The 2023 XFL season is about to begin, and football fans everywhere are getting excited about the latest spring start-up league.Usually, there is a six-month gap from the end of the Super Bowl to the start of the NFL preseason during which live football games are hard to find. The USFL shortened that gap last year, and in 2023, the XFL is making sure Nicklas Backstrom Jersey that there won't be a gap at all.MORE: The XFL's season is kicking off le s than a week after the Chiefs' win in Super Bowl 57. That gives fans just a little time to familiarize themselves with the league's rosters, rules and broadcast schedules for 2023.That will certainly leave fans asking one major question. Will the XFL be playing on Thursday nights, and will they do so this week?Here's what to know about the XFL's Thursday night football schedule as well as the league's full schedule for its first week of play.MORE: There willNOTbe a Thursday night game to kick Braden Holtby Jersey -start the XFL's 2023 season. While the league will play the occasional games on Thursday, it is planning to begin its season on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 3 p.m. ET.In fact, Evgeny Kuznetsov Jersey this will be the seventh consecutive week during which there has not been a profe sional football game broadcast on a Thursday night. The last one was played Dec. 29, 2022, when the Cowboys beat the depleted, Joshua Dobbs-led Titans 27-13.The XFL will soon change that and provide fans with an occasional Thursday night oasis in the middle of the NFL's six-month-long offseason.MORE: The opening week Aaron Ness Jersey of the XFL season will see four games played over a two-day span. Here's a look at the matchups that will take place on Saturday and Sunday.Week 1Saturday, Feb. 18GameKickoff time (ET)TV channelLive streamVegas Vipers at Arlington Renegades3 p.m.ABC , Orlando Guardians at Houston Roughnecks8:30 p.m.ESPN/FX , Sunday, Feb. 19GameKickoff time (ET)TV channelLive streamSt. Louis Battlehawks at San Antonio Brahmas3 p.m.ABC , Seattle Sea Dragons at D.C. Defenders8p.m.ESPN , To see the full 10-week schedule for the 2023 XFL Washington Capitals Jersey season, . The XFL is planning to broadcast two Thursday night games during its 2023 season, both involving the Seattle Sea Dragons. They are as follows:WeekDateMatchupKickoff time (ET)ChannelLive stream2Feb. 23St. Louis BattleHawks at Seattle Sea Dragons9 p.m. ETFX , 5March 16Houston Roughnecks at Seattle Sea Dragons9 p.m. ETFX , It isn't clear whether the XFL will move any of its other games to Thursday during the season. The league will, however, have at least one Monday night game. It is scheduled for Week 6.