Monday night's ESPN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game - a Chicago Bears' 27-19 road victory over the New York Jets - ranked as the top telecast of the night across cable and broadcast among the key male demos and adults 18-34, helping ESPN win the night among all networks in households, as well as all key male and adult demos.
The game averaged an 8.4 household US rating, representing 9,766,000 households and 13,265,000 viewers (P2+), according to Nielsen. It peaked from 9:15-10 p.m. at a 9.6 rating, and with 15,529,000 viewers. In Chicago, the game delivered a 17.5 rating on ESPN and a 14.6 on WCIU-IND, for a combined 32.1 rating in the market. In New York, the game delivered a 8.1 rating on ESPN and a 3.6 on WPIX-CW, for a combined 11.7 rating in the market. (Note: there was a correction to the metered market ratings previously reported by ESPN on Tuesday morning) The top 10 metered markets (in addition to the markets of the competing teams) included: Las Vegas (14.8), San Diego (14.0), New Orleans (13.1), Phoenix (12.7), Norfolk (12.4), Baltimore (11.1), Richmond (11.0), Indianapolis (10.8), Jacksonville (10.6) and West Palm Beach (10.6). Through the first three weeks (four games), ESPN's MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is averaging an 8.3 household US rating; 9,637,000 households and 13,353,000 viewers.Videos