New England Patriots TV Coverage Map: Week 8 at Dolphins

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

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What Channel Is the Patriots Game On This Week?

Week 8New England Patriots at Miami DolphinsSun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM ESTCBSRegional

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins is on CBS (Sun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM EST) — but only in some markets. It airs on local CBS stations in 168 counties across 12 TV markets, including Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, and Portland, ME. Everywhere else gets a different CBS game; the coverage map below shows exactly which counties get it.

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Patriots TV Coverage Map: Week 8 at Dolphins (CBS, Nov 1)

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Where Patriots at Dolphins Is on TV: CBS TV Markets

Patriots at Dolphins airs on CBS in 168 counties across 12 TV markets in 8 states: Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and 2 other states.

The largest markets getting the Week 8 Patriots game include Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, Portland, ME, and Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne.

The rest of the country gets another CBS game in that window: Chiefs at Broncos.

Map notes: This one's locked in tight to the Northeast—you'll definitely catch it in the Boston and Miami areas, plus all of Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. If you're in parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, or Vermont, there's a decent shot it's on your local CBS affiliate, but no guarantees.

All 12 TV markets that get Patriots at Dolphins

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Patriots at Dolphins Week 8 TV coverage map (CBS, November 1, 2026)
Patriots at Dolphins Week 8 TV coverage map (CBS, November 1, 2026). Shaded counties get the game on their local CBS station.

Patriots TV Schedule 2026: Channels & Results

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

Week Date Opponent Network Result
1Sep 9@ Seattle SeahawksNBCNationalL 10–13
2Sep 20vs Pittsburgh SteelersCBSW 20–3
3Sep 27@ Jacksonville JaguarsCBSL 6–35
4Oct 4@ Buffalo BillsCBSW 29–26
5Oct 11vs Las Vegas RaidersCBSW 45–17
6Oct 18vs New York JetsCBSW 26–19
7Oct 22@ Chicago BearsPrime VideoNationalL 24–30
8This weekNov 1@ Miami DolphinsCBSSun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM EST
9Nov 8vs Green Bay PackersFOXSun, Nov 8 · 4:25 PM EST
10Nov 15@ Detroit LionsFOXSun, Nov 15 · 9:30 AM EST
11—BYE——
12Nov 29@ Los Angeles ChargersNBCNationalSun, Nov 29 · 8:20 PM EST
13Dec 6vs Buffalo BillsCBSSun, Dec 6 · 4:25 PM EST
14Dec 10vs Minnesota VikingsPrime VideoNationalThu, Dec 10 · 8:15 PM EST
15Dec 21@ Kansas City ChiefsESPNNationalMon, Dec 21 · 8:15 PM EST
16Dec 27@ New York JetsCBSSun, Dec 27 · 1:00 PM EST
17Jan 3vs Denver Broncos—1/3 - TBD
18Jan 10vs Miami Dolphins—1/10 - TBD

Patriots All-Time Broadcast Footprint

Every county below is shaded by how many of the 18 mapped Patriots regional broadcasts it carried — the darker the county, the more often. 15 counties carried all 18; 48 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 New England Patriots broadcasts it's received, or use the search bar to look it up by county, city, or ZIP code instead.

Patriots TV Coverage by the Numbers

Sports Maps has mapped 18 Patriots regional broadcasts across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons: 13 on CBS and 5 on FOX. On average, each one reached 569 counties in 46 of the 210 TV markets — the 11th-narrowest regional reach in the NFL (league average: 944 counties).

Widest: Week 4, 2026 at Bills (CBS), 2,251 counties in 141 markets. Narrowest: Week 11, 2024 vs Rams (FOX), 70 counties in 12 markets.

By kickoff window: Late-window (4:05/4:25 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 56 markets (3 games); Single-game-window broadcasts averaged 42 markets (8 games); Early-window (1 p.m. ET) broadcasts averaged 47 markets (7 games).

Season by season: 12 games averaging 41 markets in 2024 and 6 games averaging 56 markets in 2026.

In the AFC East, that ranks 3rd of 4. Average counties per regional broadcast for the rest of the division: Bills 1,763, Jets 597, and Dolphins 411.

Not even the home market carried them all: Boston got 16 of the 18.

TV markets that carried the most Patriots regional broadcasts
#TV marketGames carriedShare
1Portland, ME18 of 18100%
2Burlington-Plattsburgh17 of 1894%
3Bangor17 of 1894%
4Presque Isle17 of 1894%
5Boston home16 of 1889%
6Hartford-New Haven16 of 1889%
7Providence-New Bedford16 of 1889%
8Springfield, MA16 of 1889%
9Albany-Schenectady-Troy7 of 1839%
10Buffalo7 of 1839%

Patriots TV Coverage FAQ

What channel is the Patriots game on this week?

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins is on CBS (Sun, Nov 1 · 4:25 PM EST) — but only in some markets. It airs on local CBS stations in 168 counties across 12 TV markets, including Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, and Portland, ME. Everywhere else gets a different CBS game; the coverage map below shows exactly which counties get it.

Is the Patriots game on TV in my area?

Only if you're in one of the 12 TV markets CBS assigned it. New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins airs in Boston, Burlington-Plattsburgh, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Hartford-New Haven, Portland, ME, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Bangor, and Providence-New Bedford, among others. Search your county, city or ZIP code on the coverage map above to check your exact location.

Why can't I watch the Patriots 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 Patriots regional broadcast reaches about 46 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 Patriots 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 do Patriots games get shown the most?

Across the 2024 and 2026 NFL seasons, New England Patriots games have aired most consistently in the Portland, ME, Bangor, and Burlington-Plattsburgh TV markets. The all-time footprint map on this page shades every county by how often it's carried a Patriots game.

Every County That Carried the New England Patriots' Latest Game

Pre-filtered to New England Patriots' latest game — CBS, November 1, 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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