Netflix to stream NFL Christmas games Dec 25

Netflix said on May 15 that it will carry two NFL games on Christmas Day 2026, extending a holiday package that has become one of the streamer’s highest-profile live sports properties. The company’s Tudum site listed the Green Bay Packers at the Chicago Bears at 1 p.m. ET and the Buffalo Bills at the Denver Broncos at 4:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 25. The NFL’s 2026 schedule release materials also list the same two games on Netflix, describing 2026 as the third straight season the service will stream a Christmas doubleheader. ### Which games did Netflix put on its 2026 Christmas slate? Netflix’s Tudum post named two matchups for Friday, Dec. 25, 2026: Packers-Bears from Soldier Field and Bills-Broncos from Empower Field at Mile High. The site said the first game will start at 1 p.m. ET and the second at 4:30 p.m. ET. (netflix.com) The NFL’s official schedule announcement, published on May 14, matched those details and said Netflix would stream the games in Week 16. NFL Football Operations also noted that broadcast partners were revealing selected games ahead of the full schedule release, which took place on May 14 at 8 p.m. ET. (netflix.com) ### How does this fit with the rest of the NFL’s holiday schedule? NFL.com’s schedule-release coverage said Christmas Day in 2026 will include a tripleheader, with a third game — Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks — airing on Fox. That means Netflix holds two of the three Christmas windows, while Fox carries the late game outside Netflix’s package. (media.nfl.com) The same Tudum post also said Netflix will carry the league’s first Thanksgiving Eve game on Nov. 25, 2026, when the Packers visit the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium. That gives Netflix three named NFL windows on the 2026 regular-season calendar before any additional studio or shoulder programming is announced. (nfl.com) ### What has Netflix said about its earlier NFL Christmas audiences? Netflix said in a January 2026 company post that its 2025 Christmas Day games reached viewers in more than 200 countries and territories. The company said Cowboys-Commanders drew a 22.4 million global average minute audience and Lions-Vikings drew 30.5 million. (netflix.com) Netflix said after its first NFL Christmas package in 2024 that Ravens-Texans averaged 24.3 million U.S. viewers and Chiefs-Steelers averaged 24.1 million, citing Nielsen. The company also said those were the most-streamed NFL games in U.S. history at the time and that the day reached nearly 65 million unduplicated U.S. viewers. (about.netflix.com) ### What do viewers know so far about how the games will be carried? Netflix’s prior Christmas game posts said the NFL streams were included with an active Netflix subscription and available on supported devices worldwide. The company has not yet, in the materials reviewed on May 15, published the 2026 announcer lineup or any halftime entertainment plans for the Dec. 25 games. (about.netflix.com) Netflix’s 2024 and 2025 holiday coverage mixed live games with entertainment programming, including a Beyoncé halftime show in 2024 and a Kelly Clarkson opening segment in 2025. Those earlier productions were promoted separately by Netflix after the game matchups were announced. (netflix.com) ### Where can readers verify the matchups now? The 2026 NFL schedule page and the league’s May 14 announcement both list Packers-Bears and Bills-Broncos as Netflix games on Dec. 25. Netflix’s Tudum article carries the same matchups, kickoff times and stadiums. Dec. 25, 2026 falls on a Friday, and the next public milestones are likely to be Netflix’s release of on-air talent, production details and any entertainment bookings for the holiday doubleheader. (about.netflix.com) The NFL and Netflix have already published the game pairings and start times on their official sites. (netflix.com)