ManningCast Struggles to Move the Needle with 705,000 Viewers
TL;DR
The ManningCast alternate Monday Night Football broadcast with Peyton and Eli Manning drew only 705,000 viewers out of 23.2 million for the Broncos-Chiefs game, about 3% of the total audience, underscoring a gap between critical praise and ratings and fueling talk of an additional alternate feed (like Pat McAfee) in weeks the Mannings aren’t on.
- ManningCast slumps to 705,000 viewers NBC Sports
- Monday Night Football opens Super Bowl LXI season with record-setting audience; Broncos-Chiefs becomes most-watched Week 1 game of ESPN’s MNF era ESPN Press Room
- ESPN’s ManningCast posts abysmal NFL Week 1 TV ratings Yahoo Sports
- Chiefs vs. Broncos sets new record in ESPN’s Monday Night Football era Chiefs Wire
- ESPN Draws 23.2M Viewers for Week 1 of 'Monday Night Football' Front Office Sports
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