The NFL will embark on a new Christmas Day tradition starting this year. Christmas Day games have been played in the past throughout the NFL, but only on special occasions.  That changes Wednesday, as the league will play Christmas Day games in the middle of the week for the first time.

In the NBA, the Christmas lineup averaged 5.25 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a big increase from the all-time low of 2.85 million in 2023. ABC simulcast all five games this year, whereas the broadcaster only carried two a year ago due in part to its Monday Night Football obligation.

Around 65 million people watched the Kansas City Chiefs top the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens battle the

The Baltimore Ravens’ victory over the Houston Texans managed an average minute audience of 24.3M viewers, and U.S. viewership peaked with more than 27M viewers during the halftime show. It was the most-watched Christmas Day NFL game on record (since 2001) among the 18-34 demo, with 5.1M tuning in.

Netflix’s second major foray into live sports broadcasting comes one month after users complained of glitches and delays during its stream of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight.

Netflix will have one of its biggest days Wednesday since the site launched in 1998 when it airs two NFL games for the first time.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones sounds like he wants Christmas Day to become as synonymous with football as it is with Santa.

According to preliminary Nielsen numbers, which don’t include international viewers, this Christmas Day broke NFL all-time streaming records. Once the international viewership numbers come

The streaming giant will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it airs two NFL games for the first time.

Netflix's first NFL Christmas Day doubleheader ended up being successful globally. The Baltimore Ravens’ 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans averaged 31.3 million while Kansas City’s 29-10 win at Pittsburgh averaged 30 million worldwide,