First it was Disney+ and now it will be the turn of Netflix. The followers of the National Football League (NFL, in English) will be able to enjoy two games on this platform streaming. To make it even more special, the meetings will be broadcast during Christmas and will feature musical performances by Beyoncé y Mariah Carey.
Next Wednesday, December 25, during week 17 of the league, Netflix will broadcast live the confrontation between the Kansas City Chiefs y los Pittsburgh Steelersfollowed by the match between the Baltimore Ravens y los Houston Texans.
Known as the NFL Christmas Gamedaythis sporting event will begin with the game between the Chiefs and the Steelers. The game will start at 12 pm, but at 10 am, there will be a presentation by Mariah Carey in which she is expected to perform her hit All I Want For Christmas Is You.
Then, at 3 pm, the preview of the confrontation between the Ravens and the Texans will take place, whose game will begin at 3:30 pm At intermission, Beyoncé will take the stage for her halftime show.
According to Netflix, the broadcasts of both matches will be available on the platform 24 hours after the matches end.
Although the Kansas City Chiefs, the Houston Texans and the Pittsburgh Steelers have already assured their qualification to the playoffs (the rounds in which the seven teams with the best scores fight for a place in the Super Bowl), the remaining matches are crucial to determine which other teams will get a place in these playoffs.
Since the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens belong to the same division, the AFC North, the latter team has the opportunity to overtake the Steelers for first place in the table, qualify as the winner of their division and gain an advantage to play in house the playoffs.
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The successful Christmas of the NFL
According to the portal Tumduthe NFL first held Christmas games in 1971 and established them on a semi-regular basis in 1989. In 2020, for example, all three Christmas games were part of the 25 most-watched programs in the United States.
The popularity of this event is such that, during the confrontation between the Raiders and the Chiefs in 2023, the largest audience was recorded for a Christmas game since 1988. At this meeting, the artist was present Taylor Swiftwho supported his partner Travis Kelce, a Chiefs player.
More NFL on Netflix
In recent years, Netflix has collaborated with the NFL on several occasions. In 2023, he launched the series Quarterbackin which it followed the lives of Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota, then quarterbacks of the Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings and Atlanta Falcons teams, respectively, during the 2022-2023 season.
Furthermore, last July it launched Receivera show about five of the best receivers in the NFL during the 2023-2024 season: Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders), Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), Amon-Ra St. Brown (Detroit Lions), and George Kittle and Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers).
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