Despite a slew of off-field incidents, less-than-stellar PR and some Sunday night losses to The Walking Dead, the NFL proved again last year that it is a TV ratings juggernaut. Now the league is out with the upcoming season’s schedule, and it has stacked the Sunday, Monday and Thursday night lines with high-profile players and teams. The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2015 kickoff game on Thursday, September 10. There’s also another Tom Brady-Peyton Manning showdown, the fourth year in a row in the regular season and 17th meeting overall. That will be Week 8 on NBC’s . (Mr. Gisele Bundchen leads 11-5, if you’re scoring along at home.) Check out the full primetime schedule below.

The league spread the wealth evenly, with eight teams tying for most primetime appearances (five). There will be primetime rematches of last season’s NFC and AFC Championship Games, and NBC has both: The Seattle Seahawks travel to the frozen tundra to meet the Green Bay Packers in Week 2, and the Patriots host the Indianapolis Colts in a meeting of generational star quarterback in Week 6. Thanksgiving will provide some delicious matchups this year, to wit: Philadelphia Eagles at Detroit Lions (12:30 PM ET on Fox), Carolina Panthers at Dallas Cowboys (4:30 PM ET on CBS) and Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers (8:30 PM ET on NBC).

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Among the changes in TV coverage this coming year is the lifting of the decades-old blackout rule. That archaic regulation, which the FCC abolished in 2014 anyway, was only used twice by the NFL in the past two seasons anyway. The league this year also will have its first game on a digital-only platform, when the Buffalo Bill and Jacksonville Jaguars square off in London.

NBC scored the most-watched TV program in U.S. history with the thrilling Super Bowl XLIX in February, which broke the record set the previous year. CBS has this season’s championship game, which finally will mark the league’s dumping of the Roman numerals. Seriously now: Would you get more fired up for Super Bowl 50 or Super Bowl L?

Now let’s hope the league can keep the attention on the field and avoid any Ray Rice- or Adrian Peterson-type scandals. Here’s the primetime schedule. Like last year, Sunday Night Football “flex” scheduling can begin after Week 5, at NBC’s whim.

(NBC Week 1; CBS/NFL Network simulcast Weeks 2-8; NFL Network Weeks 9-16)

Week 1: Steelers at Patriots

Week 2: Broncos at Chiefs

Week 3: Redskins at Giants

Week 4: Ravens at Steelers

Week 5: Colts at Texans

Week 6: Falcons at Saints

Week 7: Seahawks at 49ers

Week 8: Dolphins at Patriots

Week 9: Browns at Bengals

Week 10: Bills at Jets

Week 11: Titans at Jaguars

Week 12: Bears at Packers (Thanksgiving)

Week 13: Packers at Lions

Week 14: Vikings at Cardinals

Week 15: Buccaneers at Rams

Week 16: Chargers at Raiders

Sunday Night Football (NBC)

Week 1: Giants at Cowboys

Week 2: Seahawks at Packers

Week 3: Broncos at Lions

Week 4: Cowboys at Saints

Week 5: 49ers at Giants

Week 6: Patriots at Colts

Week 7: Eagles at Panthers

Week 8: Packers at Broncos

Week 9: Eagles at Cowboys

Week 10: Cardinals at Seahawks

Week 11: Chiefs at Chargers

Week 12: Patriots at Broncos

Week 13: Colts at Steelers

Week 14: Seahawks at Ravens

Week 15: Bengals at 49ers

Week 16: Steelers at Ravens

Week 17: TBA (flex game)

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Week 1: Eagles at Falcons; Vikings at 49ers

Week 2: Jets at Colts

Week 3: Chiefs at Packers

Week 4: Lions at Seahawks

Week 5: Steelers at Chargers

Week 6: Giants at Eagles

Week 7: Ravens at Cardinals

Week 8: Colts at Panthers

Week 9: Bears at Chargers

Week 10: Texans at Bengals

Week 11: Bills at Patriots

Week 12: Ravens at Browns

Week 13: Cowboys at Redskins

Week 14: Giants at Dolphins

Week 15: Lions at Saints

Week 16: Bengals at Broncos