When the Kansas City Chiefs take the field on Christmas Day, they'll become the first NFL team in 97 years to play a game on six different days of the week during a single-season.  The reason this rarely ever happens is because the NFL almost never schedules any games for Wednesdays.

As expected, that was no different in the United States on Christmas Day. Week 17's Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers matchup contributed to an overall U.S. audience of nearly 65 million, according to a recent release from the NFL. Per the league, the holiday ...

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’s NFL debut set a new streaming record for the league, with an average audience of more than 24 million people in the U.S. watching each of the two Christmas Day games, according to preliminary Nielsen data.

As it turns out, more than just Americans were curious to check out live football games and a Beyoncé peformance on Netflix. The streamer’s big “NFL Christmas Gameday Live” stunt drew a broadcast network-level audience in the U.