ESPN officially posted back-to-back winning seasons with its Monday Night Football block. The company announced 112 million total viewers and an average of 15 million viewers tuned into the longtime NFL mainstay. The 2024-25 campaign ranks only behind the 2023-24 season in terms of average viewership. Last year’s campaign averaged over 17 million viewers.
Some key demos propelled viewership during the 2024 campaign. MNF was up 15 percent in females and Persons 18-49 and 25-34 – among others – compared to two seasons ago.
This season added three new top 10 most-watched games in the block’s history.
- The Dec. 30 matchup between the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers is now the fifth most-watched game in MNF history with 22.1 million viewers
- The Nov. 9 game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs now ranks eighth with 20.67 million viewers
- The Sept. 9 game between the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers now ranks ninth with 20.5 million viewers
MNF also featured a Saturday night doubleheader that generated viewership totals akin to other standalone games. 22 million viewers for the Jan. 4 matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers, making it the network’s most-watched Week 18 game in four seasons, up 12 percent compared to last year’s Houston Texans/Indianapolis Colts game. The other doubleheader game, the 4:30 p.m. ET matchup between the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens drew 17.3 million viewers.
The ManningCast, the alternate broadcast starring former NFL QB brothers Peyton and Eli Manning, averaged one million viewers an episode during its 10-episode regular season run in 2024. Since the show began with the 2021 season, the alternate telecast has hit the million viewers per game season average each year.
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