NFL 2023: a record 22.6 million viewers for Monday Night Football on ESPN in the USA

New York Jets - Buffalo Bills (22-16 after overtime), the first Monday Night Football game of the 2023-24 NFL regular season, drew an average of 22.64 million viewers with a peak of 25.2 million on ESPN's pay-per-view channels on Monday, 11/09/2023 (kick-off at 20:15 ET), announced the group owned by The Walt Disney Company, on 12/09/2023.

The fixture was the most-watched Monday night game ever broadcast on ESPN, according to the group.

The game's audience was also up 14% on the first Monday Night Football of the 2022-23 season, which pitted the Seattle Seahawks versus the Denver Broncos (17-16) and drew 21.6 million viewers on ESPN's channels on Monday 12/09/2022.

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