Post by EagleGene on Aug 15, 2006 20:10:58 GMT -5
ESPN draws 4.5 rating for preseason MNF telecast
August 15, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) -- The debut of ESPN's Monday Night Football drew a 4.5 rating, the network's highest-rated NFL preseason game in four years.
Monday night's game between the Oakland Raiders and the Minnesota Vikings was the first with Tony Kornheiser working as an analyst. The rest of the new three-man team was Mike Tirico doing play-by-play and Joe Theismann.
The last preseason game to do a better rating on ESPN was the Miami Dolphins against and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which did a 4.7 in August 2002.
Also, the rating for Monday's game was 21 percent better than ESPN's first preseason game last year, when the San Diego Chargers and Green Bay Packers drew a 3.7.
A ratings point represents 1,096,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 109.6 million TV homes.
Updated on Tuesday, Aug 15, 2006 7:32 pm EDT
August 15, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) -- The debut of ESPN's Monday Night Football drew a 4.5 rating, the network's highest-rated NFL preseason game in four years.
Monday night's game between the Oakland Raiders and the Minnesota Vikings was the first with Tony Kornheiser working as an analyst. The rest of the new three-man team was Mike Tirico doing play-by-play and Joe Theismann.
The last preseason game to do a better rating on ESPN was the Miami Dolphins against and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which did a 4.7 in August 2002.
Also, the rating for Monday's game was 21 percent better than ESPN's first preseason game last year, when the San Diego Chargers and Green Bay Packers drew a 3.7.
A ratings point represents 1,096,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 109.6 million TV homes.
Updated on Tuesday, Aug 15, 2006 7:32 pm EDT