The NFL's Christmas Day slate was supposed to have playoff implications with key divisional matchups, but it won't featured three key starting quarterbacks in each game.

A jam-packed day of sports on Christmas turned out to be a huge ratings success for both the NFL and NBA. The NFL easily won the day with an average of 22.9 million viewers for all three games, including a streaming-record 27.5 million watching the Detroit Lions-Minnesota Vikings game on Netflix.

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The Thunder-Spurs game featured the latest iteration of an emerging rivalry in the NBA, one that features a pair of the game’s most dynamic young stars in Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama and reigning NBA MVP, Shai Gilegous-Alexander.

I sprung from my bed, and said, ‘What is cracking?’ Hailing from the one and only LBC, give it up for Snoop D.O. double G,” Stewart read from a book. Viewers then saw an

Netflix had the largest audience for this year's Christmas Day NFL matchups, and Prime Video still set a record despite trailing

The Beyhive is stinging Lainey Wilson. The country star, 33, has been accused of copying Beyoncé’s iconic 2024 Christmas Day NFL halftime show performance.

Netflix smashed its NFL streaming record on Christmas Day as Lions-Vikings drew massive U.S. and global audiences.