ESPN Monday Night Football Viewership Despite YouTube TV Blackout

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NFL Viewership ⁢& Disney/Charter Dispute:

* Disney/Charter Impasse: A dispute between Disney (ESPN/ABC) and Charter Communications is impacting NFL viewership. Specifically, monday Night Football (MNF) is usually ​on ESPN,⁣ but was recently on ABC to circumvent the dispute.
* ⁢ upcoming Exclusivity: The November 24th ⁣MNF game will be exclusive to ESPN. ⁢ ‍If the dispute ⁢isn’t resolved by then, the audience impact will‍ be ⁣clearer.
* ‍ Night ​Games: MNF being shown on ABC is ⁣unusual, as night games aren’t traditionally a ‍standard timeslot for the NFL.

College Football ⁣Viewership:

* Overall Trends: ABC ⁤and ESPN still lead in college football viewership, but audiences were down in key timeslots compared to previous weeks.
* ⁣ First Time in 2025: ABC ⁢trailed Fox or⁤ CBS in two timeslots – a first for the year. It’s​ unclear if this is due to the Disney/Charter blackout or more appealing matchups on ‌competing networks.
* ‌ FOX Success: Indiana’s win over penn​ State on FOX’s BIG NOON SATURDAY drew 6.025 million viewers, the most-watched noon game on any network, and up ‍7% year-over-year.

Other ‌Sports Viewership:

* NBA: Averaging 2 million viewers across national ⁢broadcasts, a ‍36% increase ⁢from the same⁢ point last season. This coincides with the first year of new broadcast deals with Amazon, ESPN, and NBC.
* ⁣ Ligue​ 1 (Soccer): ‍ PSG vs. Lyon averaged 903,000 viewers on their DTC streaming service, peaking ⁤at 1.07 million.
* Women’s Cricket World Cup: India’s win over south Africa drew a record 185 million ⁤viewers on JioHotstar.
* Formula 1: ESPN’s coverage of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix averaged 784,000 viewers – the second lowest.