Christmas battle between NFL and NBA

NBA's Christmas Day slate averaged 5.25 million viewers according to final Nielsen ratings
The NBA’s five-game Christmas Day slate averaged about 5.25 million viewers per game across ABC, ESPN and its platforms, in final ratings released by the league and Nielsen on Monday. All of the Yuletide games — San Antonio at New York in Victor Wembanyama’s holiday debut,
LeBron James says Christmas Day belongs to NBA, not NFL. Here's what TV ratings show
The NBA has long dominated Christmas, just as Thanksgiving has become synonymous with football, but viewers got the best of both worlds on Wednesday.
‘Christmas Is Our Day’: NBA Delivers Emphatic Statement Versus NFL
Recently, the National Football League decided to go head-to-head with the National Basketball Association on Christmas Day. It's become a sports turf war of sorts.
At least 65 million tune in for Christmas Day NFL games on Netflix, while NBA holiday ratings also skyrocket
LeBron James and the NBA will have to make room for the NFL on Christmas. That shouldn’t be a problem. Both leagues were winners on Wednesday.
NFL Christmas game viewership on Netflix blows past NBA in latest reminder of football’s dominance
The NBA’s lineup saw an 84 percent rise over 2023. The NFL’s Christmas numbers decreased from last season, but not at the rate that usually happens when something goes from broadcast to streaming.
LeBron James trolled for saying Christmas belongs to NBA after NFL viewership is revealed
LeBron James declared Christmas "our day," but the NFL had nearly 20 million more viewers than the NBA throughout the holiday this week.
LeBron brags about NBA’s Christmas Day ratings, gets slam dunked by reality
LeBron James boasted about the NBA's Christmas Day ratings but the league was slam dunked by the NFL's two games on Netflix.
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Final NBA viewership numbers for Christmas Day games slightly better than originally thought
The final viewership numbers are in for the NBA’s five games on Christmas Day and they were even better than first thought, ...
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NBA delivers most-watched Christmas Day in 5 years
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NBA Christmas games: Getting to watch these players is a true gift
Christmas brings out the NBA stars. From Dolph Schayes to Bill Russell to Oscar Robertson to Michael Jordan to Kobe Bryant to LeBron James to Kevin Durant to Steph Curry, the biggest names and ...
Kevin Durant after Suns’ Christmas win: NBA here to stay but ‘in a rough patch’
Television viewership is down from this time a year ago. This matters to Kevin Durant, a 14-time All-Star who's seen what the ...
Ranking NBA's five Christmas Day matchups from can't watch to can't miss
The NBA on Christmas is a tradition that goes back to 1947, the league's second season. In fact, since 1947, there has only ...
NBA Claws Back From Ratings Struggles With Record-Breaking Christmas Slate
Is it a Christmas miracle? Despite the ongoing conversation around the NBA's viewership decline, the league delivered its ...
NBA Fantasy Power Rankings: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander takes over in Week 10
Last week in the NBA featured some amazing Christmas Day games, but that wasn’t the only time players stepped up their games.