CBS Sports has made the decision to move a pair of Alliance of American Football games from the CBS Sports Network on cable to the main broadcast network.
The move will bring significant additional exposure to the AAF as the league continues to evolve at the halfway point of its inaugural season.
CBS will now broadcast one of the Conference Championship games on Sunday, April 21 at noon, in advance of the Network’s primetime broadcast of the inaugural Alliance Championship Game on Saturday, April 27.
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The other Conference Championship game will likely be televised on TNT, which has a multi-year agreement to broadcast AAF games through Turner Sports.
In addition to the playoff game, on Saturday, April 6 at noon, CBS will also televise the regular season match-up featuring the Memphis Express against the San Antonio Commanders at the Alamodome. An encore of that game will air on cable Sunday afternoon.
“Our focus for season one has been continued growth on and off the field. The addition of two games to CBS is a result of strong fan engagement across all platforms that continues to increase week-on-week, and the quality of football being played during a time when the most popular sport in the U.S. has traditionally been on hiatus,” said Charlie Ebersol, co-founder and CEO of the AAF. “We look forward to reaching even more fans when the stakes are at its highest, as teams fight for a chance to be a part of history in the first-ever Alliance of American Football Championship.”
