As predicted , the NFL saw its biggest regular season audiences ever tune into its Thanksgiving Day matchups this year.

The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in what is now the most-watched regular season NFL game of all time, averaging 57.2M viewers on CBS . Per Nielsen, viewership peaked with 61.3M viewers for the game’s thrilling final minutes leading into the 8 p.m. eastern hour.

To illustrate just how large that audience is, it shattered the previous Thanksgiving record of 42.1M viewers for last year’s Bears-Lions game by 27% and rivals January’s AFC Championship game , when the Chiefs bested the Buffalo Bills to make it to yet another Super Bowl.

Technically speaking, the Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions actually was the previous record holder for just a f

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