The numbers have come in from championship weekend and once again, the NFL has proved to be dominant on television and streaming. Combined, the NFC Championship game between the Washington Commanders and the Philadelphia Eagles on FOX Sports and the AFC Championship game between the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs on CBS Sports drew over 100 million viewers.
FOX Sports reports the earlier of the two games brought in an average of 44.2 million viewers. The number includes those who tuned in on FOX, FOX Deportes and the FOX Sports streaming platform. This made the game the most watched telecast on FOX since the same game last year.
The audience for the game peaked from 5:30 p.m. ET to 5:45 p.m. ET at 50.369 million viewers.
CBS had the headliner with the AFC Championship game between the Bills and Chiefs. According to John Ourand of Puck, the game averaged 57.7 million viewers. That is an increase of 4% from last season and makes it the most-watched AFC Championship game in at least 35 years. Ourand added the game also becomes the NFL’s second most-watched non Super Bowl game.
Super Bowl Sunday is February 9th, and the game will be carried by FOX Sports and feature Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews and Tom Rinaldi on the call. Last season, CBS Sports carried the broadcast which was seen by a record 123 million viewers in total. The game had a rating of 42.1
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