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Need more proof that NFL football is the hottest thing on TV at the moment? CBS’ broadcast of the AFC Divisional Playoff game on Sunday, which featured the New York Jets’ 28-21 win over the New England Patriots, averaged a staggering 43.5 million viewers, to rank as the most-watched Divisional Playoff game ever on any network. It was up 22% from last year’s Jets-San Diego faceoff. On Saturday, CBS’ broadcast of the AFC Divisional Playoff game featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 31-24 win over the Baltimore Ravens averaged 34 million viewers, up 11% over last year’s Baltimore-Indianapolis game and the highest viewer average for the Saturday AFC or NFC Divisional playoff game on any network since 1988. The two games’ average of 38.5 million viewers was the highest viewer average ever for any network’s two AFC or NFC games during a Divisional Playoff weekend.
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Wait until the numbers for the Bears-Packers NFC title game come out. It’ll be insane. 60-70 million plus?
“New York Jets’ 28-21 win over the New England Patriots”
Did you HAVE to write it like that? Couldn’t you have just said, “the Pats/Jets game” or something…
Drive a stake into my heart, why doncha…
Oh, where’s my violin??
You DO realize that in the last 10 years, you guys have 3 Superbowl championships, 2 World Series championships, and an NBA Championship??
Try living in Oakland sometime, BT!!!!
Boston still needs a Stanley Cup!
Yes, sethj — lots to be thankful for. But the sting of losing the classless Jets is sharp…
*losing TO* meant to say
I suspect the NFC Championship will attract about 55 million people, while the AFC Championship will draw about 60 million viewers.
And Super Bowl XLV?? Look for 150 million viewers; maybe more if a major storm or cold wave blankets large parts of the country!
I wonder how long it will be before the NFL moves Sunday start times during the first two weekends of the playoffs from the current 1:05 and 4:35 P.M. EST to 3:05 and 6:35 EST; and moves one of the conference championship games from 3:05 P.M. EST Sunday to 7:35 P.M. EST Saturday.
That way, seven of the eleven NFL postseason games (indluding both conference championships) would be played mostly or entirely in prime-time on the East Coast.
My guess: You’ll see the start times outlined above go into effect next year.