Eagles-49ers Ratings Part of a Huge Championship Sunday

The NFC Championship Game was effectively over once every quarterback ever associated with the San Francisco 49ers suffered a brutal injury. But it appears that there was enough weird and wild stuff happening to keep audiences tuned in as Fox Sports released a favorable ratings report for the Philadelphia Eagles' cakewalk victory, which drew 47.5 million viewers.

The bullet points:

FOX's most-watched telecast of any kind since last year's NFC Championship

Peaked at 52.3 million viewers from 5:15-5:30 PM ET

Second most-streamed NFL game in FOX Sports history

It's an impressive number, just nowhere near the one CBS posted in the late window. Which means one network will have all-important bragging rights at the next big television dinner.

CBS earns bragging rights for the most-watched NFL playoff matchup of 2023, as Sunday's AFC Championship Game averaged 53.124M viewers. This marks the biggest draw for a conference title tilt since 2019 (Pats-Chiefs, 53.918M) and gives CBS an 11% lift vs last year's early window.
— Anthony Crupi (@crupicrupicrupi) January 31, 2023

Combined, this was the most-watched Championship Sunday in nine years. Football!