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Tune in for a possible Taylor Swift appearance, stay for the football game.
By Rudie Obias
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The Kansas City Chiefs are taking on the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Day — but many eyes will be on the Missouri team’s private suite for a possible appearance of Time’s 2023 Person of the Year.
As part of the NFL’s Christmas Day games, the Chiefs are taking on the Raiders at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, with a start time of 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET.
Swifties have been tuning into NFL games after Taylor Swift began dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. The 12-time Grammy-winning star earned her first Golden Globe (for her Eras Tour concert film) and dominated concert venues and movie theaters this year, and even NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said her and Kelce’s romance is “great for the league.”
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If you want to catch the game for a possible Swift appearance and all the hard-hitting NFL action, keep reading for how to watch the Chiefs vs. Raiders online with and without cable.
Although the game is on CBS, there’s a special broadcast for the NFL Nickmas on Nickelodeon — which is a kid-friendly version of the game with Nickelodeon characters, like Spongebob Squarepants, TMNT, Rugrats and more, as well as Santa and loads of slime throughout the game.
Cord cutters can watch the Raiders-Chiefs game on any live TV streaming service that carries CBS and Nickelodeon, such as DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu + Live TV and others. DirecTV Stream and Fubo have free trials that you can use to livestream the Raiders-Chiefs game without cable.
All web-based services are accessible on your smartphone, tablet, laptop or smart TV.
Keep reading to find out how to watch the Raiders-Chiefs game with and without a cable subscription, including options to watch the game for free. Additionally, you can find where to buy last-minute tickets to Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs.
Since the games are being broadcast across CBS and Nickelodeon, the Raiders-Chiefs game can also be streamed on internet-based streaming cable services, some of which even offer free trials. If you act fast and sign up before Monday, you can watch the game online for free.
Watch the Raiders-Chiefs games on DirecTV Stream. All of the cable alternative’s packages offer CBS and Nickelodeon, while it includes more than 75 channels — such as AMC, Bravo, CNBC, Disney Channel and much more.
In addition, the streamer has a free trial available, which only lasts for five days, but that’s more than enough time to watch the Raiders-Chiefs game. You can either cancel or keep the service after the free trial is over, with prices starting as low as $69.99 for the entertainment package. Other plans offer over 105-150 channels, with prices ranging from $84.99 to $159.99 per month.
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Watch CBS and Nickelodeon for the Raiders-Chiefs game, along with more than 170 other news, entertainment and sports channels, like the NFL Network, with a subscription to Fubo — which starts at $54.99 per month for the first two months of service and is $74.99 per month afterwards. Meanwhile, you can record over 1,000 hours of TV shows, movies, games and more (including Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football) and watch those later on your smartphone, tablet or TV.
Other plans include the Elite package (254 channels for $64.99 monthly for the first two months and $84.99 per month afterwards) and the Premier tier that comes with 298 channels, NFL RedZone, Showtime and 4K quality for $74.99 monthly for the first two months and $94.99 per month afterwards. The online TV streaming service offers a five-day trial for new subscribers, so you can watch the Raiders-Chiefs game online for free during that period.
You can watch the Raiders-Chiefs game on CBS and Nickelodeon with a subscription to Hulu + Live TV. The streaming service has access to more than 90 live channels — like BET, CNN, ESPN, Food Network and more — starting at $76.99 per month and comes with Hulu’s entire streaming library, as well as Disney+ and ESPN+.
In addition to live TV, Hulu + Live TV lets subscribers watch originals from Hulu, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilms (Star Wars, Indiana Jones), The Muppets Studio and Pixar Animation, as well as ESPN+ for original sports programming and live sports from Formula 1 as well as the NHL, MLB and other sports leagues. It includes unlimited cloud DVR too. Unfortunately, Hulu doesn’t offer a free trial at this time.
Paramount+ has a livestream of the Raiders-Chiefs game on Christmas Day.
Luckily, Paramount+ has a seven-day free trial, so you can try out the service before you commit.
Afterward, you can either cancel the streaming service altogether or you can keep watching Paramount+ for $5.99 per month for the basic ad-supported Essential plan. If you want to go ad-free, the Premium Plus package is $11.99 per month and includes Showtime at no extra cost. Save 16 percent on your Paramount+ subscription when you sign up for an annual package ($60 or $120 per year, respectively).
Subscriptions come with access to thousands of hours of movies and TV series, including Sonic the Hedgehog 2, South Park: The Streaming Wars, the entire Star Trek franchise, Yellowstone prequel show 1883 and more.
NFL+ is the NFL’s own streaming service. It gets you the most comprehensive coverage online. Starting at $6.99 per month (or $49.99 per year), the service offers live out-of-market preseason games, live local and primetime regular season and postseason games — including playoff games, the Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl — local and national radio game broadcasts, the NFL Network and the NFL Films archive.
If you want more NFL action, NFL+ Premium has everything NFL+ offers, but also full game replays, condensed game replays, coaches’ films and NFL Red Zone for $14.99 per month (or $99.99 per year).
Please note: NFL+ is accessible only on smartphones and tablets and not available on smart TVs.
This year, the Raiders-Chiefs game will be broadcast on CBS and Nickelodeon. You can watch through your cable TV provider; on CBSSports.com and Nick.com or with the CBS Sports and Nickelodeon mobile apps with your cable TV account login.
Outside of the U.S.? You can still stream the Raiders-Chiefs game on any of the streaming services above when paired with ExpressVPN. It’s a virtual private network that lets you legally access U.S. web servers — even if you’re in another country — to stream on a smart TV, smartphone, tablet and laptop. Learn more about ExpressVPN here.
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