NBC, ESPN set network records for divisional-round games

NBC and ESPN/ABC followed CBS' lead by drawing record numbers for their respective NFL divisional-round games.

On Thursday, NBC announced that it averaged 45.4 million viewers for the Los Angeles Rams' 20-17 overtime victory over the Chicago Bears.

That number from Sunday's game represented an 8% increase from a comparable contest in last year's playoffs.

It also marked the most-watched NFL divisional-round broadcast in the network's history, surpassing a 1994 game when the Kansas...