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NEW YORK With a quarter of the 2006-07 National Football League schedule in the books, ESPN appears to have made good on its $8.8 billion gambit to bring the hallowed Monday Night Football franchise to cable.

Over the course of six games—ESPN kicked off its stewardship on Sept. 11 with a regional doubleheader slate split between the AFC and the NFC—the network is averaging 12.9 million total viewers and 7.1 million adults 18-49, making it the No.

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