CBS Gets Dream AFC Championship Matchup, New England at Denver

CBS could not be happier with the #1 vs. #2 matchup in next Sunday’s AFC Championship. The only drawback is that it’s the early game on Sunday, January 19 as the NFC Championship on Fox gets the late slot.

The AFC Championship between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos will air on CBS at 3 p.m. ET. The NFL Today will begin the Tiffany Network’s coverage at 2 p.m. live from CBS’ world headquarters in New York.

Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson will be in Denver for the call.

This will mark the 4th time that quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will meet in the AFC Championship game and you know that CBS will play that angle up.

Here’s CBS’ press release.

AFC Championship“THE NFL ON CBS” TRAVELS TO DENVER FOR 2014 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ON SUNDAY, JAN. 19

THE NFL ON CBS, in its 54th year broadcasting the NFL, travels to Denver, Colo. for coverage of the 2014 American Football Conference Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 19 (3:00 PM, ET) as the AFC East Champions and No. 2-seeded New England Patriots (13-4) take on the AFC West Division Champions and No. 1-seeded Denver Broncos (14-3) live on the CBS Television Network.

THE NFL ON CBS’s coverage begins with THE NFL TODAY, the Network’s studio show, at 2:00 PM, ET on Sunday, live from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.

THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action, along with Tracy Wolfson reporting, live from Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver. Lance Barrow is the coordinating producer and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game director.

Sean McManus is Chairman, CBS Sports, and serves as executive producer of CBS Sports’ coverage of THE NFL ON CBS. David Berson is President, CBS Sports.  Harold Bryant is Executive Producer and Vice President, Production, CBS Sports.

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And for the first time ever, CBS Sports will continue streaming its coverage of the American Football Conference Playoffs on CBSSports.com. Streaming coverage includes the national broadcasts of the AFC Wild Card Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 5, the AFC Divisional Playoff Games on Saturday, Jan. 11 and Sunday, Jan. 12, and the AFC Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 19.  Live streams of CBS Sports’ AFC playoff games will be available to fans on laptops, desktops and tablets at CBSSports.com here: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/postseason/bracket

That’s all.

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