Tubi will stream Fox’s Thanksgiving NFL game free
Tubi will stream Fox’s Thanksgiving NFL game free
The game will be a must-watch matchup between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers.
The free streaming service Tubi is getting called up to the big leagues again. The Fox-owned streamer doesn’t offer live NFL games often, leaving that responsibility mostly to its corporate sibling Fox One. But after attracting almost 14 million viewers by itself to the Super Bowl LIX broadcast, Tubi is getting another chance to stream a live football game, and will simulcast Fox’s traditional Thanksgiving Day NFL game this season.
Key Details:
- Black and blue showdown: Tubi will simulcast the game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving.
- Another ratings win?: There’s a great chance Tubi brings strong viewership to the proceedings.
- More to come?: Fans shouldn’t expect Tubi to get a big package of annual NFL games any time soon.
The game that Tubi will offer on Thanksgiving will be a showdown between the Green Bay Packers and the hosting Detroit Lions, who are a Turkey Day staple for the NFL. The game kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on both Tubi and Fox, which should help fans fire up their appetites; the Lions and Packers are two of the top teams in the NFC in the young 2025 NFL season.
That means the game could be ratings gold for Fox and Tubi. The two were able to combine to deliver 126 million total viewers with their shared broadcast of Super Bowl LIX, and another spotlight game like this high-profile Thanksgiving tilt could be a recipe for a massive audience to show up.
Tubi’s audience peaked at 15.5 million during the Super Bowl broadcast; could it outstrip that number this time? The streamer now has over 100 million monthly users, and with such a large audience having comfort with Tubi, the number of viewers who turn to the service instead of a pay-TV platform that carries Fox or as an alternative to wrestling with rabbit ears could be massive.
Even though Tubi will offer another free NFL broadcast in 2025, fans shouldn’t expect the streaming service to carry a large package of college or pro football games any time soon. Tubi is still a free streaming service, and premier sports events that draw huge audiences mostly have to be shown on sources that viewers pay for in order for the economics of big sports deals to make sense for programmers.
In short, the bulk of Fox’s NFL slate will stay on that channel, as well as the paid Fox One streamer for the foreseeable future. But Tubi will get the occasional spotlight game to offer free, such as this Thanksgiving showdown between the Lions and Packers.
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