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Cowboys-Eagles on ‘Monday Night Football’ delivers 18.8M viewers

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October 28, 2026

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Lily Blum

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Danny Chi (danny.c.chi@espn.com)
Lily Blum (lily.blum@espn.com)
Michael Skarka (michael.skarka@espn.com)

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Monday Night Football’s Week 7 NFC East matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles delivered 18.8M viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network, ESPN Deportes, Disney+ and NFL+. The audience ties Buccaneers-Lions (Oct. 20, 2025) as Monday Night Football’s most-watched Week 7 game of the ESPN era (2006-present).

Complementing the traditional telecast, Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli (ESPN2) and Monday Night Football Playbook with Next Gen Stats (NFL Network) combined to average more than 1M viewers.

Leading into the game, Monday Night Countdown averaged 1.6M viewers across ESPN and NFL Network.

Seven weeks into ESPN’s Super Bowl LXI season, Monday Night Football is up 26% compared to the same point in 2025, averaging 19M viewers.

Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel

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