The 2026 NFL Draft is set to kick off in the Steel City on Thursday night, with Round 1 picks set to be announced near the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Acrisure Stadium. The night is scheduled to start at 8 p.

As of April 1, ESPN assumed control of NFL Network.

The pick is in, and the 2026 NFL Draft is set to kick off live from Pittsburgh, PA. What time and channel is the NFL Draft 2026 scheduled for? The 2026 NFL Draft will be available on multiple platforms,

The 2026 NFL Draft continues Friday night in Pittsburgh with the pursuit of value extending into Rounds 2 and 3. The picks are scheduled to start rolling at 7 p.m. ET with TV coverage on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network and streaming on-demand.

Some big networks are already mostly NFL delivery devices. Which leads to an obvious question.

One of the more compelling subplots regarding pro football is the way we'll watch pro football.

It appears abundantly clear at this point that the NFL’s goals of securing new broadcast agreements with each of its five primary partners before the 2026 season kicks off was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy.

For the NFL, a victory in renegotiated rights with the major media players could mean a lot of losers getting caught in its wake. Back in 2021, the NFL struck an 11-year media rights deal with its current media partners -- CBS,