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Premier League soccer is back! Here’s how to watch today’s game, 2024-5 season info, more
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The Premier League is back and it’s never been easier to watch every soccer game of the season, even if you don’t have cable. Keep reading to find out how and when to watch the 2024-5 Premier League season, important dates of the season and the best ways to stream every game without a cable subscription.
What Premier League teams are playing today?
The 2024-5 Premier League season kicks off with the Manchester United vs. Fulham game on Friday, August 16, 2024 at 3 p.m. ET (noon PT). The game will be played at Old Trafford football stadium in Stretford, England. It will be broadcast on USA Network and stream on Peacock.
The remainder of the Week 1 matches are below. All kickoffs are at 10:00 a.m. ET unless noted. (All times Eastern.)
Saturday, August 17, 2024
7:30 a.m.: Ipswich Town vs. Liverpool – USA Network
Arsenal vs. Wolves – USA Network
Everton vs. Brighton – Watch live on Peacock
Newcastle United vs. Southampton – Watch live on Peacock
Nottingham Forest vs. AFC Bournemouth – Watch live on Peacock
12:30 p.m.: West Ham vs. Aston Villa – NBC
Sunday, August 18, 2024
9:00 a.m.: Brentford vs. Crystal Palace – USA Network
11:30 a.m.: Chelsea vs. Man City – NBC
Monday, August 19, 2024
3:00 p.m.: Leicester City vs. Spurs – USA Network
Key dates for the 2024-5 Premier League season
The 2024-5 Premier League season begins on Friday, August 16, 2024 and concludes on Sunday, May 25, 2025. This season includes 33 weekends of matches, four midweek rounds and one Bank Holiday match week. There will be no Christmas Eve feature this season, nor will there be an extended mid-season break. Instead, the season will feature a longer summer break for players.
- August 10, 2024: The Community Shield takes place
- August 16, 2024: The season begins, with Manchester United hosting Fulham at Old Trafford
- June 14, 2024: The summer transfer window opens and Euro 2024 begins
- August 30, 2024: The summer transfer window closes
- December 26, 2024: Boxing Day
- March 16, 2025: The Carabao Cup final takes place
- April 26, 2025: The semi-finals take place
- May 17, 2025: The FA Cup final and Championship Sunday take place, with all 10 games starting simultaneously
- May 21, 2025: The Europa League final takes place in Bilbao
- May 25, 2025: The final match round of the season takes place
How to watch the 2024-5 Premier League Season
Premier League soccer games will broadcast on NBC and USA Network, and will stream live on Peacock. The streamer will also features Peacock-exclusive Premier League games this season. For more on how to watch the 2024-5 Premier League season, keep reading below.
How to watch the 2024-5 Premier League season without cable
While most cable packages include NBC and USA Network, it’s easy to watch Premier League soccer matches if those channels aren’t included in your cable TV subscription, or if you don’t have cable at all. Your best options for watching are below. (Streaming options will require an internet provider.)
Watch the Premier League soccer on Peacock
If you want to watch every Premier League game of the 2024-5 season, you’ll need a subscription to Peacock. The NBC/Universal-owned streamer will live stream every Premier League game airing on NBC and USA Network, as well as broadcast select Peacock-exclusive Premier League games this season.
The streaming service has plenty more live sports to offer, including Big Ten football and basketball, golf and WWE wrestling (including formerly PPV-only events such as WrestleMania). There are 80,000 hours worth of recorded content to watch as well, including hit movies and TV series such as “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation.”
A Peacock subscription costs $8 per month. An annual plan is available for $80 per year. You can cancel anytime.
Top features of Peacock:
- Peacock offers live broadcasts of Premier League games airing on NBC and USA Network, on-demand replays when available, highlights and post-match coverage.
- There are 175 Peacock-exclusive Premier League games this season.
- Peacock features plenty of current and classic NBC and Bravo TV shows, as well as NFL football airing on NBC, college basketball and more.
