While rookie quarterback sam darnold brought new hope to new york jets fans, a couple of lopsided scores drove week 1 ratings of monday night football to their lowest level since espn. Week 1 sees the houston texans take on the new orleans saints at mercedesbenz superdome at 7. Mnf finale sets recordlow, but season hits high sports. It marked just the second time since week 3 that mnf has declined. Monday night football ratings hit week 14 low sports media. For me personally, i also find that football is severely oversaturated by the time monday comes. From 1970 to 2005, it aired on sister broadcast network abc. Monday night football hits likely recordlow rating. According to deadline, early numbers show that espn came away with ratings that were percent lower than last weeks game, when the minnesota vikings beat the chicago bears 2017. Oct 17, 2017 and yet the nfl is still kowtowing to the players and now pushing a progressive agenda via daily caller.
Monday was a good night to be drew brees, and not such a great night to be the nfl or espn. The backlash for the nfl and national anthem protests isnt over. Via deadline hollywood monday night football ratings fall to season low as titans break colts streak. Espn holds the rights to monday night football and will cover 17 games from week 1 through week 16. Weekly view of the schedules including links to tickets, broadcast channels, and printable views. Monday night football ratings hit record low in 17 sports. Espn monday night football abbreviated as mnf and also known as espn monday night football on abc for rare live special broadcast is a live television broadcast of weekly national football league nfl games on espn in the united states. Monday night football ratings are the lowest for week 14. Mondays matchup is the third lowest mnf this ratings. However, despite the smaller number of protests, the nfls tv ratings are still falling to alltime lows. Monday night football posts lowest week 2 ratings ever. Like those who gripe that saturday night live used to be funny, nfl fans gaze. Fourth lowest rating ever for monday night football by joe concha 111517 10.
Oct 09, 2018 monday was a good night to be drew brees, and not such a great night to be the nfl or espn. The nfl served up the texans and the ravens on the week 12 edition of monday night football, and nfl viewers seem to have resoundingly said, no thank you. Sep 20, 2016 week 2 of the nfl season is picking up right where week 1 ended in terms of tv ratings. Under a new nfl policy, the nfl officially adopted a thursday night. Seattles win ranks as the lowest rated and leastwatched week 14 edition of mnf since 2011 ramsseahawks. From 19702005, the abc television network carried these games, with the espn cable television network taking over beginning in september 2006. Monday night football ratings tackled to near season low as falcons win. Nfls monday night football sets record low in ratings for. That makes it the lowest rated mnf contest of the year for the nfl and espn.
Beginning in the 1970 nfl season, the national football league began scheduling a weekly regular season game on monday night before a national television audience. Dec 19, 2017 monday night football ratings tackled to near season low as falcons win. Monday night football draws lowest ever week 2 overnight for espn the week 2 good ratings news did not translate to espn. The coltstitans monday night football matchup delivered a. Monday night football ratings and viewership have now declined in four straight seasons. With it, a bevy of primetime matchups have been set, including the monday night football slate the nfl regular season officially kicks off on thursday, sept. In fact, it was probably 45 minutes, an hour after it, and i just remembered, oh, my gosh, theres a monday night game on. Wwe raw viewership is hitting historic lows against a. Monday night football ratings slip to a season low weasel. Espns broadcast checks every box when it comes to bad tv. Overblown announcing, incoherent analysis and bizarre graphics.
Monday night football scores lowest ratings since 2006. Find out the 2019 attendance numbers for every nfl football team. Wwe raw ratings drop to lowest of 2019 with taped christmas. After a record breaking broadcast last week, espn experienced the lowest monday night football ratings of the season. This was the first season that the rams did not appear in one of the final two games of the season. Monday night football signals the end of the week for the nfl, and never has it gone out with less of a bang than in 2007 when pittsburgh played miami in the worst monday night football. Monday night football hits season low ratings despite star. Monday night football delivered its smallest audience of the season for espn. Ratings for the nfls first telecasts this season are holding their own against last years running tally despite the lowest week 2 rating for monday night football since the game. What was the lowest scoring monday night football game of. List of monday night football results 197089 wikipedia. Espns monday night matchup between the tennessee titans and indianapolis colts drew a 6. Sep 11, 2018 the nfls primetime numbers suffered greatly during the season opener, and on sunday night football.
