Ratings Analysis: Fox's mammoth 'NFC Championship' (14.20) easily outpaced the 2021 AFC Championship (11.83) and gave 'Next Level Chef' (2.59, +2.13) the boost of a lifetime. On ABC, 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (0.37, -0.06) and 'Supermarket Sweep' (0.34, -0.02) lost some ground for their season finales. A 7PM edition of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' (0.44, -0.07) also declined, but 10PM drama 'The Rookie' (0.33, +0.01) got back a hundredth. CBS had football-inflated editions of '60 Minutes' (0.91/0.57), 'The Equalizer' (0.32), and 'SWAT' (0.30), but the boost mostly wore off by the time the drama reruns arrived. NBC had meager encores of 'The Wall' (0.15), 'Dateline' (0.23), and 'Law & Order: SVU' (0.20). Despite having a horrific 'March' repeat lead-in (0.01), The CW's 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' (0.05/0.07) improved dramatically from the week prior (0.02/0.02).
Finals Update: 'NFC Championship' (+4.7), the 8PM '60 Minutes' (+0.1), and 'Celebrity Wheel of Fortune' (+0.1) adjusted up.
(R) = repeat
(F) = finale