NFL Conference Games Attract Huge US Audience

The two NFL Conference games secured a huge audience over the weekend averaging 53.7 million viewers, ed joining the 2011 season’s championship weekend as the most-watched conference championship Sunday in more than 30 years.

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.

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.