This year, a new global holiday tradition of Christmas Day NFL games on Netflix begins.
To celebrate the occasion, each of the four competing teams in the NFL Holiday Remix – the Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers – will wear a festive, holiday-inspired uniform patch during their games on Saturday, Dec. 21 and again on Christmas Day. Featuring the NFL shield backed by two candy canes, the special holiday jersey patch can be viewed and downloaded **here**.
On Saturday, Dec. 21, the NFL Holiday Remix begins with the Texans facing the Chiefs at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, followed by the Steelers versus the Ravens at 4:30 p.m. ET on FOX. The second part of the NFL Holiday Remix takes place on Christmas Day and is available to a worldwide audience on Netflix when the Chiefs face the Steelers at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the Ravens visiting the Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET. In keeping with the NFL's long-standing tradition, the Netflix Christmas Day games will air on broadcast TV in the markets of the competing teams and be available on U.S. mobile devices with NFL+.
"The NFL on Christmas has become a holiday staple with families coming together to celebrate and watch NFL games," said Tim Ellis, NFL executive vice president of marketing. "This year, we look forward to the start of a new holiday tradition with Netflix which will be seen around the world, and these holiday-inspired uniform patches are a great touch to mark this special occasion."
This year begins the first of a three-season partnership with Netflix to broadcast NFL games on Christmas Day in what will serve as a must-see cultural and global event. Each game on Christmas Day will be available globally to Netflix subscribers in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German in various countries around the world.
NFL Christmas Gameday on Netflix starts 11 a.m. ET with a live pregame show from NFL Network's studios in Los Angeles and onsite at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh. Host Kay Adams anchors the coverage from Los Angeles, joined by analysts Drew Brees, Robert Griffin III, Mina Kimes and Manti Te'o, while host Laura Rutledge and analysts Devin McCourty and Jason McCourty are live from Pittsburgh. Additionally, comedians Bert Kreischer and Nate Bargatze join live.
For Chiefs-Steelers at 1 p.m. ET, play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle, analysts Nate Burleson and JJ Watt, and sideline reporters Melanie Collins and Stacey Dales are on the call.
For Ravens-Texans at 4:30 p.m. ET, play-by-play announcer Noah Eagle, analyst Greg Olsen, and sideline reporters Jamie Erdahl and Steve Wyche are on the call. During halftime of Ravens-Texans, the Netflix Christmas Day Halftime Show airs featuring Beyoncé.
Across both games, Ian Rapoport will be standing by with breaking news and former NFL official Gene Steratore will provide insight from a rules perspective.
The NFL first played games on Christmas Day in 1971 and held games on the holiday on a semi-regular basis beginning in 1989. Since 2020, NFL games on Christmas Day have been a holiday staple with last year's three Christmas Day games (Las Vegas Raiders versus Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants versus Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens versus San Francisco 49ers) ranking among the top 25 most-viewed TV programs of 2023, with the Raiders-Chiefs game being the second most-watched Christmas Day NFL game on record. In total, the NFL has played 30 games on Christmas Day prior to this year.
Season-to-date, NFL viewership is 17.8 million per game (excluding NFL Network international games, Peacock and ESPN+), tied for the highest average through Week 15 since 2015. Additionally, NFL games rank as 47 of the top 50 shows on TV since the start of the 2024 season.
