Ratings - AFC Championship Game Is This Year's Most-Watched NFL Postseason Game as "NFL on CBS" Caps Off Record-Setting Season

[01/28/26 - 06:01 AM] AFC Championship Game Is This Year's Most-Watched NFL Postseason Game as "NFL on CBS" Caps Off Record-Setting Season Patriots-Broncos averaged 48,618,000 viewers and peaked with 57,759,000.

[via press release from CBS Sports]
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS THIS YEAR'S MOST-WATCHED NFL POSTSEASON GAME AS "NFL ON CBS" CAPS OFF RECORD-SETTING SEASON CBS Sports shattered NFL viewership records throughout the year and capped off its most-watched NFL season ever with another massive audience for the AFC Championship Game as the NFL ON CBS recorded the top two most-watched games of the season: The AFC Championship Game is the most-watched game of this year's postseason on any network and averaged 48.618 million viewers, up +10% from last year's comparable early game. Patriots-Broncos peaked at the game's conclusion with nearly 58 million viewers (57.759). The NFL ON CBS delivered the Top Two most-watched games of the season on any network: Chiefs-Cowboys, Thanksgiving, 57.231 million viewers Patriots-Broncos, AFC Championship, 48.618 million viewers CBS Sports had its most-watched NFL season ever, averaging 23.094 million viewers across the regular season and postseason. Paramount+ also registered its most-streamed NFL season ever. The 14 NFL ON CBS national games (10 Sunday national windows, Thanksgiving and three postseason games) averaged 31.374 million viewers, the best ever for the Network. Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel

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