Key Takeaways Netflix said it set a streaming record with its Christmas Day broadcasts of two National Football League (NFL) games. The streaming giant said the two games had an average of 24 million viewers,

The NFL trotted out two more Christmas Day games on the 2024 regular-season calendar—something it began to try out in 2022—with a doubleheader featuring the Kansas City Chiefs visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers on the front end. The primary issue this time around was the day and time—namely that Christmas fell on a Wednesday this year.

Recently, the National Football League decided to go head-to-head with the National Basketball Association on Christmas Day. It's become a sports turf war of sorts.