Stream Premier League soccer live on Sling TV for half price
One of the most cost-effective ways to stream live network-aired Premier League soccer matches this year is through a subscription to Sling TV. The streamer also offers access to USA Network, NFL Network, local NBC, Fox and ABC affiliates (where available) and ESPN with its Orange + Blue Tier plan. Also worth noting: Sling TV comes with 50 hours of cloud-based DVR recording space included, perfect for recording all next season’s top NFL matchups.
That plan normally costs $60 per month, but the streamer is currently offering a 50% off promotion for your first month, so you’ll pay just $30. The streamer has a new prepaid offering for football season called Sling TV Season Pass. You can get four months of the Orange + Blue tier, plus the Sports Extra add-on, for $219. That’s a savings of $81 over the usual price.
Note: Because Sling TV doesn’t carry CBS, you won’t be able to watch CBS-aired programming like next year’s NFL games on CBS. To watch these games, plus PGA golf, UEFA Champions League and more live sports, we recommend you add the Paramount+ add-on to your bundle.
Top features of Sling TV Orange + Blue tier:
- There are 46 channels to watch in total, including local NBC affiliates (where available).
- Sling TV also offers the live feed of Premier League matches airing live on NBC and the USA Network.
- You also get access to most local NFL games and nationally broadcast games at the lowest price.
- All subscription tiers include 50 hours of cloud-based DVR storage.
Watch the Premier League free with Fubo
You can watch live Premier League soccer matches airing on network TV on Fubo. Fubo is a sports-centric streaming service that offers access to matches airing on NBC, the USA Network, as well as almost every NFL game next season. Packages include CBS, Fox Sunday NFC games via “NFL on Fox”, NBC (Sunday Night Football), ESPN (Monday Night Football), NFL Network and more, so you’ll be able to watch more than just today’s games, all without a cable subscription.
To watch the Premier League without cable, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can begin watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet or computer. In addition to the Premier League, you’ll have access to NFL football, FuboTV offers MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS matches. FuboTV Pro Tier is priced at $80 per month after your free seven-day trial.
Top features of Fubo Pro Tier:
- There are no contracts with Fubo — you can cancel at any time.
- You can watch sporting events up to 72 hours after they air live with Fubo’s lookback feature.
- The Pro tier includes over 180 channels.
- Fubo includes all the channels you’ll need to watch college and pro football, including CBS (not available through Sling TV).
- All tiers come with 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR recording.
- Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.
Watch the Premier League in 2024 on Hulu + Live TV
You can watch the Premier League as well as the NFL, including the NFL Network, MLB and the NBA, with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle features access to 90 channels, including both NBC and the USA Network. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch every match on every network with Hulu + Live TV, plus catch live 2024 NFL preseason games, exclusive live regular season games, popular studio shows (including NFL Total Access and the Emmy-nominated show Good Morning Football) and lots more.
Hulu + Live TV comes bundled with ESPN+ and Disney+ for $77 monthly.
Watch network-aired Premier League games with a digital antenna
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You can also watch network-aired Premier Leauge games on TV with an affordable indoor antenna, which pulls in local over-the-air HDTV channels such as CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, PBS, Univision and more. Here’s the kicker: There’s no monthly charge.
For anyone living in a partially blocked-off area (those near mountains or first-floor apartments), a digital TV antenna may not pick up a good signal — or any signal at all. But for many homes, a digital TV antenna provides a seriously inexpensive way to watch sports without paying a cable company. Indoor TV antennas can also provide some much-needed TV backup if a storm knocks out your cable.
This ultra-thin, multi-directional Mohu Leaf amplified digital antenna with a 60-mile range can receive hundreds of HD TV channels and can filter out cellular and FM signals. It delivers a high-quality picture in 1080p HDTV, top-tier sound and features a 12-foot digital coax cable.
Waiting for the match to start? Get your Premier League jersey and merch from Fanatics
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If you can’t make it to the game in person, gearing up and watching from home is the next best thing. Fanatics offers a terrific selection of comfortable, stylish Premier League jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies and more.
The site offers Premier League caps, sweats and even team-branded AirPods Pro cases so you can take your soccer fandom on the go. Tap the button below to find your favorite Premier League team’s newest merch drop.
What teams are in the Premier League in the 2024-5 season?
