Move over, NBA! The NFL is the new king of Christmas Day!<\/p>\n
The numbers just arrived from the Denver Broncos<\/a>‘ Week 17 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs set a new Thursday Night Football regular-season viewership record, with an average of 21.1 million viewers on Christmas Day. The record viewership broke the previous record for an Amazon Prime broadcast from the Dallas Cowboys-Detroit Lions tilt<\/a> earlier in December. For all three Christmas games, football dominated basketball, which only had about 6 million viewers per game. Although many people have been upset about the NFL taking the NBA’s former marquee day, there is little doubt that the NFL has taken over as America’s game.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The huge numbers come in spite of all Christmas games featuring backup quarterbacks in some form or fashion. The Washington Commanders<\/a> started Josh Johnson, the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> started Max Brosmer and the Kansas City Chiefs had Chris Oladokun under center.<\/p>\n Despite the less than star power on the field, the NFL came out in a big way on Christmas.<\/p>\n On top of the big Christmas numbers, the Broncos<\/a> came away with a big win, allowing them to secure the AFC West crown for the first time in a decade.<\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n