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For all intents and purposes, the NFL has its own holiday with Super Bowl Sunday.It’s not technically a holiday, but you get what we mean. When the NFL eventually gets its way and expands the regular season schedule to 18 games, everyone in America will have the day after the Super Bowl off with President’s Day the day after the Super Bowl from here ’til eternity.It’s not the first holiday the NFL has decided to take over. It also owns Thanksgiving, where NFL games have become as synonymous with the day as turkey and gravy and falling asleep on the couch after you smash your third serving of your grandma’s apple pie.No team is more synonymous with Thanksgiving than the NFL’s most popular team, the Dallas Cowboys, and this Thanksgiving could be one for the ages.Several predictions have this year’s Thanksgiving afternoon game — 4 p.m. EST — between the Kansas City Chiefs and Cowboys in Week 13 pegged as having a shot at breaking the record for the most watched regular season game in NFL history.The Cowboys have played the Thanksgiving Day game since 1966, with the only exceptions being in 1975 and 1977.“I feel confident saying Chiefs–Cowboys on Thanksgiving will be the most-watched regular-season game in NFL history,” The 33rd Team’s Ari Meirov wrote on his official X account. “Both teams came back from double-digit deficits today, which only adds more to it. The current record: 42.1 million for Giants–Cowboys on Thanksgiving in 2022.” In 2022, not only did the Giants-Cowboys set the regular season record, but the 138.1 million people who watched the 3 games that day also set the Thanksgiving Day viewing record.This year, there are 3 marquee games in a row for fans to watch on 3 different channels/streaming services: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions at 1 p.m. EST (FOX), followed by Chiefs-Cowboys at 4:30 p.m. EST (CBS/Paramount+) then a nightcap of Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens at 8:20 p.m. EST (NBC/Peacock).Looking at 10 Most Watched Regular Season GamesOf the 10 most watched regular season games in NFL history, the Cowboys are featured a staggering 6 times. It’s worth pointing out that since 1967, the most viewed television show every year has been the Super Bowl.Here’s a look at the 10 most watched regular season games in NFL history, according to Front Office Sports: Cowboys 27, Giants 20 (Nov. 24, 2022) — 42.1 million 49ers 7, Giants 3 (Dec. 3, 1990) — 41.5 millioon Cowboys 45, Commanders 10 (Nov. 23, 2023) — 41.4 million Raiders 36, Cowboys 33 (Nov. 25, 2021) — 40.8 million Dolphins 38, Bears 24 (Dec. 2, 1985) — 39 million Cowboys 27, Giants 20 (Nov. 28, 2024) — 38.5 million Lions 23, Bears 20 (Nov. 28, 2024) — 37.4 million Cowboys 31, Commanders 26 (Nov. 24, 2016) — 35.1 million Packers 29, Lions 22 (Nov. 23, 2023) — 33.7 million Eagles 31, Cowboy 7 (Oct. 5, 1991) — 32.9 million Cowboys Also Most Valuable TeamIt should come as no surprise that the most viewed team in NFL regular season history — the Cowboys — are also its most valuable.The Cowboys became the first professional sports franchise to pass a $10 billion valuation in 2025, according to Forbes Magazine.Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, an Arkansas native and former University of Arkansas offensive lineman who invested a vast insurance empire from his father, bought the Cowboys from Bum Bright in 1989 for $140 million. Like Heavy Sports's content? Be sure to follow us. This article was originally published on Heavy SportsThe post Cowboys-Chiefs Thanksgiving Game Predicted to Make NFL History appeared first on Heavy Sports.

It’s love at first bite for diners. From cheese puffs to tuna eclairs, chefs are putting some of their best ideas on the snack menuElliot’s in east London has many hip credentials: the blond-wood colour scheme, the off-sale natural wine bottles, LCD Soundsystem and David Byrne playing at just the right decibel. The menu also features the right buzzwords, such as “small plates” and “wood grill”.But first comes “snacks”. There are classics: focaccia, olives, anchovies on toast. But more creative options include potato flatbreads with creme fraiche and trout roe, mangalitsa saltimbocca with quince, and what became (and has stayed) the Hackney restaurant’s signature dish since around 2012, Isle of Mull cheese puffs: plump, gooey croquettes filled with Scottish cheddar and comté, deep-fried until crisp and topped with yet more grated cheddar. Only two other dishes have never left the menu: fried potatoes with aïoli and cheesecake. Continue reading...

EXCLUSIVE: Sky History has sent out a Castles SOS. The UK channel has acquired a new AI-powered doc telling the royalty, ruins and restoration stories behind British castles. Will Hanrahan’s indie FirstLookTV is making the series for the Hearst Networks EMEA channel. It will be fronted by British presenter Rick Edwards and is now in […]

EXCLUSIVE: Insanity, the talent agency that reps Maya Jama and Roman Kemp, is looking to the Gen-Z content creator space. The London agency has hired four talent managers, who have brought with them the likes of Suzie Bonaldi, Emily Blackwell, Meggan Grubb, Phoebe Beckett, Karina Marriot, Grace Booth and Romany Henry. Insanity has hired Rosie […]

EXCLUSIVE: “Range did not seek this fight,” insists an unceremonious pre-holiday counter-complaint against CAA filed Monday night in Los Angeles Superior Court by the Pete Micelli-founded company. “Nevertheless, CAA’s ongoing misconduct, California law, and basic fairness leave it no choice but to fight back.” Yes, Happy Thanksgiving to you too. A year and almost two […]