As the Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin condition improves from his January 2 on-field cardiac arrest, Monday Night Football amassed one of its largest viewership ever this week.
The primetime Week 17 match-up between the Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals drew an audience of 23.8 million over ABC ESPN, ESPN2 according to Nielsen.
Those results were measured in the 8:30 PM to 10:09 PM ET time period by the data company. While a record breaker in terms of the combined numbers, this week’s MNF snared 9.1M viewers on ESPN and 11M viewers on ABC, with the remainder coming from ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and digital properties.
By comparison, the December 26 simulcast game between the Indianapolis Colts and the LA Chargers was seen by an audience of 10.9 million on ESPN alone.
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