With a broadcast of Saturday’s game between the Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers, Nickelodeon’s NFL Playoffs coverage extends into the 2025 AFC Wild Card round. SpongeBob Squarepants and Bikini Bottom will provide Nickelodeon with TV coverage of the game, which is set to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT).
#4 Houston Texans (10-7) vs. #5 Los Angeles Chargers (11-6)
An overview of the AFC Wild Card matchup
When: 4:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CT) on Saturday, January 11.
Where: Houston, Texas’s NRG Stadium
TV networks: Nickelodeon and CBS
Nickelodeon’s Philo (7-day free trial) broadcast
The following live streams are available for free: Paramount+, DirecTV Stream, and FuboTV.
The Chargers, who finished a grueling season with an 11-6 overall record and a 6-3 road record, are back in the AFC Playoffs in coach Jim Harbaugh’s first season in Los Angeles. Los Angeles ended the season with three consecutive wins over the Denver Broncos (34-27), New England Patriots (40-7) and Las Vegas Raiders (34-20), moving them up to the No. 5 spot from a precarious postseason berth.
The Texans had high expectations going into the 24th season following a successful 2023 campaign and significant free agent additions in running back Joe Mixon and wideout Stefon Diggs. Houston returned to the AFC Playoffs for the second consecutive year, but falling short of those expectations largely because of injury problems. Late in the season, the Texans’ defeats to No. 1 seed Kansas City (27-19) and No. 3 Baltimore (31-2) in Weeks 16 and 17, respectively, gave them a clear indication of their position among the AFC’s best teams.
CBS and Nickelodeon are scheduled to broadcast the Texans vs. Chargers game at 4:30 p.m. ET. The following live streaming services are available: DirecTV Stream, FujiTV, and Philo (free trial). Additionally, the game will be streamed on Paramount+.