Editing Detroit Lions (section)

====Regular season====
Regular season games are broadcast regionally on [[NFL on Fox|Fox]], except when the Lions play an AFC team in Detroit, in which case the game airs regionally on [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]; however, since 2014, with the institution of the NFL's [[National Football League on United States television#Interconference games|"cross flex" broadcast rules]], any Lions game slated to air on Fox can be moved to CBS.<ref>{{cite web |title=Why People in Mississippi Have to Watch the Giants |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/sports/football/why-people-in-mississippi-have-to-watch-the-giants.html?smid=tw-nytsports&smtyp=cur |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309052148/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/sports/football/why-people-in-mississippi-have-to-watch-the-giants.html?smid=tw-nytsports&smtyp=cur |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |url-status=live |last1=Draper |first1=Kevin |access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2014 NFL Schedule: Flex games can now start in Week 5 |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/2014-nfl-schedule-flex-games-can-now-start-in-week-5-0ap2000000343369 |website=[[National Football League]] |date=April 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607021500/https://www.nfl.com/news/2014-nfl-schedule-flex-games-can-now-start-in-week-5-0ap2000000343369 |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |url-status=live |last1=Rosenthal |first1=Gregg |access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> The [[NFL on Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day game]] in Detroit is always televised nationally, alternating between Fox in odd years and CBS in even years.<ref name=Beach/> In 2011, the Lions became the last NFC team to play on [[NBC]]'s ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday Night Football]]'' since the network began airing Sunday night games in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions-Saints on NBC Week 13 |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/21/lions-saints-on-nbc-week-13/ |website=[[Pro Football Talk]] |date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501202342/https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/21/lions-saints-on-nbc-week-13/ |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |url-status=live |last1=Smith |first1=Michael David |access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>