Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in Netflix Christmas Day interview (Photo via Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)
Netflix has strongarmed its way into football broadcasting and is reportedly keen on remaining in the game.
The streaming giants took charge of the NFL’s Christmas Day games last year, marking their only involvement. But they’re now looking to take over Sunday football viewing.
Chief content officer Bela Bajaria spoke to Puck’s Matt Belloni, per Puck’s John Ourand, and revealed the company’s plans to bid on the league’s Sunday afternoon games.
As fans are well aware, Sunday’s slate airs on CBS and FOX.
CBS grabbed the AFC package from NBC in 1998, four years after FOX snatched the NFC package from them. Their deals run through 2033, but the NFL has the right to pull the agreement four years early, which it reportedly plans to do in 2029.
Should they have their way, the streamers will push one of the current partners out or see them relegated to Sunday mornings, with the NFL mulling over an international a.m. package.
Netflix’s Christmas Day Games Went Smoothly In 2024
George Pickens Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce (Photo via Netflix)
There were fears that Netflix wouldn’t be up to the task after the problematic broadcast of the Mike Tyson/Jake Paul fight. However, their Christmas Day broadcast went smoothly.
Over 65 million viewers tuned in to watch the Ravens play the Texans and the Chiefs play the Steelers on said platform, as Netflix brought the games to over 218 countries.
There will be many fans, especially from overseas, who would love for Netflix to get all of Sunday afternoon’s games, given that they already own subscriptions, but streaming does come with its cons.
Should this option present additional profit, Roger Goodell will certainly consider it. The NFL commissioner is obsessed with increasing the league’s pull overseas while he’s always been all about the Benjamins.
But there are still at least four years to go.
Everyone Is Falling In Love With Grand Theft Auto VI’s New Female Character Who Looks Stunningly Real
GTA Lucia (Photo via Twitter)
Social media might be down incredibly bad as Lucia from Grand Theft Auto is going insanely viral.
GTA 6’s trailer 2 officially broke a record after the upcoming second look at the game, which has continued to take forever to come out.
GTA 6 broke the record for the longest wait between a first and second trailer for a Rockstar Games title ever.
Rockstar has built a rich world of criminals, lunatics, and thieves spanning from Liberty City to San Andreas and beyond. With GTA 6 on the horizon, fans have become ecstatic after seeing a picture of Lucia.
For those unaware, she is a female criminal in the game. Grand Theft Auto states that she did her time at a prison complex in the State of Leonida in the mid-2020s for an unknown crime.
As anticipation builds for the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, a picture shows Lucia stripped down to a two-piece bikini.
#GTA6 #GTAVI #GTA
GTA 6 Lucia pic.twitter.com/Is6BuMEi9b— Watchman (@DarkChannel_) December 26, 2024
Here is how fans reacted to Lucia’s apparent new look in Grand Theft Auto:
“Everything is woke if you’ve never seen a woman’s body irl,” one fan said.
Everything is woke if you’ve never seen a woman’s body irl
— Truffle (@Lynndor_Truffle) December 28, 2024
“They better have some awesome clothing to choose from. Gotta look cute while doing missions,” a second fan added.
A third fan knew they were no match for her: “If I was in a beauty contest against her, she’d get first place, and I’d get disqualified.”
“She’s beautiful, my sapphic heart can’t take it 🤧,” another X user added.
“not leaving my house anytime soon,” a fan stated about the impending release of the game.
“No arsenal, but ima be a gooner for sure, a sixth fan added.
One final fan added: “Anybody upset about a video game character needs to seriously reevaluate their life.”
Fans Have Waited A Long Time For Grand Theft Auto To Release New Game
After more than a decade of waiting, Grand Theft Auto VI is supposedly finally set to come out in 2025.
Despite their hopes for a release this year fading, the community remains engaged in hopes that a second trailer will be released in early 2025 and a release date of the actual game will come out.
With each passing day, the desire for more news grows stronger.
Hopefully, 2025 will give the fans what they so desperately want.
