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Cowboys celebrate TD with some whack-a-mole (0:24)

The Cowboys' tight ends celebrate in the end zone after he scored on a 2-yard run. 0: 24.

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The Thanksgiving game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys was the most watched game in the regular season.

The Cowboys' victory on Fox averaged 42 million viewers, which was more than the average for the game between the Giants and 49ers on ABC in 1990. The average viewer record numbers were in the 1980's.

The three games on Thanksgiving Day had an average of 33.5 million viewers, which was a new high for the day.

Over last year's average, the average was up six percent.

The Buffalo Bills 28-25 win over the Detroit Lions on CBS was the most watched early Thanksgiving Day game in history.

The second highest audience for a Thanksgiving night game was for the New England Pats and Minnesota Vikings game. The 2015 game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers was the second-most watched game of all time with 28.6 million viewers.