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.

According to the experts at Pro Football Focus, #Chiefs DL Chris Jones was Kansas City’s highest-graded player in the AFC Championship Game.

A Super Bowl rematch between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles is around the corner after this weekend’s conference title games - one of which set an audience record while the other underperformed fairly significantly.