The 29.021 million viewership figure is the largest average audience for a "Monday Night Football" broadcast since the Green Bay Packers faced the Dallas Cowboys in November 1996.
Previously, the network's largest audience was a 2021 football broadcast featuring Iowa and Nebraska. That game was held on Black Friday and drew 1.99 million viewers.
While speaking on the record, one employee claimed she had been harassed by Knowles. A producer called the situation inside the conservative cable news outlet "an open secret".