Oct 10, 2017 espns monday night football hit a season low in the ratings last night despite the halftime debut of the muchanticipated new trailer for star wars. Blame thursday night football for ratings decline, not protesting. Espns lowestrated mnf game to date was the new york giants defeat of the. The mnf clash between houston and baltimore drew only a 6.
Monday night football ratings tackled to near season low. Once again three of the miami dolphins took a knee during the playing of the national anthem and once again the florida nfl team came up short. Monday night football ratings are the lowest for week 14 since. It felt like a little bit of history was being made on monday night football as the tennessee titans finally snapped their 11game consecutive losses to the indianapolis colts last night. For the season, monday night football averaged a 6. Monday s matchup is the third lowest mnf this ratings challenged and controversy entangled season. Sep 27, 2016 the lowest reported overnight rating for a monday night football game was a 5.
By the time monday night football starts, its 830pm. Apr 19, 2005 the average audience for monday night football fell to 16. Espns monday night football tv problems continued this week, with the network suffering its lowest ever overnight ratings for week 2. Surveying the ratings landscape for monday night football and the nfl this season, you wouldnt be blamed for mistaking it for the barren. If mnf continues to slide as a tv property, the question. And as the early returns from monday night football start to trickle in, that trend doesnt look like its changing. Espns monday night football ratings crash to historic low. With monday night football ratings down, should espn go. Miami dolphins on monday night football another nfl. Raw ratings hit alltime modern low outside football season. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Espn monday night football ratings hit seasonlow thehill. Monday night football posts lowest week 2 ratings ever recorded link to.
Some 2017 games are also available to stream through. Monday night football mnf is a live broadcast of the national football. Monday night football ratings slip to a season low the. Ratings for the nfls season opener on thursday night fell 8 percent from last years opener to their lowest level in a decade. The national football league continues to hemorrhage fans as player protests during the national anthem continue into their tenth week. List of national football league records team wikipedia. Monday night football ratings tackled to near season low as. Watch the live drive chart and realtime highlights, get stats and game insights, and discover how to watch the game. Espn touts higher monday night football ratings despite. And last weeks edition of monday night football was down doubledigits from the 2016 season.
With the shit matchup, i have no will power to watch that game. The 111 san diego chargers hosted the 39 new york jets, with the chargers pulling an upset 2416 victory. The monday night football ratings for week 6 were the lowest of the season as the tennessee titans beat the indianapolis colts 3622 in nashville, tennessee. Raw ratings hit alltime modern low outside football season amidst worries about wwes current slide raws 2. Espn monday night football is a live television broadcast of weekly national football league. This weekends sunday night football failed to reverse the downward trend and the same holds true for last. While the new orleans saints quarterback became the leagues alltime leader in passing yards after a. Monday night football ratings slip to a season low. Espns monday night football recorded its lowest ratings of the season despite a close game between the chicago bears and minnesota vikings and the premiere of the highly anticipated star wars.
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This is a list of records set by various teams in various categories in the national football league nfl. That makes it the lowest rated mnf contest of the year for the nfl and. May 09, 2018 in the united states, nfl football games are broadcast every sunday on overtheair networks, every monday night on espns monday night football, and every thursday on nfl network cable, cbs broadcast, or nbc broadcast. Dec 11, 2018 58 responses to monday night football ratings are the lowest for week 14 since 2011. Monday night football ratings plummet to season low. Wwe raw viewership is hitting historic lows against a resurgent monday night football wwes numbers for raw havent been trending well, but they might not need to be worried. These teams last met back in 2015 in a game that baltimore narrowly won at. Nfl ratings hold steady despite new low for monday night. Oct 11, 2016 according to austin karp who is the assistant managing editor of sports business daily, monday nights matchup between the tampa bay buccaneers and carolina panthers didnt attract many viewers even though it was a prime time rivalry game. In fact, the game received the worst week 5 rating for monday night football in nearly a decade. Monday night football ratings fall to season low as titans break colts streak it felt like a little bit of. Bank stadium for a week 16 nfc north showdown monday night.
