As the Bay Area readies to host the biggest game in sports, ESPN will descend upon San Francisco for Super Bowl LX, with a wide range of the network’s shows originating from the Bay Area in the days leading up to – and on – Super Bowl Sunday. Hosts, analysts, insiders, reporters and writers will be on site across northern California, delivering around-the-clock coverage across ESPN’s platforms ahead of the Seattle Seahawks–New England Patriots matchup.

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ESPN will present the 2026 Pro Bowl Games — a spirited 7-on-7 flag football game — on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. ET across ESPN, Disney XD, ESPN Deportes, the ESPN App and on mobile with NFL+. Live from Super Bowl week, for the first time ever, the Pro Bowl Games will bring the league’s top playmakers and biggest personalities to the Moscone Center in San Francisco, where the NFL’s stars will showcase their athleticism during the league’s biggest week of the year. NFL Live (4 p.m., ESPN) and Postseason NFL Countdown (6:30 p.m., ESPN) — which includes the 2026 NFL FLAG High School Girls Showcase — will precede the Pro Bowl Games.

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ESPN will close out the 2025–26 NFL season and immediately set its sights on the 2026–27 campaign with a special one-time, 24-hour, multi-platform initiative — “The Handoff.” Debuting Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 8), the initiative will transition ESPN’s coverage from Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, Calif., and begin the road to Super Bowl LXI — ESPN’s first Super Bowl — which will be played on Feb. 14, 2027.

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ESPN’s multi-platform coverage surrounding the NFL’s Conference Championship Sunday (Jan. 25) will provide in-depth analysis and discussion before and after the AFC and NFC champions are crowned and the Super Bowl LX matchup is determined. Postseason NFL Countdown (Sunday, Noon-3 p.m. ET, ESPN) – with Jason Kelce joining the Sunday NFL Countdown crew – and NFL Primetime (Sunday, approximately 9:45 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN app), bookend the AFC Championship (Patriots at Broncos, 3 p.m.) and NFC Championship (Rams at Seahawks, 6:30 p.m.).

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With an audience of 38 million viewers, ESPN’s 2026 Divisional Round telecast (Sunday, Jan. 18, 3 p.m. ET) delivered a historic performance, as the Texans–Patriots matchup became the most-watched event in ESPN history, dating back to the network’s launch in 1979. The game also ranks as Disney’s most-watched sporting event outside of the Super Bowl across nearly three decades of live sports coverage.

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ESPN brings its NFL postseason game presentations to a crescendo on Sunday afternoon, closing out its 2025-26 season with a Divisional Round showdown as the Houston Texans visit the New England Patriots (Jan. 18, 2:45 p.m. ET). Available across ESPN, ABC, ESPN Deportes, the ESPN App and on mobile with NFL+, the Texans ride a 10-game winning streak into Foxboro to face league MVP-candidate Drake Maye and the AFC East champion Patriots, with a trip to the AFC Championship Game hanging in the balance.

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ESPN’s Monday Night Wild Card matchup between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers (January 12, 8 p.m. ET) generated 29.1 million viewers, up 15% compared to ESPN’s 2025 Wild Card game (Vikings-Rams). The audience peaked right before halftime (9:15-9:30 p.m.) with 33 million viewers. Texans-Steelers aired across ESPN, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPN2 and the ESPN App.

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ESPN will cap off the NFL’s Wild Card Weekend for the fifth consecutive year with its Monday night presentation, this season featuring the AFC’s fifth-seed Houston Texans and the four-seed and AFC North Champion Pittsburgh Steelers (Jan. 12, 8 p.m. ET). Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge will have the call on ESPN and ABC, with Peyton and Eli Manning on ESPN2, MNF Playbook with Next Gen Stats on the ESPN app and Spanish-language on ESPN Deportes. Each of those presentations will be available on mobile on NFL+.

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ESPN’s NFL studio shows turned in a standout 2025 regular season, with Monday Night Countdown, Sunday NFL Countdown and NFL Live, all delivering double-digit year-over-year growth and reaching multi-year audience highs, with NFL Primetime leading the way on the ESPN app among ESPN original content.

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