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AFC Championship Game

2005-01-23 · NFL · CBS

44,334,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

44.334M Sports Media Watch, verbatim

44,334,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksCBS

TeamsNew England Patriots · Pittsburgh Steelers

ScorePatriots 41, Steelers 27

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

AFC Championship Game

2004-01-18 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

40,115,000

Super Bowl XXXVIII

2004-02-01 · CBS · Nielsen, final · Nielsen

89,795,000

2 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on CBS, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

AFC Championship Game (2005-01-23): 44,334,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2026-08-27, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/afc-nfc-championship-ratings-history/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nfl-patriots-steelers-2005-01-23, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Before Out-of-Home, since Jan 1950

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