ESPN’s Monday Night Football matchup this week between the Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars delivered 16.5 million viewers (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and NFL+), the most-watched Week 13 MNF game since 2010 (Jets-Patriots). The audience of 16,484,000 was up 46% year-over-year (Saints-Buccaneers). Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli generated 1 million viewers on ESPN2.
Season-to-date, Monday Night Football is averaging 16.7 million viewers per game through Week 13, up 29% from the same point last season (15 games this season vs. 14 in 2022). The impressive numbers include all televised games, including Week 3 which featured two overlapping games vs. one in the 2022 season. Excluding this year’s Week 3, Monday Night Football would be up 31% year-over-year, averaging 17 million viewers a game.
Ratings have gotten a boost with Disney deciding to simulcast ESPN games on ABC for the remainder of the season, giving fans the chance to watch games without s cable or streaming subscription.
More notes:
- Audience averaged nearly 18 million viewers late in the fourth quarter through overtime (11 – 11:45 p.m.).
- Monday Night Football was the most watched telecast of the night and led across all key demos.
