Tampa Bay at Detroit Up 19% Year-Over-Year

MNF Doubleheader Averages 12.7 Million Viewers Across More than Six Hours

ESPN’s Monday Night Football Week 7 aired a true doubleheader, which included a new record viewership for the first game, as the Buccaneers and Lions (7 p.m. ET) began the night, followed by the Texans and Seahawks (10 p.m. ET).

The Tampa at Detroit game generated an audience of 18.8 million viewers, making it ESPN’s most-watched MNF Week 7 game ever (2006 – present) and up 19% from last season’s early MNF Week 7 game (Ravens at Buccaneers), which also aired on ESPN and ABC. Additionally, the Buccaneers-Lions game is ESPN’s most-watched individual game on weeks with multiple MNF games, whether a true doubleheader or two games with staggered start times (54 games

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