ESPN Breaks Monday Night Football Viewership Records

ESPN wrapped its fifth season of Monday Night Football with record deliveries, averaging 14.7 million total viewers over the course of 17 games.
 
The sports network got a boost from its final NFL broadcast in 2010, as the Dec. 27 NFC South battle between the Saints and Falcons whipped up 19.1 million fans, making it the third-most watched telecast in cable history.
 
The turnout for New Orleans’ come-from-behind road victory now trails only the Oct. 5, 2009, grudge match between Brett Favre and the Vikings and his former Green Bay confreres (21.8



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