NFL conference championship games see soft viewership despite close finishes
It was the least-watched conference championship weekend since 2021.
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CBS tried digital yard lines that viewers hated during AFC Championship snow game
The superimposed lines just made the AFC Championship broadcast more glitchy.
Gene Steratore flip-flops on controversial Jarrett Stidham fumble call
Steratore went from calling Stidham's play a forward pass to being "clearly backward" in the matter of minutes.
Fans complain as some CBS affiliates show school closings during AFC Championship Game
"Biggest game of the year and I don’t care if Horizon Science Academy is closed tomorrow or not"
NFL conference championships may see bigger TV audiences as winter storm slams country
Americans have canceled travel, other Sunday plans due to inclement weather.
Chiefs-Bills sets AFC Championship viewership record
Viewership for the game was up 3% over last year's record audience.
Jim Nantz closes AFC Championship broadcast by remembering Kobe Bryant’s death
"Kobe Bryant tragically passed away on January. 26th, 2020. Five years ago, today."
Booger McFarland: Josh Allen must ask ‘Was I born in the wrong era?’
"I think Josh Allen has to ask himself, 'Was I born in the wrong era?' Because Mahomes is not going anywhere."
Tony Reali calls for microchip in football after controversial spot on Josh Allen run
"I do not understand how the greatest league in the world still has a guess method."
CBS Sports crew disagree as critical fourth down official review favors Chiefs
"I felt like he gained it by about a third of the football … tough, tough play."
Joe Buck shuts down troll who made erroneous claim on X
"Cold here in KC. Tony Romo and I are about to see who will meet the Eagles in SB LIX."
Can Bills-Chiefs set an AFC Championship viewership record?
The two franchises have created quite the postseason lore in recent years...
CBS Sports vows ‘Doink Cam’ returning for AFC Championship
"If anyone DOINKs a kick in the AFC Championship ... we'll be ready."
Chiefs-Ravens is most-watched AFC Championship Game ever
The AFC Championship smashed even more records for the NFL on CBS.
Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe rip Lamar Jackson’s ‘choke job’
"There's no other way around it, it hurts me to say it, but it's a choke job."
CBS actually showed Taylor Swift for less than half a percent of AFC Championship game time, barely more than crab cakes
Tony Romo nearly lived Greg Olsen’s broadcast nightmare during AFC Championship Game
Romo stopped just short of drawing a penis, but it was dicey there for a moment.
Fox’s Greg Olsen highly praised in presumptive final broadcast alongside Kevin Burkhardt
"Greg Olsen > Tony Romo."
Tony Romo, Taylor Swift exchange compliments after AFC Championship
"We're doing very different things, aren't we? It's a different skill set."
Tony Romo says Lamar Jackson’s pass to himself ‘intercepted a hundred percent’
"This is intercepted a hundred percent by the Chiefs' (Eric) Reid."
The lights went out on CBS’s halftime show during Chiefs-Ravens
"Let there be light!"
Colin Cowherd boldly claims NFC QB Geno Smith can’t win AFC Championship
"I don't see Geno holding up the AFC Championship Trophy." Bold take.
Jim Nantz on post-AFC Championship interview: “I was thinking, ‘Oh my god, I disobeyed, I was insubordinate, and I walked right into the...
"When he started to say the word 'Fight,' the f seemed to take a little longer than normal. I had a lot of thoughts racing through my mind."
NFL conference championship ratings down from recent years, but still huge
Playoff ratings are still down — but are also soaring above everything else on TV.
Is Danny Kanell worse than Mark May? It’s not an unreasonable question
ESPN commentator Danny Kanell is known for trolling SEC fans and the SEC at large. It’s a role...