The second Christmas Day game, in which the Baltimore Ravens trounced the Houston Texans 31-2 (which was just the third game in NFL history with this final score, and the first to have a 17-2 halftime score) drew an average minute audience of 24.3 million.

Netflix’s NFL debut broke the record for a U.S. streaming audience for an NFL game, as an average of more than 24 million domestic viewers tuned in to the Kansas City Chiefs’ win over the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens’ win over the Houston Texans on Christmas Day.

Netflix released its Christmas streaming viewership numbers on Thursday, saying that the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens

The NFL's late game on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25, will be between the Ravens and the Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET, airing on Netflix. The Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans game will be preceded by a Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game at 1 p.m. ET on Netflix.

The NBA got viewers for Christmas, even while going up against NFL games. The NBA’s five-game Christmas lineup was the league’s most-watched in five years, with the games averaging about 5.25 million viewers per game across ABC,

About 65 million combined viewers watched a pair of NFL games on Netflix on Christmas Day to set streaming records.

Nielsen reported on Thursday that the NFL’s two Christmas games on Netflix drew just short of 65 million unduplicated viewers, which is about half a Super Bowl. To say this is a massive win for the NFL is an understatement,

The NFL's early partnership with Netflix appears to have gone off without a hitch on Christmas Day. This article, NFL games on Netflix stream smoothly on Christmas, was first published at The Desk. To submit a news tip,