Summary
The Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs played a football game on Thanksgiving Day that set a new record for the most-watched regular-season NFL game. The game was watched by 57.2 million people, surpassing the previous record of 42 million viewers. The NFL chose to schedule these popular teams on a big football day to attract a large audience.
Key Facts
- The Dallas Cowboys played against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day.
- The game attracted 57.2 million viewers.
- This set a new record for the most-watched regular-season NFL game.
- The previous record was 42 million viewers, set in 2022 during a game between the Cowboys and the New York Giants.
- NFL's strategy was to pair two popular teams on a widely watched football day.
- Earlier in the day, the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers game set a temporary record with 47.7 million viewers.
