The NFL has finalized its schedule for Week 17, eliminating the Sunday night game so as to ensure that all games with playoff implications that impact each other will be played at the same time.
The last time the NFL regular season didn't end with a night game, either on Sunday or Monday, was in 1977 -- the last season under the 14-game schedule. The last time the final NFL Sunday fell on New Year's Eve was in 2006.
Games on both Fox and CBS have been impacted, with Fox flexing both NFC South games. Due in part to a back-loaded divisional schedule, the NFC South remains the only division that has not yet been clinched.