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The Premier League consists of 20 teams, including: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, Ipswich Town, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Key matchups of the 2024-5 Premier League season
If you’re looking for the big matches of the 2024-5 Premier League season, mark your calendar for these terrific games.
– Chelsea vs. Man City, Sunday, August 18
– Man United vs. Liverpool, Saturday, August 31
– Tottenham vs. Arsenal, Saturday, September 14
– Arsenal vs. Liverpool, Saturday, October 26
– Liverpool vs. Man City, Saturday, November 30
– Liverpool vs. Man United, Saturday, January 4
– Arsenal vs. Tottenham, Tuesday, January 14
– Man City vs. Liverpool, Saturday, February 22
– Man United vs. Man City, Saturday, April 5
Tap here for the full schedule for the 2024-5 Premier League season.
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EPA grants California waiver to ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035; Trump administration likely to block
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted California its request to enforce vehicle emissions standards stricter than federal rules, including the state’s ban on sales of new gasoline-powered cars.
The EPA granted two waivers to the California Air Resources Board to allow full implementation of its regulation requiring all new car sales to be zero-emission by 2035 and a second rule lowering emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and off-road vehicles.
The stricter rules would also set interim quotas for zero-emission vehicles. Starting with 2026 models, 35% of new cars, SUVs and small pickups sold in California would be required to be zero-emission vehicles, with quotas increasing each year until 2035.
The quotas would allow 20% of zero-emission cars sold to be plug-in hybrids. The rules would not affect used vehicles, allowing gas-powered car and trucks to remain on the roads.
Other states that have followed California’s lead on stricter emissions rules are weighing whether or not to also adopt the ban on gas cars.
Trump administration seeks to block California rules
California’s strict emission rules will likely see an immediate challenge from the incoming administration. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to bar the state from setting its own rules on emissions, which his first administration did in 2019 by revoking the state’s EPA waiver. The move prompted California and 22 other states to sue the administration, a lawsuit that became moot when President Joe Biden took office and reversed the Trump administration policy.
“Clean cars are here to stay. The Biden-Harris Administration reaffirmed what we’ve known for decades — California can rise to the challenge of protecting our people by cleaning our air and cutting pollution,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a prepared statement. “Naysayers like President-elect Trump would prefer to side with the oil industry over consumers and American automakers, but California will continue fostering new innovations in the market.”
Last month, Newsom announced the state would renew a rebate program for electric vehicles if the incoming Trump administration follows through on its threat to eliminate the federal tax credit of $7,500.
Efforts by the incoming administration to block California’s emissions standards will likely prompt a series of legal challenges that could delay any action.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a narrow case on whether the oil and gas industry has the standing to sue California over its tailpipe emission standards.
California’s battle to cut pollution levels
In granting California the waiver requests, the EPA said its review found that opponents did not meet the burden to show how either program is inconsistent with the federal Clean Air Act.
“California has longstanding authority to request waivers from EPA to protect its residents from dangerous air pollution coming from mobile sources like cars and trucks,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan in a statement. “Today’s actions follow through on EPA’s commitment to partner with states to reduce emissions and act on the threat of climate change.”
California established the country’s first tailpipe emissions standards in 1966 and is the only state eligible for a waiver to the federal Clean Air Act of 1970, giving the EPA the authority to regulate pollution nationwide. The Clean Air Act also allows other states to adopt California’s standards. Since the Clean Air Act was established, the EPA has granted California more than 75 waivers for its vehicle emissions program.
Major automakers such as BMW, Ford, Honda, Stellantis and Volkswagen have adopted California’s current emission rules. Newsom said in a press release Wednesday that millions of Californians and other Americans have already switched to clean vehicles and more than two million zero-emission vehicles have been sold in the state.
Industry group Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which has consistently spoken out against California’s stricter emission rules, said Wednesday it expects President-elect Trump to revoke the waiver in 2025.
“We’ve said the country should have a single, national standard to reduce carbon in transportation, but the question about the general authority of California to establish a vehicle emissions program – and for other states to follow that program – is ultimately something for policymakers and the courts to sort out,” the group said in a press release.
