Peyton, Eli Manning Monday Night Football Broadcast Increased Its Viewership By 138% In Week 2

It took just 2 weeks for Peyton and Eli Manning to become an absolute hit after fans realized what channel the two legendary quarterbacks would be calling Monday Night games.

Monday night’s Green Bay Packers–Detroit Lions broadcast built on some very solid numbers from Week 1.

Only 800,000 watched the Manning-led broadcast of the Raiders-Ravens last week. ESPN PR announced that 1.9 million viewers tuned in to ESPN2. That was a 138-percent increase from last week.

Big Mannings! they more than doubled last week.

Monday Night Football:

ESPN: 11.901M
ESPN2: 1.856M

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) September 21, 2021

via @ESPNPR pic.twitter.com/n1EEhYtBK1

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) September 21, 2021

This is pretty remarkable. 800,00 people watched Peyton and Eli in Week 1. Last night, 1.8 million people watched them. Very impressive. https://t.co/DlGsVH2PNs

— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) September 21, 2021

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The previous high for an ESPN alternate presentation was 1.03 million for the January 2018 College Football Playoff championship game between Alabama and Georgia on ESPN2.

The Mannings are scheduled to do eight more Monday night games this season, including next week’s contest between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.