‘Fire Country’ Post-AFC Championship Episode Delivers Best 7-Day Scripted Broadcast Audience In A Year For CBS
deadline.comFire Country rode the coattails of the AFC Championship to red hot ratings for its January 29 episode. The episode, which moved from its usual Friday primetime spot on CBS to Sunday after the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Cincinnati Bengals, tallied 12.22M total viewers in seven-day viewing, which is up about 20% from the 10M that tuned in same-day.
The episode’s delayed viewership marks the second best seven-day audience for a scripted series this season, coming in just behind the season premiere of Yellowstone (which posted 12.68M viewers).
It’s also the best seven-day audience for a broadcast television scripted series since the NCIS: Hawai’i episode that aired after last year’s AFC Championship.
It’s fairly typical for shows on any network with an NFL lead-in, especially a playoff game, to get a boost in ratings. This year’s Kansas City Chiefs vs.
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