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NFL exec: Detroit Lions 'have played their way into bigger national television windows'

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NFL exec: Detroit Lions ' have played their way into bigger national television windows' - Data showed a significant increase in viewers after 1 p.m. during last year's Thanksgiving game.

The Lions-Chicago Bears game last year averaged 37.5 million viewers, a smidge below the Cowboys-New York Giants game ( 38.8 million ).