Overview
- CBS announced Tuesday that its Week 8 broadcast of Chiefs–Broncos averaged about 28.175 million viewers, the largest audience for a Week 8 game in network history.
- The game ended with Denver rallying for a 28-24 win by scoring 15 unanswered fourth-quarter points, and Patrick Mahomes still finished 30-of-41 for 321 yards and three touchdowns.
- With the Chiefs–Broncos telecast, CBS now holds the two most-watched games of the 2026 season and reports its 4:25 p.m. national window is averaging about 25.306 million viewers.
- CBS says its season-to-date average is roughly 19.56 million viewers, a gain of about 5% from this point last year, even as league-wide averages through Week 7 sat near 18.4 million per game.
- The numbers underscore Kansas City’s continuing value as a TV draw, which is shaping network scheduling, ad demand and the way broadcasters assign marquee national windows while the Chiefs sit 5-2 in a tight AFC West race.