ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 multicast? Good.
Isn’t there a World Series game at the same time? Better.
Kansas City Chiefs? The best.
A week after the Giants-Steelers finished second to the Dodgers-Yankees in ratings (13.4 million to 13.6 million), Monday night’s Buccaneers-Chiefs broadcast surpassed 20 million viewers.
The numbers confirm that the Chiefs are becoming the new de facto American team. That’s a good fit. The Chiefs once competed locally with the Cowboys as the Dallas Texans. More than 60 years later, the Chiefs have emerged as a more interesting, successful and appealing organization. (Thirteen days later, on Monday night, the Cowboys will play and the Houston Texans will come to town.)
Monday night’s numbers reflect an increase of at least 37 percent over the Week 9 Monday night game between the Chargers and Jets a year ago.
The only number provided was “over 20 million” across all Disney networks. Although there is no mention of the specific audience for the latest ManningCast, continue the trend If ESPN deems it good, the numbers will be published, otherwise they will be ignored.
