ESPN’s presentation of the Super Bowl LVII rematch between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs on November 21st was the most-watched Monday Night Football (MNF) game in 27 years, drawing more than 29 million viewers (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes and NFL+) in the US.

The audience of 29,021,000 viewers is the television franchise’s best – and The Walt Disney Company’s best – since 1996 (Green Bay at Dallas, 31.5 million), spanning more than 450 games and the entire ESPN era of MNF.

Best of the Season and Most-Watched Telecast Since Super Bowl LVII

The Eagles-Chiefs is the most-watched telecast since the teams faced off in Super Bowl LVII (February 12th 2023), making it the most-watched NFL game this season across all networks. Dating back to the 2022 regular season, Eagles-Chiefs is the most-watched NFL game in nearly a full calendar year (Thanksgiving 2022).

More on Eagles-Chiefs:

• Peak Audience: The audience peaked at 31.2 million viewers
• Peyton and Eli: Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli generated an audience of 1.9 million, the franchise’s best in more than two years.
• Monday Night Countdown: ESPN’s pregame show averaged 1.8 million viewers, MNC’s best audience of the season.

ESPN’s Monday Night Football with Multiple Viewership Records in 2023

With the record-breaking ESPN MNF audience, ESPN has now delivered its two most-watched MNF games ever during the 2023 season. The Week 11 viewership topped ESPN’s Week 1 audience of 22.6 million (Bills-Jets), which set a record at the time.

(Monday Night Football aired on ABC prior to 2006)