NFL continues gains

Monday Night Football out of Mexico City averaged 12,677,000 viewers on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, according to Nielsen to help ESPN win the night among all networks, broadcast or cable, in households, viewers and all key male and adult demos (18-34, 18-49, 25-54 and 55+). Through 12 games, MNF’s average audience of 12,604,000 viewers is up 6% season-to-date. ESPN Deportes Monday Night Football average audience of 101,000 viewers is up 22% season-to-date.

Catching up on NFL viewership numbers:
NBC Sports saw the Bears/Rams matchup on Sunday Night Football average a Total Audience Delivery of 17.2 Million Viewers. Through 11 weeks (12 games), NBC’s SNF is averaging a Total Audience Delivery of 20.5 million viewers – the highest 11-week average for the series since 2015, and up 4% over the same point last season.
FOX Sports is reporting that its season-to-date NFC package is averaging 18,386,000 viewers to rank as the network’s best since 2016. FOX NFL Sunday is averaging 4,811,000 viewers, up 4%.
CBS Sports’ national 4:25p game window scored in Week 11 on Sunday with the highest-rated NFL game telecast on any network this season with a 14.0/29 average national household rating/share, up 4% from last year. Through 11 weeks of the NFL season, The NFL on CBS’ season-to-date viewership hit its best in three years, up 7% compared to last year.

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