CBS’ overnight ratings for the AFC Championship between the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos are the highest dating back to 1987 when the Broncos took on the Cleveland Browns on NBC.
The rating of 29.5 and 52 share is the second highest for the AFC Championship and it’s 13% better than last year’s Conference Championship early window which contained the NFC Championship on Fox.
Here are the CBS numbers for the AFC Championship.
“THE NFL ON CBS” SCORES WITH SECOND HIGHEST RATING FOR AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 27 YEARS
CBS Sports’ coverage of the 2014 AFC Championship Game featuring the Denver Broncos defeating the New England Patriots on Sunday, Jan. 19 (3:00-6:15 PM, ET), earned an average overnight household rating/share of 29.5/52, which is the second-highest rating in the metered markets for an AFC Championship in 27 years (1/11/87; 31.9 HH rating; Denver-Cleveland -OT; NBC).
The 29.5/52 is up 13% from the early-game window last year (26.1/48; San Francisco-Atlanta), and up 6% from last year’s 27.9/42 for Baltimore-New England, which aired in the late window.
This year’s AFC Championship Game rating peaked at a 32.8/55 from 5:30-6:00 PM, ET.
Very good rating.
