Ravens-Raiders Delivers ESPN’s Second Most-Watched Week 1 MNF Game
MNF MegaCast Viewership Up 42% and 17%,
ESPN’s Monday Night Football MegaCast presentation of the Baltimore Ravens at Las Vegas Raiders (Sept. 13, 8:15 p.m. ET) delivered an impressive audience of 15,292,000 viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, and ESPN Deportes.
The audience for Raiders’ thrilling 33-27 overtime win represents ESPN’s best MNF Week 1 viewership since 2013 and second most-watched Week 1 game since it began airing Monday Night Football.
Additionally, the MegaCast audience for Allegiant Stadium’s first NFL regular season game with fans is up 42% and 17%, respectively, from the first MNF doubleheader game (7 p.m. kickoff) in 2020 and 2019. In both years, the first game of the doubleheader was the most-viewed game out of the two Week 1 games. On ESPN2 alone, Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli registered an audience of 800,000 viewers.
“ESPN’s culture of innovation inspired the launching of the MegaCast concept in 2004,” said Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN and Sports Content. “Last night’s Monday Night Football presentation demonstrated ESPN’s continued creative evolution and unparalleled ability to reach fans through every available platform.”
Note: Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli also streamed on ESPN+. Viewership for that feed is not included in this release. ESPN+ also streamed Between the Lines and the audience for that viewing option is not included in the total audience.
Additional Ravens-Raiders MNF Viewership Highlights:
Monday Night Football was the most-watched telecast of the night among households, viewers, and all keys demo:
Men
18-34
18-49
25-54
55+
as well as persons
18-34
18-49
25-54
P5+ on both ESPN and ABC
Monday Night Football also helped ESPN and ABC become the most-watched networks (broadcast and cable) in prime time among households, viewers and the same key male and people demos
Baltimore was the highest-rated local market, followed by Las Vegas and Sacramento.
The complete Top 10:
RankMarketLocal Rating
1. Baltimore30.0
2. Las Vegas18.4
3. Sacramento16.4
4. Kansas City16.0
5. San Diego15.9
6. San Francisco14.4
7. Seattle 13.8
8. Denver 13.6
9. Cleveland 13.5
10. Portland 13.3
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Waller or Kelce?
Can't argue with either one Kelce makes that big play when needed, isn't as fast as Wally but knows exactly where to be on the field.
Waller is way too big for corners and way to fast for LB's Kelce may not be too fast for some LB's but his situational awareness makes up for that.
Any team would be happy with either
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