ESPN to Air Three Canadian Football League Games on Opening Weekend

ESPN kicks off the 2016 Canadian Football League (CFL) regular season when the Toronto Argonauts host their fierce rivals, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the newly renovated BMO Field on Thursday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNEWS. Opening weekend continues with two contests on ESPN2: the Winnipeg Blue Bombers host the Montreal Alouettes on Friday, June 24, at 8:30 p.m. and the BC Lions host the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday, June 25, at 10 p.m. Additionally, the defending Grey Cup Champion Edmonton Eskimos host the Ottawa REDBLACKS in a Grey Cup rematch on Saturday at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.

Through a multi-year agreement with the CFL, ESPN television networks and ESPN3 have exclusive rights to present all regular season and postseason CFL games in the United States, including the Eastern and Western Semi-Finals and Finals and the 104th Grey Cup presented by Shaw. ESPN telecasts feature production and commentator teams from TSN, Canada's Sports Leader.

The first CFL game on ESPN was televised in 1980. ESPN presented a total of 86 regular season and postseason games in 2015.

ESPN's CFL Television Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Thu, Jun 23	7:30 p.m.	Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs. Toronto Argonauts	ESPNEWS
Fri, Jun 24	8:30 p.m.	Montreal Alouettes vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	ESPN2
Sat, Jun 25	10 p.m.	Calgary Stampeders vs. BC Lions	ESPN2
Thu, Jun 30	7 p.m.	Ottawa REDBLACKS vs. Montreal Alouettes	ESPN2
Thu, Jun 30	10 p.m.	Toronto Argonauts vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	ESPN2
Fri, Jul 1	10 p.m.	Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Calgary Stampeders	ESPN2
Thu, Jul, 7	7 p.m.	Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	ESPN2
Thu, Jul 7	10 p.m.	Toronto Argonauts vs. BC Lions	ESPN2
Fri, Jul 8	10 p.m.	Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Edmonton Eskimos	ESPN2
Mon, Jul 25	7:30 p.m.	Montreal Alouettes vs. Toronto Argonauts	ESPN2
Thu, Jul 28	9 p.m.	Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Edmonton Eskimos	ESPN2
Fri, Jul 29	10 p.m.	BC Lions vs. Calgary Stampeders	ESPN2
Thu, Aug 4	7 p.m.	BC Lions vs. Montreal Alouettes	ESPN2
Thu, Aug 4	10 p.m.	Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. Calgary Stampeders	ESPN2
Thu, Aug 11	9 p.m.	Montreal Alouettes vs. Edmonton Eskimos	ESPN2
Sat, Aug 13	7 p.m.	Calgary Stampedes vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	ESPNEWS
Thu, Aug 25	7:30 p.m.	BC Lions vs. Ottawa REDBLACKS	ESPN2
Fri, Oct 21	10 p.m.	Toronto Argonauts vs. Calgary Stampeders	ESPN2
Sun, Nov 13	1 p.m.	Eastern Semi-Final	ESPN2
Sun, Nov 27	6:30 p.m.	104th Grey Cup presented by Shaw (Toronto)	ESPN2

* All ESPN networks are available to stream live on WatchESPN and the ESPN app. Schedule subject to change.

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