AFC Championship Breaks Audience Record With Another Chiefs Win As NFC Title Game Sees Sharp Decline
deadline.comA Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles is around the corner after this weekend’s conference title games — one of which set an audience record while the other underperformed fairly significantly.
Nearly 58M people tuned in to CBS to watch the Kansas City Chiefs best the Buffalo Bills, setting a record as the most-watched AFC Championship matchup on record.
That’s up 2M from last year’s AFC title game, which at the time was a record-setting audience. It’s also a slight lift from last year’s NFC Championship that aired in the later time period, which is worth noting since the late games do tend to perform better overall.
Speaking of, this year’s NFC Championship saw a sharp decrease in viewership this year, attracting 44.2M on Fox for the Eagles’ win over the Washington Commanders.
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