For the first time this season, ratings and viewership increased for ESPN’s Monday Night Football.
The Week 6 Jets/Dolphins Monday Night Football game drew a 7.8 U.S. rating and 12.062 million viewers on ESPN, up 26% in ratings and 25% in viewership from Week 6 last year (TEN/JAX: 6.2, 9.666M), but down 6% and 11%, respectively, form 2009 (SD/DEN: 8.3, 13.471M).
This marks the first time all season that ESPN has had an increase in ratings or viewership for Monday Night Football (seven telecasts).
Monday’s game drew a 19.6 rating in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (12.9 on ESPN, 6.7 on local affiliate) and a 14.4 in New York (10.4 on ESPN, 4.0 on local affiliate).
For the season, ESPN is averaging an 8.5 U.S. rating and 13.421 million viewers for Monday Night Football.
(This year’s numbers from espnmediazone3.com)
