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George Winslow

ESPN’s Monday Night Football Jets v. 49ers Matchup Delivered 20.5 Million Viewers

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In another sign of the power of NFL football to draw linear TV audiences, ESPN’s Monday Night Football 2024 season opener averaged 20.5 million viewers (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes) for the 49ers’ convincing 32-19 win over the Jets (September 9, 8:15 p.m. ET). 

That made the audience for Monday Night Football in Week 1, the second-most-watched Week 1 matchup in ESPN’s 19 seasons of airing NFL games from 2006 to the present. 

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