MANNING-BRADY BOOSTS ABC: An average of 15.72 million households watched the Colts-Patriots game on “Monday Night Football,” up 13.5 percent over last year’s comparable game, and was the most watched since 16.31 million viewed the Cowboys and Vikings on Nov. 8, 1999. “MNF” led all networks in prime time among
| Top 10 Network Sports Telecasts |
| Rank | net | program | date | rating | share | watching households (000s) |
| 1 | ABC | NFL: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (INDY@N.E.) | 11/7 | 14.3 | 23 | 15,719 |
| 2 | FOX | NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (LATE GAMES) | 11/13 | 12.9 | 24 | 14,237 |
| 3 | ABC | NFL: MONDAY NIGHT PREGAME | 11/7 | 10.5 | 16 | 11,535 |
| 4 | CBS | NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (EARLY GAMES) | 11/13 | 9.1 | 21 | 9,996 |
| 5 | FOX | NFL: POSTGAME | 11/13 | 8.7 | 15 | 9,569 |
| 6 | FOX | NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (EARLY GAMES) | 11/13 | 8.0 | 18 | 8,853 |
| 7 | ABC | NFL: MONDAY NIGHT POSTGAME | 11/7 | 7.4 | 17 | 8,146 |
| 8 | FOX | NFL: POSTGAME (THE OT) | 11/13 | 6.7 | 11 | 7,431 |
| 9 | NBC | NASCAR: NEXTEL CUP CHECKER AUTO PARTS 500 | 11/13 | 5.0 | 10 | 5,459 |
| 10 | CBS | NFL: REGIONAL COVERAGE (LATE GAMES) | 11/13 | 4.7 | 10 | 5,151 |
THREE’S A CHARM: ESPN was cable’s most-watched prime-time network for the third straight week, as three of cable’s nine most-watched shows were ESPN football telecasts. Sunday night’s Browns-Steelers matchup drew 7.24 million households, cable’s biggest audience of the week. Over the past three weeks, the network’s Sunday night game has averaged more than 7.5 million households, up nearly 30 percent over the same period last year.
| Top 10 Cable Sports Telecasts |
| | | | rating | watching |
| Rank | net | program | date | national | cov. area | share | households (000s) |
| 1 | ESPN | NFL: SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (CLEV.@PITT.) | 11/13 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 12 | 7,236 |
| 2 | ESPN | COLLEGE FOOTBALL (AUBURN@GA.) | 11/12 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 7 | 3,568 |
| 3 | ESPN | NFL PRIME TIME | 11/13 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 6 | 3,383 |
| 4 | ESPN | SPORTSCENTER (LATE) | 11/13 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 7 | 2,358 |
| 5 | ESPN | NFL COUNTDOWN | 11/13 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 6 | 1,985 |
| 6 | ESPN | SPORTSCENTER (LATE) | 11/12 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 4 | 1,696 |
| 7 | ESPN | WORLD SERIES OF POKER | 11/8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3 | 1,661 |
| 8 | ESPN | COLLEGE FOOTBALL (FSU@CLEMSON) | 11/12 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 5 | 1,652 |
| 9 | ESPN | COLLEGE FOOTBALL (IOWA@WISC.) | 11/12 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 4 | 1,574 |
| 10 | ESPN | COLLEGE FOOTBALL (BOISE ST.@FRESNO ST.) | 11/10 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3 | 1,570 |
