NFL Black Friday Game to Livestream Free on Amazon Prime on 2023 Schedule

Amazon announced it is providing free access to the first-ever NFL Black Friday game, which will stream on Prime Video on Friday, November 24, with an expected 3 p.m. ET kickoff.

Per NFL.com, the teams will be announced when the schedule is released.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said last October (when the Black Friday game was announced) that the league hadn't committed to the game past 2023 but that the NFL does not typically "do things for one year."

Amazon got the rights to the Thursday Night Football package for Prime Video beginning with the 2022 season.

The NFL has played games on Thanksgiving since 1920, except for 1941 to 1944 because of World War II. The tradition started again in 1945 and soon featured a yearly staple, with the Green Bay Packers visiting the Detroit Lions from 1951 to 1963.

The Packers later moved off the Thanksgiving schedule, but the Dallas Cowboys started consistently hosting Thanksgiving games in 1966.

The Lions and Cowboys were generally the only teams to host Thanksgiving games until 2006, when a night game featuring rotating teams came into play to round out the day.

Now another change has been made in the Thanksgiving weekend schedule with a Black Friday contest. It's a day that the NFL can certainly take advantage of given the holiday weekend, as a standalone game could draw huge ratings, especially if the fans can stream for free.