TV Ratings Show Big Increases For Title Games

DENVER (The Sports Xchange) – The NFL conference championship games showed ratings increases in both time slots Sunday.
Denver’s 20-18 AFC Championship Game victory over New England had a huge ratings number for the 17th duel between star quarterbacks Peyton Manning of the Broncos and Tom Brady of the Patriots.
According to Nielsen estimates as reported by Variety on Monday, the early game on CBS drew a 31.8 overnight rating, a 9 percent increase from last year’s 29.1 overnight