Overview
- CBS disclosed Tuesday that its Week 8 Chiefs–Broncos telecast averaged about 28.175 million viewers, the largest Week‑8 audience in network history.
- Denver overcame a nine‑point fourth‑quarter deficit to beat Kansas City 28–24, with Bo Nix finishing 20-of-32 for 222 yards and two touchdowns and Malcolm Roach sacking Patrick Mahomes on the final play.
- CBS says the result helped lift its season average to roughly 19.56 million viewers and pushed the 4:25 p.m. ET national window to about 25.3 million, making that window the most‑watched program slot this season.
- Industry analysts and CBS credit the high audience to the Chiefs’ status as a national draw, the AFC West stakes of the game, a strong 1 p.m. ET lead-in, and the first late Sunday national slot after the switch to standard time.
- The Week 8 figure adds to a larger trend of elevated NFL viewership this season — CBS holds two of the season’s top broadcasts so far and league‑wide averages through Week 7 were already the best at that point since 2015, with updated figures to include Week 8 expected later this week.