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NFL vice president of broadcast planning Mike North told
Buffalo's WGR 550 this week that with Christmas falling on a
Sunday this year, the league will expand its footprint on the
holiday despite Christmas traditionally being the NBA's domain.
"We'll play one game on CBS in the afternoon, one game on Fox in
the afternoon and our regular Sunday night game on NBC," North
said. "Christmas, when it falls on an NFL game day, we've had a
lot of success there, all due respect to our friends at the
NBA."
The NFL will have 11 games on Saturday, Christmas Eve, along
with its usual Thursday and Monday night games surrounding the
Christmas tripleheader.
The Christmas matchups are expected to be leaked during the week
of May 9 before the full schedule is released May 12.
The league scheduled two games on Christmas in 2021, when it
fell on a Saturday, and played one Friday evening Christmas game
in 2020.
The NBA plays five games back to back every Christmas.
--Field Level Media
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