Washington, D.C. (December 26, 2007) -- CBS and NBC have agreed to carry this Saturday's historic game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants in High-Definition.

The two networks will show a simulcast of the NFL Network's HDTV broadcast of the game, Seth Palansky, a NFL Network spokesman, told TVPredictions.com this evening.

Standard-def viewers will get the SD broadcast, the spokesman said.


Now everyone will see Tom Brady and the Pats.

The Patriots are seeking to be the first team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins to go undefeated for an entire season.

Until now, it appeared that millions of cable viewers would miss the game because Time Warner, Charter and Cablevision have refused to carry the NFL Network, which has the rights to the Patriots-Giants broadcast.

The cable operators say the network is demanding unreasonable terms to carry it.

But a league spokesman tells the New York Times that the network, which is owned by the league, approached CBS and NBC to carry the game and they agreed.

It will be the first time that two major broadcast networks will simulcast a NFL game since the 1967 Super Bowl.

Kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. on Saturday.

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