The National Football League is giddy tonight. It’s giddy over the viewership numbers which say the AFC and NFC Championship Games drew an average of over 50 million viewers.
Together, they averaged 53.7 million.
The AFC Championship on CBS brought in 51.3 million viewers making it the third most-watched AFC Championship ever.
The NFC Championship saw an average of 55.9 million viewers making that the 5th most-watched NFC Championship ever.
We have numbers and charts below.
BOTH CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AVERAGE MORE THAN 50 MILLION VIEWERS
GAMES COMBINE TO AVERAGE 53.7 MILLION VIEWERS; TIES 2011 CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AS MOST-WATCHED IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS
49ERS-SEAHAWKS FIFTH MOST-WATCHED CONF. CHAMPIONSHIP EVERFootball fans across America continue to tune in to NFL games in BIG numbers. This weekend’s conference championship games averaged 53.7 million viewers, joining the 2011 season’s championship weekend as the most-watched conference championship Sunday in more than 30 years (January 1982; game-by-game comparison below).
The San Francisco 49ers-Seattle Seahawks NFC Championship Game on FOX averaged 55.9 million viewers to rank as the fifth most-watched conference championship game ever (chart below).
The New England Patriots-Denver Broncos AFC Championship Game on CBS averaged 51.3 million viewers to rank as the third most-watched AFC Championship Game ever (New York Jets-Pittsburgh Steelers 1/23/11, 54.9 million, CBS; San Diego Chargers-Cincinnati Bengals 1/10/82, 51.6 million, NBC). The conference championship games are television’s two most-watched shows since Super Bowl XLVII.
2013 NFL Conference Championship Games
Date Network (Game) Viewers Jan. 19, 2014 CBS (Patriots at Broncos) 51.3 million Jan. 19, 2014 FOX (49ers at Seahawks) 55.9 million CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND AVERAGE 53.7 million 2011 NFL Conference Championship Games
Date Network (Game) Viewers Jan. 22, 2012 CBS (Ravens at Patriots) 48.7 million Jan. 22, 2012 FOX (Giants at 49ers) 57.6 million CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND AVERAGE 53.7 million 1981 NFL Conference Championship Games
Date Network (Game) Viewers Jan. 10, 1982 NBC (Chargers at Bengals) 51.6 million Jan. 10, 1982 CBS (Cowboys at 49ers) 68.7 million CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND AVERAGE 60.2 million Most-Watched NFL Conference Championship Games
Date Network (Game) Viewers Jan. 10, 1982 CBS (Cowboys at 49ers) 68.7 million Jan. 24, 2010 FOX (Vikings at Saints-OT) 57.9 million Jan. 22, 2012 FOX (N.Y. Giants at 49ers-OT) 57.6 million Jan. 15, 1995 FOX (Cowboys-49ers) 56.8 million Jan. 19, 2013 FOX (49ers-Seahawks) 55.9 million Source: NFL & The Nielsen Company, Fast National Data
That is all.
