The Baltimore Ravens’ victory over the Houston Texans managed an average minute audience of 24.3M viewers, and U.S. viewership peaked with more than 27M viewers during the halftime show. It was the most-watched Christmas Day NFL game on record (since 2001) among the 18-34 demo, with 5.1M tuning in.

Netflix paid $150 million to air two NFL games exclusively on the streaming platform on Christmas Day and it yielded record-breaking viewing figures.

In the NBA, the Christmas lineup averaged 5.25 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, a big increase from the all-time low of 2.85 million in 2023. ABC simulcast all five games this year, whereas the broadcaster only carried two a year ago due in part to its Monday Night Football obligation.