Dude Perfect will return as an alternative stream on Amazon Prime Video for the Jets’ Black Friday game with the Broncos, The Post has learned.
Dude Perfect, which has more than 100 million social media followers for their sports and comedy performances, also will have an Amazon Prime Video stream the following Thursday, Nov. 30, for the Cowboys and Seahawks.
The Dudes did four Amazon Thursday night streams last year.
“They have this massive following that they built from scratch,” Jared Stacy, Prime Video’s sports director of live production, told The Post. “They are just a natural fit as we try to reach younger audiences — especially young audiences that aren’t watching linear television the way they were and aren’t watching games the way they might have a generation before.”
The Jets’ game, a 3 p.m. kickoff, the day after Thanksgiving, works well for the Dudes’ younger audience, as it doesn’t compete with bedtime. The Dallas game is near the group’s home in Frisco, Texas.
“We thought that was the perfect one-two punch,” said Chad Coleman, Dude Perfect’s chief brand officer
Dude Perfect Amazon’s shows were more sporadic during last season. The idea of having their performances on back-to-back weeks was designed to offer more continuity.
Stream the game live on Thursday night on Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video’s goal is to make Black Friday an NFL tradition, just like the Thanksgiving Day games.
The Dudes are designed to make that happen.
Amazon declined to say how many people watched last season’s editions or how much the Dudes are paid, but it is eager to build on what it started a year ago.
“By presenting the game in a different way, with characters like Dude Perfect that you know hit and resonate with that audience, it felt like a no-brainer,” Stacy said.
FDU to YES
Fairleigh Dickinson University basketball is finalizing a deal to have eight basketball games on YES this season, according to sources, as it leverages the momentum from its men’s upset of No. 1 seeded Purdue in last year’s NCAA Tournament.
Six of the games will be men’s hoops, while two will be women’s.
Jordan Sarnoff, 21, FDU’s director of athletic media relations and a senior sport management major, has negotiated the deal with YES’ director of programming Marc LaPlace.
The games will be produced by FDU, and Paul Dottino will be on play-by-play. Sarnoff graduates from FDU in December but will stay in his job until April.
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