ESPN in Week 9 saw its lowest audience yet for a Cowboys game on its “MNF” package, dating back to when it acquired rights before the ’06 season. Titans-Cowboys, which was also the first game that “MNF” analyst Jason Witten called involving his former team, averaged 11.79 million viewers. While that delivered ESPN a primetime win for the ninth straight Monday and an increase over the Week 9 “MNF” matchup in ’17, it was well below the previous low for a Cowboys game on ESPN (Week 5 vs. the Bills in ’07, 13.03 million viewers). ESPN has had only one Cowboys game per season since taking over the package. Last year, the matchup against the Cardinals in Week 3 averaged 13.7 million viewers. The high mark for the Cowboys on ESPN was in ’14, with the Week 8 matchup against the Redskins drawing 18.81 million viewers.
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VIEWERSHIP FOR COWBOYS GAMES ON ESPN's "MNF"
|
|
YEAR
|
WEEK
|
OPPONENT
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
'18
|
9
|
Titans
|
11,787
|
|
'17
|
3
|
Cardinals
|
13,698
|
|
'16
|
16
|
Lions
|
18,605
|
|
'15
|
4
|
Lions
|
14,403
|
|
'14
|
8
|
Redskins
|
18,809
|
|
'13
|
14
|
Bears
|
16,192
|
|
'12
|
4
|
Bears
|
16,616
|
|
'11
|
3
|
Redskins
|
17,104
|
|
'10
|
7
|
Giants
|
17,953
|
|
'09
|
3
|
Panthers
|
15,705
|
|
'08
|
2
|
Eagles
|
18,608
|
|
'07
|
5
|
Bills
|
13,028
|
|
'06
|
7
|
Giants
|
16,028
|
KEEP ON ROLLING: CBS on Saturday night drew its best audience for the annual Alabama-LSU game since ’13. The 11.54 million viewers for the game was the third-best figure since the game moved to primetime in ’11. Alabama-LSU also was up big from 6.73 million viewers last year, which was easily the matchup’s low point since moving to primetime.
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ALABAMA-LSU REGULAR-SEASON CFB VIEWERSHIP ON CBS
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|
YEAR
|
START (ET)
|
VIEWERS (000)
|
|
'18
|
8:00pm
|
11,543
|
|
'17
|
8:00pm
|
6,729
|
|
'16
|
8:00pm
|
10,385
|
|
'15
|
8:00pm
|
11,063
|
|
'14
|
8:00pm
|
9,109
|
|
'13
|
8:00pm
|
11,903
|
|
'12
|
8:00pm
|
11,349
|
|
'11
|
8:00pm
|
20,011
|
|
'10
|
3:30pm
|
7,208
|
|
'09
|
3:30pm
|
6,735
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The chart below lists final audience figures from select recent sports telecasts.
| TELECAST |
DATE
|
NET
|
TIME (ET)
|
RAT.
|
VIEWERS
(000)
|
| "SNF:" Packers-Patriots |
11/4
|
NBC
|
8:24-11:25pm
|
13.7
|
23,677
|
| NFL: Rams-Saints (96%) |
11/4
|
Fox
|
4:25-7:47pm
|
13.0
|
22,119
|
| NFL: (singleheader) |
11/4
|
CBS
|
1:03-4:16pm
|
8.8
|
14,955
|
| NFL: (regional) |
11/4
|
Fox
|
1:03-4:25pm
|
7.8
|
12,955
|
| College football: Alabama-LSU |
11/3
|
CBS
|
8:00-11:29pm
|
6.6
|
11,543
|
| "TNF": Raiders-49ers |
11/1
|
Fox/
NFL Net
|
8:23-11:00pm
|
6.8
|
11,096
|
| "MNF": Patriots-Bills |
10/29
|
ESPN
|
8:13-11:33pm
|
6.6
|
11,077
|
| "Football Night in America" |
11/4
|
NBC
|
7:30-8:14pm
|
5.0
|
8,681
|
| College football: Nebraska-Ohio State |
11/3
|
Fox
|
12:00-3:45pm
|
3.1
|
5,006
|
| "Fox NFL Sunday" |
11/4
|
Fox
|
12:00-1:03pm
|
3.3
|
4,994
|
| College football: West Virginia-Texas |
11/3
|
Fox
|
3:48-7:30pm
|
2.7
|
4,431
|
| College football: Georgia-Kentucky |
11/3
|
CBS
|
3:30-7:00pm
|
2.6
|
4,392
|
| College football: Penn State-Michigan |
11/3
|
ESPN
|
3:45-7:06pm
|
2.5
|
4,252
|
| "Thursday Night Football Pre-Game" |
11/1
|
Fox/
NFL Net
|
7:30-8:07pm
|
2.3
|
3,561
|
| College football: Notre Dame-Northwestern |
11/3
|
ESPN
|
7:15-10:32pm
|
1.9
|
3,293
|
| College football: Oklahoma-Texas Tech |
11/3
|
ABC
|
8:06pm-12:16am
|
1.9
|
3,135
|
| "The NFL Today" |
11/4
|
CBS
|
12:00-1:00pm
|
2.0
|
3,096
|
| College football: Texas A&M-Auburn |
11/3
|
ESPN
|
12:00-3:32pm
|
1.6
|
2,622
|
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:
AAA Texas 500 |
11/4
|
NBCSN
|
3:28-6:52pm
|
1.4
|
2,266
|
| NBA: T'Wolves-Warriors |
11/2
|
ESPN
|
10:39pm-12:54am
|
n/a
|
1,975
|
| College football: UCLA-Oregon |
11/3
|
Fox
|
7:41-11:15pm
|
1.2
|
1,947
|
| "College GameDay" |
11/3
|
ESPN
|
9:00am-12:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,923
|
| Breeders' Cup Classic (race segment) |
11/3
|
NBC
|
5:21-6:00pm
|
1.1
|
1,607
|
| College football: Louisville-Clemson |
11/3
|
ABC
|
12:00-3:30pm
|
1.1
|
1,550
|
| College football: Cal-Washington State |
11/3
|
ESPN
|
10:45pm-2:09am
|
0.9
|
1,495
|
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" |
11/4
|
ESPN
|
10:00am-1:00pm
|
n/a
|
1,466
|
| "Fox NFL Kickoff" |
11/4
|
Fox
|
11:00am-12:00pm
|
1.0
|
1,434
|
| NBA: Pacers-Knicks |
10/31
|
ESPN
|
8:12-10:38pm
|
n/a
|
1,368
|
| College football: Florida State-N.C. State |
11/3
|
ABC
|
3:31-7:15pm
|
0.9
|
1,347
|
| "Courage in Sports" |
11/4
|
CBS
|
5:00-6:00pm
|
0.9
|
1,338
|
| Gymnastics: World Championships (taped) |
11/4
|
NBC
|
3:00-6:00pm
|
0.8
|
1,097
|
| Liga MX: Toluca-Club America |
11/3
|
Univision
|
8:55-10:59pm
|
0.5
|
968
|
| Breeders' Cup Classic (pre-race) |
11/3
|
NBC
|
3:30-5:21pm
|
0.6
|
966
|
| EPL: Liverpool-Arsenal |
11/3
|
NBC
|
1:30-3:30pm
|
0.6
|
874
|
| Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix (taped) |
11/4
|
NBC
|
1:00-3:00pm
|
0.5
|
621
|
| "World of X Games" |
11/4
|
ABC
|
2:00-3:00pm
|
0.2
|
305
|
