The Dallas Cowboys’ escape with a 20-19 victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday on a particular weekend version of ESPN‘s drew 25.7 million viewers, the community stated Monday citing Nielsen quick nationals.
The Cowboys’ dwelling victory in a battle of two postseason-bound NFL groups joined earlier 2023 MNF video games Eagles-Chiefs on November 22 and Ravens-49ers on Christmas Day because the three most-watched MNF video games since 1997.
The 2023 Monday Night time Soccer season is now formally the most-watched MNF season of the ESPN period, which started in 2006. The 20 video games in 2023 averaged 17.1 million viewers, up 33% year-over-year.
The Cowboys-Lions recreation went all the way down to the wire, with Detroit finally unable to attain on a 2-point conversion late within the fourth quarter that will have given it the lead. With the shut recreation, viewership averaged greater than 27 million throughout a lot of the second half, Nielsen stated.
The NFL on ESPN wraps its common season Saturday with a doubleheader throughout ESPN, ABC and ESPN+, starting with Ravens-Steelers at 4:30 p.m. ET and Texans-Colts at 8:15 p.m. ET. Each have playoff implications, with the Steelers seeking to keep in postseason competition and the winner of the latter recreation clinching at the least an AFC Wild Card spot.
