Chicago Bears TV Coverage Map: Week 8 at Seahawks

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What channel is the Bears game on? Chicago Bears games on CBS and FOX are regional broadcasts — which game your local station shows depends on your TV market, not your TV package. This Bears broadcast map shows exactly which counties get each game. Updated

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What Channel Is the Bears Game On This Week?

Week 8Chicago Bears at Seattle SeahawksMon, Nov 2 · 8:15 PM ESTESPNNational

Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks is on ESPN (Mon, Nov 2 · 8:15 PM EST). Like every NFL game on cable or streaming, it's also shown on a local over-the-air station in both teams' home markets (Chicago and Seattle-Tacoma).

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Shows the Chicago Bears' most recent game, spotlighted against every other matchup sharing that Sunday's broadcast window, so you can see exactly which counties received it. Jump to the map ↓

All-time footprintFootprint

Every county in the country, shaded by how many times a Chicago Bears game has aired there on record — the darker the shading, the more often it's happened. Jump to the map ↓

Historical dataHistory

Every individual county that carried the Chicago Bears' most recent broadcast, with a link to that week's full map. Jump to the table ↓ Looking for an older Chicago Bears game, or a different team entirely? Search the full historical data →

Week 8: national TV. Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks is on ESPN (Mon, Nov 2 · 8:15 PM EST) — it’s also on local over-the-air stations in both teams’ home markets, so there’s no regional coverage map. The map below is from their Week 6 game.

Bears TV Coverage Map: Week 6 at Falcons (FOX, Oct 18)

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Where Bears at Falcons Aired: FOX TV Markets

Bears at Falcons aired on FOX in 1,595 counties across 92 TV markets in 32 states: Georgia, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, and 26 other states.

The largest markets that got the Week 6 Bears game include Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, and St. Louis.

The rest of the country got one of 4 other FOX games in that window, led by Saints at Giants (813 counties).

Map notes: This Bears-Falcons matchup blankets the Upper Midwest and Great Plains, with scattered availability across the South and West.

All 92 TV markets that got Bears at Falcons

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Bears at Falcons Week 6 TV coverage map (FOX, October 18, 2026)
Bears at Falcons Week 6 TV coverage map (FOX, October 18, 2026). Shaded counties got the game on their local FOX station.

Bears TV Schedule 2026: Channels & Results

Every Chicago Bears game this season and the TV channel it's on — final score once played, kickoff time before.

Week Date Opponent Network Result
1Sep 13@ Carolina PanthersFOXW 59–37
2Sep 20vs Minnesota VikingsFOXL 3–9
3Sep 28vs Philadelphia EaglesESPNNationalW 27–7
4Oct 4vs New York JetsFOXW 23–12
5Oct 11@ Green Bay PackersFOXL 7–31
6Oct 18@ Atlanta FalconsFOXW 31–23
7Oct 22vs New England PatriotsPrime VideoNationalW 30–24
8This weekNov 2@ Seattle SeahawksESPNNationalMon, Nov 2 · 8:15 PM EST
9Nov 8vs Tampa Bay BuccaneersNBCNationalSun, Nov 8 · 8:20 PM EST
10—BYE——
11Nov 22vs New Orleans SaintsFOXSun, Nov 22 · 1:00 PM EST
12Nov 26@ Detroit LionsCBSThu, Nov 26 · 1:00 PM EST
13Dec 6vs Jacksonville JaguarsFOXSun, Dec 6 · 1:00 PM EST
14Dec 13@ Miami DolphinsCBSSun, Dec 13 · 1:00 PM EST
15Dec 19@ Buffalo BillsCBSSat, Dec 19 · 8:20 PM EST
16Dec 25vs Green Bay PackersNetflixNationalFri, Dec 25 · 1:00 PM EST
17Jan 3vs Detroit LionsFOXSun, Jan 3 · 4:25 PM EST
18Jan 10@ Minnesota Vikings—1/10 - TBD

Bears All-Time Broadcast Footprint

Every county below is shaded by how many of the 16 mapped Bears regional broadcasts it carried — the darker the county, the more often. 15 counties carried all 16; 93 have never had one.

Data note: this map reflects broadcast records collected so far, covering the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons. Use the Seasons menu on the map to show a single season or any combination.

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Hover or tap any county to see how many recorded Chicago Bears broadcasts it's received, or use the search bar to look it up by county, city, or ZIP code instead.

Bears TV Coverage by the Numbers

Sports Maps has mapped 16 Bears regional broadcasts across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons: 13 on FOX and 3 on CBS. On average, each one reached 863 counties in 62 of the 210 TV markets — the 14th-widest regional reach in the NFL (league average: 944 counties).

Widest: Week 11, 2024 vs Packers (FOX), 1,896 counties in 129 markets. Narrowest: Week 4, 2024 vs Rams (FOX), 110 counties in 29 markets.

By kickoff window: Late-window (4:05/4:25 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 88 markets (2 games); Single-game-window broadcasts averaged 52 markets (9 games); Early-window (1 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 71 markets (5 games).

Season by season: 11 games averaging 58 markets in 2024 and 5 games averaging 73 markets in 2026.

In the NFC North, that ranks 4th of 4. Average counties per regional broadcast for the rest of the division: Packers 1,861, Vikings 1,302, and Lions 1,256.

Not even the home market carried them all: Chicago got 15 of the 16.

TV markets that carried the most Bears regional broadcasts
#TV marketGames carriedShare
1Chicago home15 of 1694%
2Champaign-Springfield-Decatur15 of 1694%
3Davenport-Rock Island-Moline15 of 1694%
4Peoria-Bloomington15 of 1694%
5Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk14 of 1688%
6South Bend-Elkhart14 of 1688%
7Rockford13 of 1681%
8Cedar Rapids-Waterloo12 of 1675%
9Fort Wayne12 of 1675%
10Terre Haute12 of 1675%

Bears TV Coverage FAQ

What channel is the Bears game on this week?

Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks is on ESPN (Mon, Nov 2 · 8:15 PM EST). Like every NFL game on cable or streaming, it's also shown on a local over-the-air station in both teams' home markets (Chicago and Seattle-Tacoma).

Is the Bears game on TV in my area?

It's on ESPN nationwide. Over-the-air, it's only on local TV in both teams' home markets (Chicago and Seattle-Tacoma).

Why can't I watch the Bears game in my area?

Sunday afternoon NFL games on CBS and FOX are regional: each network airs several games at once, and each local station is assigned one of them based on its market. A typical Bears regional broadcast reaches about 62 of the 210 TV markets, so the rest of the country gets another game in that window. If your local station is showing a different game, the Bears game isn't available over the air where you are — out-of-market games are only available through NFL Sunday Ticket. National games (Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights) aren't affected.

Where did the Bears' last game air?

Bears at Falcons (Week 6, October 18, 2026) aired on FOX in 1,595 counties across 92 TV markets, including Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose.

Where do Bears games get shown the most?

Across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons, Chicago Bears games have aired most consistently in the Peoria-Bloomington, Chicago, and Champaign-Springfield-Decatur TV markets. The all-time footprint map on this page shades every county by how often it's carried a Bears game.

Every County That Carried the Chicago Bears' Latest Game

Pre-filtered to Chicago Bears' latest game — FOX, October 18, 2026. Every filter below is fully adjustable, so you can broaden the date range, switch teams, or search by county. Open the full historical search →

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