursday Night football games. No team that is scheduled to play on Thursday night on the road will have a road game scheduled the Sunday before. . The NFL Network kicks off its 7th season of live telecast of NFL Football games this year.

Game Time Schedule- 8:20 p.m. E.T.

Week 3- September 13, 2012---Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers

Week 4- September 20, 2012---New York Giants @ Carolina Panthers

Week 5- September 27, 2012---Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens

Week 6- October 4, 2012--------Arizona Cardinals @ Saint Louis Rams

Week 7- October 11, 2012-----Pittsburgh Steelers @ Tennessee Titans

Week 8- October 18, 2012----Seattle Seahawks @ San Francisco 49’ers

Week 9- October 25, 2012----Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Minnesota Vikings

Week 10- November 1, 2012---Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers

Week 11- November 8, 2012----Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 13- November 29, 2012--Miami Dolphins @ Buffalo Bills

Week 14- December 6, 2012---Denver Broncos @ Oakland Raiders

Week 15- December 13, 2012--Cincinnati Bengals @ Philadelphia Eagles

NFL Network will not have a game televised in Week 12.

The Thanksgiving Day NFL Football Schedule has become a part of the American tradition. The Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys both host games each year.

The Detroit Lions will host the Houston Texans and the Dallas Cowboys will host the Washington Redskins.

The Thanksgiving Day night game will be a special edition of Sunday Night Football on NBC with the New England Patriots at the New York Jets.

November 22, 2012-----Houston Texans @ Detroit Lions (CBS) 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time

November 22, 2012-----Washington Redskins @ Dallas Cowboys (FOX) 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time

November 22, 2012-----New England Patriots @ New York Jets (NFL Network) 8:20 p.m. Eastern Time

Wild-Card Round- January 5th and 6th, 2013

Divisional Round-January 12th and 13th, 2013

Championship Game-January 20th, 2013

Super Bowl XLVII (47)- February 3rd, 2013 Mercedez-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Lousiana.