How to watch Bucs at Bears: Sunday Night Football kickoff time, TV and streaming from Europe

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Chicago Bears on Sunday, November 8, 2026, in the Sunday Night Football slot. Kickoff at Soldier Field is 8:20 PM ET (7:20 PM Chicago time), which is 02:20 CET on Monday, November 9, in Germany, the Netherlands and the rest of Central Europe, and 01:20 in the UK (Buccaneers.com, Chicagobears.com).

Key facts

• Bucs at Bears kicks off Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 8:20 PM ET (7:20 PM CT) at Soldier Field in Chicago (Buccaneers.com, Chicagobears.com).
• For Europe that is 02:20 CET on Monday, November 9, and 01:20 in the UK.
• The game is on NBC with Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and sideline reporter Melissa Stark (Buccaneers.com, Chicagobears.com).
• Buccaneers.com lists NFL Game Pass on DAZN as the international option (Buccaneers.com, November 6).
• The Buccaneers are 3-5 after a 16-0 win over the Falcons; the Bears are 6-2 after a 34-17 Monday night win over Seattle (ESPN, Chicagobears.com).

Watching in the United States

NBC has the game. Mike Tirico does play-by-play, Cris Collinsworth is the analyst and Melissa Stark works the sideline (Buccaneers.com, Chicagobears.com). Buccaneers.com names NFL+ for in-market mobile viewing and NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV for fans outside the Tampa Bay market.

On the radio, the Buccaneers' English broadcast is on WXTB 97.9 FM with Tony Castricone, Dave Moore and Jay Recher, and nationally on SiriusXM channel 380. The Spanish broadcast runs on WTMP La Invasora 1150 AM with Santiago Gramatica and Martin Gramatica (Buccaneers.com).

Watching outside the United States

Buccaneers.com lists NFL Game Pass on DAZN as the international option. Free-to-air and pay-TV picks differ by country and change every week, so check your local broadcaster's schedule. Our watch hub lists the services by country.

What to know before kickoff

• Tampa Bay is 3-5 after a 16-0 win over the Falcons on November 1. The Bucs ran 56 times for 324 yards and did not complete a pass (Week 8 recap).
• The Bears are 6-2 after a 34-17 Monday night win over Seattle (Chicagobears.com).
• Yaya Diaby is out with a Grade 2 MCL sprain (Diaby update). Emeka Egbuka is questionable, and Tristan Wirfs (toe) was limited on Friday. Every status is in our Week 9 injury report.
• Bears running back Kyle Monangai is questionable after missing four games (Chicagobears.com).

After the game

The Bucs have the Week 10 bye after Chicago, so Sunday night is their last game for two weeks. The schedule has the rest of the season.

For fans in Europe this is a very late night: the game starts at 02:20 and ends in the early morning hours. The Bucs go into it with a run game that just gained 324 yards and a bye waiting behind it.