Environmental groups hail EPA decision on California emissions
The advocacy group Earthjustice said the EPA’s decision would mean cars in the state would largely be zero-emission by the 2050s and the rule on heavy-duty truck emissions would “deliver critical health benefits to people affected by the worst polluters on the roads: large diesel trucks.”
“This might read like checking a bureaucratic box, but EPA’s approval is a critical step forward in protecting our lungs from pollution and our wallets from the expenses of combustion fuels,” said Earthjustice director of Right To Zero campaign Part Cort in a press release. “The gradual shift in car sales to zero-emissions models will cut smog and household costs while growing California’s clean energy workforce. Cutting truck pollution will help clear our skies of smog.”
The National Resources Defense Council said in a press release that Congress has long recognized the state’s ability to set stronger emissions standards which has help California spur innovation and save lives.
“These waivers allow California – and states that chose to align with it – to curb the pollution spewing from tailpipes and address the impacts of the climate crisis,” said NRDC director of clean vehicles Kathy Harris. “California decided that transitioning to cleaner and zero-emission vehicles is the best way to address the unique burdens it faces. This is exactly how our system of federalism should work. If other states don’t like California’s approach, they don’t need to follow it. But no one should object to the longstanding authority of states to act to protect their residents.”
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Legislation to expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared a key hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday afternoon and is now headed toward a final vote.
Senators voted 73-27 to approve a motion to proceed with consideration of the Social Security Fairness Act, according to an unofficial Senate tally shown in a webcast on the floor of the chamber.
“We will vote on taking up the Social Security Fairness Act to repeal flawed policies that eat away at the benefits of those who’ve worked as teachers, firefighters, postal workers, or public sector workers,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on social media shortly before the procedural vote. “Retirees deprived of their hard-earned benefits will be watching closely.”
The New York Democrat has pushed to bring the measure up for a full vote, which would eliminate two federal policies that prevent million of Americans, including police officers, firefighters, postal workers, teachers and others with a public pension from collecting their full Social Security benefits.
“Social Security is a bedrock of our middle class. You pay into it for 40 quarters, you earned it, it should be there when you retire,” Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat who lost his seat in the November election, told the chamber ahead of Wednesday’s vote. “All these workers are asking for is for what they earned.”
Sen. Thom Tillis spoke against measure, saying that while a small percentage of people are not getting what they should from Social Security, enacting what he framed as an unfunded government mandate that would increase the federal deficit “is not the way to fix it.”
“This bill will take $200 billion during the 10-year period out of the Social Security trust fund without any way to pay for it,” the North Carolina Republican added.
What is the Social Security Fairness Act?
Decades in the making, the Social Security Fairness Act would repeal two federal policies — the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — that broadly reduce payments to nearly 3 million retirees.
That includes those who also collect pensions from state and federal jobs that aren’t covered by Social Security, including teachers, police officers and U.S. postal workers. The bill would also end a second provision that reduces Social Security benefits for those workers’ surviving spouses and family members. The WEP impacts about 2 million Social Security beneficiaries and the GPO nearly 800,000 retirees.
“This stuff takes time, but 21 years is ridiculous,” said Brown of the process. The Senate held its first hearings into the policies in 2003.
The measure, which passed the House in November, had 62 cosponsors when it was introduced in the Senate last year. Yet the bill’s bipartisan support eroded some in recent days, with some Republican lawmakers voicing doubts due to its cost. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the proposed legislation would add a projected $195 billion to federal deficits over a decade.
At least one GOP senator who signed onto similar legislation last year, Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana, said he was still “weighing” whether to vote for the bill. “Nothing ever gets paid for, so it’s further indebtedness, I don’t know,” Braun said last week, the Associated Press reported.
“In the end it’s going to come down to individual members are going to make their own decisions about where they want to come down on that,” incoming Republican leader John Thune said at a press conference Tuesday. “Obviously I am concerned about the long-term solvency of Social Security and that is an issue I think we need to address.”
Without Senate approval, the bill’s fate would end with the current session of Congress, and would need to be re-introduced in the next Congress.