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Eagles 21-17 win over Chiefs in Week 11 was most-watched MNF Game Since 1996

The Philadelphia Eagles 21-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 11 was most-watched Monday Night Football game since 1996

The Eagles are a gold-standard franchise in the NFL, and the Chiefs have played in three of the past four Super Bowls, winning two.

The growing rivalry has become big business for the NFL, and their latest matchup shattered viewing records for the Monday Night Football platform.

Philadelphia defeated Kansas City 21-17 in a thrilling Monday night showdown that was a box-office success for the NFL on ESPN/ABC and Disney.

According to ESPN’s Press Room, the Eagles’ win over the Chiefs in Week 11 attracted over 29 million viewers (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, and NFL+).

The viewing audience of 29,021,000 viewers is the television franchise’s best – and The Walt Disney Company’s best – since the Packers and Cowboys linked up in 1996, when 31.5 million watched.

It was a massive win for Philadelphia, and the Eagles were again a part of the most-watched football game since their Super Bowl LVII loss to Kansas City.

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Eagles vs. Cowboys in Week 18 was ESPN’s most-watched NFL regular season in a decade

#Eagles vs. #Cowboys Saturday night season finale in Week 18 was #ESPN’s most-watched #NFL regular-season game in more than a decade

The Eagles and Cowboys are always good for business, but when both teams match up in primetime, it becomes a gigantic event.

According to ESPN’s Press Room, the Saturday night matchup at Lincoln Financial Field generated an audience of 20.3 million viewers on ESPN, ABC, ESPN Deportes, while the Chiefs-Broncos delivered 19.1 million viewers across the same networks, resulting in a Doubleheader Saturday average of 19.7 million viewers.

The first Week 18 Saturday double-header in the league was an amazing success with the Cowboys-Eagles now being the most-Watched Monday Night Football broadcast since 2009; Third Best in ESPN Era.

For the Cowboys-Eagles, with an ESPN and ABC only audience of 20,200,000 viewers, the NFC East showdown becomes MNF’s most-watched regular-season game in 12 years (2009 season) and the third most-watched MNF game in the ESPN era. For the Chiefs-Broncos, with 19,098,000 viewers on ESPN and ABC, the AFC West matchup is the most-watched all-AFC matchup in ESPN’s MNF era and the fifth most-watched game in ESPN’s MNF era, including the aforementioned Cowboys-Eagles game.

Only the Viking-Packers 2009 matchup (21,839,000) and the 2009 Patriots-Saints matchup (21,402,000).

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Kirk Cousins earns first Monday Night Football victory in 10 tries

How did Kirk Cousins earn his first Monday Night Football victory?

Finally, Kirk Cousins has managed to emerge from a Monday Night Football game with a victory.

The quarterback and Minnesota Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears, 19-13, in an NFC North scrap on Monday.

The victory was Cousins’ first after suffering nine losses in his first starts on Monday. And he was pumped.

Cousins threw for 292 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the victory. Both TDs went to Adam Thielen.

 

To learn about his futility, click here.

Report: MNF scraps Hank Williams Jr. and his rowdy friends

The legendary Little Richard will replace Hank Williams Jr. on the opening of ESPN’s Monday Night Football.

Hank Williams Jr. is out — again — as the musical opening number for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” per a report Tuesday.

Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand says the NFL made the call for what seems like an obvious reason: “All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night” will not resonate for games that will be contested in mainly empty stadiums.

ESPN dropped the Williams song in ’11 after the singer compared President Obama to Hitler and described Joe Biden as “the enemy” during a television interview.

The audible brings in a song by a rock ‘n’ roll legend who passed away recently. “Rip It Up” by the incomparable Little Richard will be played. The song will feature Little Richard’s vocals and instrumentals from a Virginia-based band called Butcher Brown.

Not sure a classic like this needs much help.

Report: ESPN chooses new Monday Night Football booths

ESPN has settled on some familiar faces, including Kirk Herbstreit and Louis Riddick, for the first Monday night of the season.

According to a report from Jim Miller, ESPN has decided on the two announcer’s booths for the opening night of Monday Night Football:

When it was announced that the network would be moving away from Joe Tessitore and Booger McFarland, fans and analysts alike began to speculate who would take their places. Many looked to Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit, who do a tremendous job calling college games for ESPN/ABC. As Miller reported, those two are expected to be paired up for the first game of the night, the Pittsburgh Steelers versus the New York Giants. (Miller later clarified that with a follow-up tweet):

Then in the second game, Steve Levy would be on the call with former quarterback Brian Griese and former defensive back/general manager Louis Riddick alongside him. Riddick has also been a name mentioned anytime a vacancy is announced, whether in the broadcast booth or as a potential GM. His knowledge of the game is vast and he brings tremendous insight now in his role with the network.

As with everything in 2020, this could still change depending on continued fallout from COVID-19. As Miller noted, with the college football season in jeopardy Fowler and Herbstreit could find themselves with more time on their hands if we do not see the college game in the fall. That could impact the final booth for the rest of the Monday Night slate. For now, fans can be excited about these two groups that will be calling the games on the first Monday night of the season.