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The Chiefs–Cowboys Thanksgiving showdown didn’t just deliver a star-studded matchup. It completely rewrote the NFL’s television record book. CBS averaged an astonishing 57.2 million viewers for Dallas’ 31–28 win over Kansas City,
CBS coverage of the Kansas City Chiefs-Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving game was the most-watched NFL regular-season telecast in league history with 57.23 million viewers, Nielsen said.
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Despite being saddled with a pair of blowouts in the marquee 4:25 p.m. ET broadcast window and closing out the day with a dispiriting primetime slog that all but tucked fans into their beds, the NFL's TV partners on Sunday didn't lose any ground on the ...
The Packers and Lions, in the early window on Fox, drew 47.7 million viewers. Chiefs vs. Cowboys pulled in a whopping 57.2 million viewers for CBS. The Bengals-Ravens game was watched by 28.4 million people in the nightcap on NBC.
The Thanksgiving Day game will air at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS and stream live on Paramount+ and Fubo, and unless one of the teams is leading by 35 or 40 points at halftime, the easy prediction is that the game will set a record as the most-viewed NFL regular-season game in history.
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