The first week of Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video was watched by over 13 million people.
The opening game of last year was watched by 8.84 million people.
The local broadcasts of the September 15 game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs were only watched by 1.16 million people, and most of them were on the streaming service.
Football games on Thursday nights averaged over 12 million viewers on Fox.
Thursday Night Football drew a record number of Amazon Prime subscribers in a three-hour period, and the game delivered the most watched night of prime time in the history of Prime Video.
Pre-game coverage on Prime will start at 7 p.m., and the game will start at 8:20p.m.
Amazon is the first to carry a set of games. Free two-day shipping, access to Amazon Prime Video, and other benefits are included in the monthly price of Amazon Prime. Prime Video is a monthly subscription that costs $8.49. The price of Prime went up to $139 from $119 a year.
There are other investments on Prime Video screens right now. The Lord Of The Rings spin-off The Rings Of Power aired on Prime Video. The first season of the show cost $465 million to make and was paid for by Amazon.
Amazon scored big with the first Thursday night football game.
13 million people watched Amazon's debut of 'Thursday Night Football'.
Jeff Bezos was in the movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power".