ESPN’s Monday Night Football “Wins the Night” in Key Male and Adult Demos

ESPN’s Monday Night Football game – the Miami Dolphins’ 31-27 victory over the New York Jets -- earned a 9.7 rating, representing an average of 9,656,000 households (13,137,000 viewers – P2+), the fifth most-viewed program on cable television in 2009.  Read more...

Monday Night Football – Cable’s All-Time Biggest Audience and
ESPN’s Highest Rating Ever

ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the Minnesota Vikings’ 30-23 and the Green Bay Packers -- in Brett Favre’s first game against his former team -- delivered the biggest audience in the history of cable television and the highest rating in ESPN’s 30-year history.  The game earned a 15.3 rating, representing 15,136,000 homes (21,839,000 P2+), surpassing the previous cable viewership record, ESPN’s Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys Monday Night Football telecast of September 15, 2008 (12,953,000 homes, based on a 13.3 rating, 18,608,000 P2+).  Read more...

ESPN’s MNF: Cable’s Biggest Audience of 2009 for 3rd Straight Week

For the third consecutive week, ESPN’s Monday Night Football delivered the biggest cable television audience of the year.  Monday night’s MNF telecast – the Dallas Cowboys’ 21-7 victory over the Carolina Panthers -- earned a 11.5 rating, representing an average of 11,354,000 households (15,705,000 viewers – P2+), the largest audience for any program on cable television in 2009.  Read more...

Tedy Bruschi Joins ESPN as NFL Analyst

Three-time New England Patriots Super Bowl champion Tedy Bruschi is joining ESPN. The veteran linebacker, who just announced his retirement from pro football last week after 13 seasons, will provide NFL analysis on ESPNBoston.com – ESPN’s new local sports site, launching September 14 – and appear on NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio and other ESPN platforms.  Read more...

2009 Monday Night Football Chalk Talk Series

The Monday Night Football Chalk Talk Series is returning for the third year with nine planned events during the 2009 NFL season. Part of ESPN’s plans to celebrate the 40th season of Monday Night Football, the series kicks off Monday, September 14 at The Hall at Patriot Place in Foxboro, Mass., with an event before the Buffalo Bills-New England Patriots MNF season-opener.  Read more...

Monday Night Football: ESPN’s Most-Viewed Preseason Game Ever and Highest-Rated Since 1996

ESPN’s Monday Night Football preseason telecast, a 17-10 victory for the Minnesota Vikings over the Houston Texans, earned a 6.0 rating, representing an average of 5,943,000 households (7,918,000 viewers – P2+), making it ESPN's most-viewed NFL preseason game ever and its highest-rated since New England-Dallas on Aug. 12, 1996 – 6.6 rating.  Read more...  

Adam Schefter Joins ESPN as NFL Correspondent

Adam Schefter, one of the top National Football League reporters and insiders, will join ESPN as an NFL correspondent in August.  Schefter, who worked for NFL Network, will appear on such programs as SportsCenter, NFL Live, Sunday NFL Countdown and Monday Night Countdown, as well as ESPNEWS throughout the year.  He will write regular columns for ESPN.com and contribute to ESPN Radio and other platforms.  Read More...

Jon Gruden Joins ESPN’s Monday Night Football

Former Super Bowl-winning head coach Jon Gruden is joining ESPN’s Monday Night Football.  The dynamic, outspoken and often fiery Gruden will join commentators Mike Tirico and Ron Jaworski in the booth when sports television’s signature series kicks off its 40th season this fall.  “This is a tremendous opportunity and I am very excited to be associated with ESPN and Monday Night Football,” said Gruden.  Read more...

Matt Millen Joins ESPN as Football Analyst