On a day when most people are sitting at home getting ready to relax and watch sports, when you pit the NFL’s most popular team against its best quarterback, you’re going to get record numbers. CBS did the same thing on Thanksgiving, with 57.2 million people watching the Dallas Cowboys vs. Kansas City Chiefs in Week 13.
According to The Athletic, this number broke the record for the most-watched NFL game ever. To be more precise, the Chiefs and Cowboys actually broke that record, which previously belonged to the 2022 Thanksgiving Day game between the Cowboys and the New York Giants. That game attracted 44 million viewers.
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According to “The Athletic”, the new record number may not be surprising, as the NFL strategically planned to hold a large number of events during Thanksgiving. The league deliberately scheduled the two most-watched teams to play on the most-watched day of the NFL season. That decision paid off in a big way.
This story will be updated.
