Mannings’ “MNF” broadcast jumps 138%, averages 1.9 million

NEW YORK — The “Monday Night Football” presumption with Peyton and Eli Manning accrued its viewership by 138% implicit past week’s debut, becoming the most-watched alternate telecast successful ESPN history.

ESPN and Nielsen reported that the Mannings’ freewheeling telecast of the Green Bay Packers’ 35-17 triumph implicit the Detroit Lions connected ESPN2 averaged 1.9 cardinal viewers. The Week 1 overtime thriller betwixt the Baltimore Ravens and Las Vegas Raiders averaged 800,000.

The erstwhile precocious for an ESPN alternate presumption was 1.03 cardinal for the January 2018 College Football Playoff title crippled betwixt Alabama and Georgia connected ESPN2.

Monday night’s crippled had an wide mean of 13.81 cardinal crossed ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Deportes.

The Mannings are scheduled to bash 8 much Monday nighttime games this season, including adjacent week’s contention betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys. The remaining 7 person not been determined.

NFL viewership is up 14% implicit the archetypal 2 weeks past year, according to the league and Nielsen. The 17.7 cardinal mean viewership is the highest since 2016.

The Dallas Cowboys’ triumph implicit the Los Angeles Rams connected CBS precocious Sunday day averaged 24.29 million, making it the most-watched programme connected tv for the week.

The NBC “Sunday Night Football” crippled betwixt the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens averaged 20.8 cardinal connected TV and online.