Posted on 01/03/2018 7:06:34 AM PST by 11th_VA
Capping a season of record-low Monday Night Football ratings, ESPN’s first Christmas NFL game in 11 years was a lump of coal.
Raiders-Eagles scored a 5.9 rating and 11.7 million viewers on ESPN’s Monday Night Football Christmas night, down 42% in ratings and 38% in viewership from Week 16 last year (Cowboys-Lions: 10.1, 18.9M). ESPN’s Nielsen ratings now include streaming viewership on TV devices; comparisons are to last year’s TV+streaming numbers.
The Eagles’ win, which peaked at a 6.7 and 13.4 million from 9:30-10 PM ET, was the lowest rated Week 16 MNF game since Broncos-Chargers on Christmas Eve 2007 (5.1). It was the least-watched since Falcons-Lions in 2012, which aired on a Saturday night to avoid Christmas Eve (9.7M).
Of the 14 Christmas NFL games this century, it ranks tenth in ratings and ninth in viewership. Compared to last year’s Christmas night game, Broncos-Chiefs on NBC, ratings fell 44% from a 10.6 and viewership 45% from 21.4 million.
On a brighter note, it was ESPN’s most-watched Christmas Day program in 23 years — since Lions-Dolphins had 16.1 million on the holiday in 1994. That comes with the caveat that ESPN has only aired one other Christmas NFL game, Jets-Dolphins in 2006 (11.1M).
ESPN’s telecast had an 8.9 rating in Philadelphia and a mere 3.6 in the Bay Area. Over-the-air simulcasts on ABC affiliates drew a 24.0 on Philadelphia’s WPVI and a 7.8 on KGO in the Bay Area. New Orleans was the top neutral market with a 12.3.
For the season, Monday Night Football averaged a 6.4 rating and 10.8 million viewers — the lowest rated and least-watched season in series history. The previous lows were a 6.8 last year and 11.2 million viewers in 2007.
Monday Night Football ratings and viewership have now declined in four straight seasons. Just four years ago, the package averaged an 8.6 and 13.7 million.
Eight of the final nine MNF games this season hit multi-year lows in ratings and viewership. Five games failed to crack a 6.0 rating, matching the previous nine seasons combined.
Average Monday Night Football Ratings, Viewership
Crappola there Red.
I have been an avid football fan my entire 64 years.
But I am an American second, Christian first.
Been watching football at every turn since I can remember.
But the league turned me off when they allowed these pampered fools to disrespect our country.
Since this disrespect started I have refused to watch any NFL any thing.
My patriotism is infinately more important to me than a silly game played by petulant little rich negros.
and that’s from a boycott or having a shit team?
Was at the game. Stadium was full. Eagles fans are desperate for a winner.
The “Dixie Bowl” College Championship will be a ratings disaster for ESPN. No one outside of Alabama or Georgia cares about another SEC game.
The MNF ratings slide started way before the BLM protests by Krappydick and co.................
yeah that’s why his chart only shows since 2006 when the games stopped being broadcast on ABC TV and only on cable ESPN.
My SIL got me and my sons tickets to the Redskins-Broncos game on the 24th. Our tickets were standing-room-only. What a joke! We could pretty pick our seats. The stadium was 50-60% full. After paying $5 for a mediocre cup of coffee, I don't know if I'll ever go to another NFL game.
The quality of the athletes and the quality of the play isn't the same, but IMO college football is far more interesting to watch.
and How long have you been racist?
1. Number 1 watched College Game UGA-AUB 8.0
Carroll is safe for another season. Two Super Bowl
Trips with one win in the last five years plus playoffs in the other seasons (although not this year) give home some leeway. Lot of injuries this season too - Russell Wilson could not do it all himself.
Del Rio was fired to make way for Gruden I believe. We’ll see what happens with the Raiders.
Agreed. Back when MNF was on ABC, they were often "the" matchup of the week; either a bitter divisional rivalry like Cowboys-Redskins, or what people thought would be a playoff preview like Dolphins-Raiders (back when both teams were good).
Now you get Bills-Cardinals, and a whole lot of "who cares."
AGREED.
BOWL Selection committee must hate the BIG 10 which happens to have more competition than SEC.
Gotta hand it to the FNFL. They have earned this, outright. Well deserved. Can’t wait to see just how poorly they numbskulls, Snowflakes and thugs do in the coming year.
I’m curious. Why do you want the boycott to be ineffective? Why do you defend the NFL with such devotion?
Yes but the Redskins moved from 50K-seat RFK to 80K-seat FedEx Field, which is also a major pain-in-the-ass to get in and out of .... and they have been solidly mediocre for ten seasons. The halcyon Gibbs days are further and further in the past.
The REAL problem is that the FNFL, Roger Goodell and the FNFL owners have been giving their former fans the finger for several years now and people have had it with their cheap shit.
and last years game was 20th most watched event.
College Football Championship, CLEM-ALA (ESPN) 25.3M 14.2
http://adage.com/article/media/ratings-slum/311777/
Bowl committee hates putting in teams that lose games by 30+ points...
The Bowl results showed that the B1G was the toughest conference this year. The B1G East schedule is a brutal game of rock/paper/scissors with Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan State. It will always be difficult for any team to get through that undefeated.
I have contacted the GREEN BAY PACKERS and asked to have my name removed from the waiting list. I am certain that I am not alone.
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