*CBS Sports’ coverage of the New England-Kansas City AFC Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 20 (6:45-10:15 PM, ET) earned a 31.2/48 average overnight household rating/share in the metered markets, the highest-rated late-window Conference Championship Game in seven years (1/22/12; 33.4/48 HH rating/share; New York Giants-San Francisco).
The Patriots-Chiefs game saw ratings up +26% from last year’s comparable Championship Game window (24.7/38 for Minnesota-Philadelphia in last year’s late-game).
This year’s AFC Championship Game also is the highest-rated program on television since Super Bowl LII programming last year (2/4/18; Philadelphia-New England).
This year’s AFC Championship Game rating peaked with a 36.1/54 from 10:00-10:15 PM, ET.
Top 5 Markets:
Kansas City 60.1/83
Boston 58.5/76
Providence 45.6/61
Buffalo 38.7/51
Hartford 37.7/51
*Press release
