"Sunday Night Football" on New Year's Eve has been canceled.

The NFL has decided to forgo having a primetime game Sunday, instead opting to have all the games at the 1 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. ET time slots.

"We felt that both from a competitive standpoint and from a fan perspective, the most fair thing to do is to schedule all Week 17 games in either the 1 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. ET windows," NFL senior vice president of broadcasting Howard Katz said.

"This ensures that we do not have a matchup on 'Sunday Night Football' on New Year's Eve that because of earlier results has no playoff implications for one or both of the competing teams."