The Cowboys nonetheless draw a good crowd, even when the Cowboys are barely respectable.
Last night time’s Bengals-Cowboys recreation on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 generated a mean viewers of 18.7 million viewers.
That stated, the mixed broadcast and cable viewers wasn’t a lot larger than Thursday’s streaming-only Packers-Lions viewers initially reported by Prime Video, at 17.29 million. (Updated numbers launched on Monday pushed the determine to 18.48 million.)
The NFL has expanded the ABC simulcasts in 2024, given the sluggish numbers being generated by the non-ABC telecasts.
The press launch from ESPN additionally discloses the viewers for the ManningCast at 900,000. This 12 months, ESPN had not disclosed viewers info when it dipped beneath a million.
No viewership particulars have been offered for the Simpsons twist on the sport, which was accessible solely on ESPN+ and Disney+. Wild guess? Whatever it was, it wasn’t price no matter they put into it.