Coverage of professional football featuring teams from the national football league airing on monday nights during the nfls regular season. Well look at the odds and see why theyre moving a certain way, along with breaking down the matchup and providing the weeks best bets the green bay packers and minnesota vikings will face off u. The final monday night football game of the season offered one of the least attractive contests in the sixyear history of the program. Monday night football draws lowest ever week 2 overnight. The baltimore ravenscleveland browns game drew a 3. Nov 28, 2017 the nfl served up the texans and the ravens on the week 12 edition of monday night football, and nfl viewers seem to have resoundingly said, no thank you. The coltstitans monday night football matchup delivered a season low in the ratings a plodding matchup on mnf led to a ratings slide. It also snapped a streak of six straight increases for monday night football. However, with sunday night football rising this week again and now monday night football up double digits from last weeks season low, things. A lot of people are tuning out of games that used to be the most popular. Monday night football hit season low as ravens win. Also, the ratings for the last game of the regular season were often low. Espn screen shot lions quarterback matthew stafford grabs his knee after getting hit during detroits season opening loss to the new york jets.
Nfl season opener ratings down 8 percent from last year. I have a feeling the broadcast team will be new next season. While the new orleans saints quarterback became the. Odds, prediction, tv channel, streaming, game pick for monday night football in week 15 drew brees will look to keep new orleans in the hunt for homefield advantage in the. Monday night football falls to lowestever ratings rush. Monday night football american football database fandom. Dec 26, 2018 not everyone has been thrilled with the firstyear announcing team for monday night football, but espn was happy wednesday to tout the shows ratings this season as an improvement upon its. It also makes president trumps tuesday morning twitter shot at the league. As of december 27, 2010, the monday night football franchise had aired a total of. According to deadline, espn walked away with ratings that were 17 percent lower than the mnf game just the week before. Ratings for monday night football plummeted to a season low in week 5, despite the well promoted release of star wars. Nfl tv viewership dropped an average of 8 percent this season.
I know im not gonna finish watching the game, as it ends around 1pm. Dec 24, 2019 wwe raw ratings drop to lowest of 2019 with taped christmas episode. Monday night football ratings are the lowest for week 14 since 2011. Oct 17, 2017 in a season plagued with controversy over the u. Monday night football ratings hit an alltime record low in week 16, but the full season was the mostwatched in three years. It also makes president trumps tuesday morning twitter shot at. Nfls monday night football continues to fall in ratings. It felt like a little bit of history was being made on monday night football as the tennessee titans finally snapped their streak of 11 consecutive losses to the indianapolis colts. It was the first season of monday night football produced by bob goodrich, who would lead the production team for another 6 years. Monday night nfl ratings sink to season low league has. Oct 17, 2017 the monday night football ratings for week 6 were the lowest of the season as the tennessee titans beat the indianapolis colts 3622 in nashville, tennessee. Odds, prediction, how to watch, everything to know for monday night football russell wilson will deliver jimmy garoppolo his first loss of the 2019 season.
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The lowest rated monday night football game this season an october game between the tennessee titans and indianapolis colts was obviously a meeting of small market teams, but also came in. According to preliminary ratings provided by nielsen media research, the vikings 2017 victory in chicago was down 17 percent. Monday night football ratings hit record low in 17. Reviews of the actual game have been largely negative especially if youre a bears fan, but the trailer has gotten a glowing reception from star wars fans, who will be hard at work for some time dissecting the roughly 2minute. Espns monday night football hit a season low in the ratings last night despite the halftime debut of the muchanticipated new trailer for star wars. Monday night football ratings fall to season low as.