On Thanksgiving, millions of moviegoers flocked to the theater to watch three blockbuster films. Millions of others stayed home to watch the Macy's parade or NFL games.

The Detroit Lions were able to set a new NFL record for viewership on Thanksgiving in their normal time slot. According to Sports Illustrated, "The NFL announced a record average viewership of 34.2 million across its three Thanksgiving last week,

It turns out that Americans still love watching the NFL on Thanksgiving Day. The league announced Tuesday the viewership for the three games last

The Detroit Lions' Thanksgiving Day home games have been a tradition dating back to 1934. Millions of fans were already tuning in in to see some lowly Lions teams over the years. Detroit has become an NFC power under coach Dan Campbell,

The game, which had a peak audience of 31.3 million in the second quarter, marked the third consecutive NBC NFL Thanksgiving night game to top 26 million viewers, based on Total Audience Delivery (TAD) derived from live-plus-same-day custom fast nationals from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

Madden patches will be worn on the uniforms of all six teams playing on Thanksgiving Day. The Lions and the Bears at 12:30 p.m. ET, the Giants and the Cowboys at 4:30 p.m., and the Dolphins and the Packers at 8:20 p.m.