Peyton and Eli Manning have a dedicated audience on Monday Night Football and it has gotten a little bigger each week. Count week 3 as no different. The Manningcast pulled in its largest audience to date in the Cowboys’ 41-21 route of the Philadelphia Eagles.
More than 1.9 million people tuned into watch Peyton, Eli and their guests talk football, analyze the game and shoot America the double birds. That is up from 1.86 million viewers in Week 2. That makes these last two editions of the Manningcast the two most-watched alternate broadcasts in ESPN history.
The traditional broadcast of Monday Night Football on ESPN drew 14.9 million viewers. That represent’s year-over-year growth of 1% from 2020 and 3% from 2019. It was the most watched program on TV “among households, viewers, and all keys demos” according to an ESPN press release.
The Manningcast now takes a break. Peyton and Eli will be off for three weeks. They will return for games in Weeks 7 and 8.
