Following an entertaining weekend of football, the 2024 AFC Championship Game and 2024 NFC Championship Game are officially set. The Kansas City Chiefs will play host to the Buffalo Bills on the AFC side of things. That game will have a familiar New York Giants feel from a coaching staff standpoint on both sidelines.
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The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills extended one of the NFL's hottest rivalries on Sunday. Fans were clearly interested in the AFC Championship Game matchup. Kansas City advanced to the Super Bowl with a 32-29 win over Buffalo at Arrowhead Stadium.
Another thrilling game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills delivered a record-setting audience for CBS. Sunday’s AFC Championship game averaged 57.4 million viewers on CBS, beating out last year’s record audience of 55.
Kansas City's win that put them a win away from a third straight Super Bowl title averaged 57.4 million viewers for CBS, according to the Sports Business Journal's Austin Karp. The number tops the previous AFC title game record of 55.5 million set during last year's game between the Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens.
The Bills, who have lost seven straight road playoff games dating back three decades, beat the Chiefs, 30-21, in Week 11 in a game played in Buffalo. The Chiefs are a mind-boggling 15-2 in playoff games played since 2020 (they beat the Bills in three of those games, including a win in the 2021 AFC championship), so, yeah, they’re battle-tested.
This new record for the most-watched AFC Championship game was nearly 58 million, which is an increase of 2 million compared to last year's AFC title game, which previously held the viewership record. It also slightly surpassed last year's NFC Championship, which aired later in the day — typically a time slot that performs better overall.
The Buffalo Bills were sent home from the playoffs in heartbreak once again after falling to the Kansas City Chiefs in a thrilling 32-29 AFC title game. After
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