How to Watch The Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills AFC Championship Game this Sunday

By Lauren Wilrich | Edited by Abby Kass

Updated Jan 27, 2025 5:33 am ET

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The Kansas City Chiefs are back for a seventh year in the AFC Championship, and this time it’s a showdown against the Buffalo Bills this Sunday, Jan. 26. Patrick Mahomes and the rest of the team began their 2025 NFL Playoffs run against the Texans and claimed a 23-14 victory in that divisional round game.

If the Chiefs advance, it will be their third Super Bowl appearance in a row, with a total of four Super Bowls since the 2020 season.

This game is the fourth time out of the last five seasons that the Chiefs and the Bills have met in the playoffs. The Chiefs are favored to win the game, given their two previous Super Bowl victories, however the Bills and Chiefs met earlier this season, and the Bills won 30-21.

With a possible Super Bowl three-peat on the line for Kansas City, here’s everything you need to know about the Chiefs vs. Bills game, from the start time to how to watch the game.

When is the 2025 AFC Championship game?

Kickoff for the Chiefs vs. Bills game is set for 6:30 p.m. ET, on Sunday, Jan. 26.

How can I watch the Chiefs vs. Bills for free?

The AFC Championship game will be shown live on CBS, so if you’re in the KC area, you can tune into channel 5.

You can also stream the game and all NFL on CBS games on Paramount+ with your phone, tablet or one of many streaming devices, including Apple TV, Fire TV and Roku. Paramount+ has a free one-week trial, so you can sign up and catch the game. And it’s $12/month after the trial.

Watch For Free With Paramount+

You can also watch the Chiefs with fubo, which has a seven-day free trial. With a quick sign up, fubo gives you access to 185+ channels to watch live sports and top TV shows, along with unlimited DVR storage and the ability to have 10 active streams at a time. You’ll save $5 on your first month with the free trial, making the total $74.99, and then it’s $79.99/month after your first month of service.

Watch For Free With fubo

Where is the 2025 AFC Championship game being played?

The Chiefs will go head-to-head with the Bills at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, where the Chiefs have a 9-0 record this season.

Lauren Wilrich

Author McClatchy Commerce

Lauren is a Commerce Updates Editor at McClatchy. She is based in Houston, Texas, and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. Lauren has written for women’s accessories and home goods brands and has edited commerce content for numerous publications with a focus on home and kitchen gadgets, health, and beauty verticals. When she’s not editing, she can be found enjoying Houston’s restaurant scene and attempting DIY arts and crafting projects.

Abby Kass

Editor McClatchy Commerce

Abby Kass is a Commerce Content Editor at McClatchy covering kids/babies, pets, beauty, and more. With more than seven years experience writing and editing shopping content, Abby has a strong understanding of how important commerce content really is and its important value to readers. She loves browsing online and finding innovative, unique, and just down-right cool products. Before McClatchy, Abby started her career working for Parents Magazine where she fell in love with writing about products. She then spent six years at BuzzFeed falling deeper into the shopping world writing more than 1,500 product roundups and reviews. She sees shopping as a sport and has worked hard at mastering it in order to help make people’s lives easier as they find cool and useful products.

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