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NFL Viewership Rises 6% as Amazon, ABC Add Viewers
Monday Night Football on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 is up 13%, averaging 15.4 million viewers a night.
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The NFL’s TV audience is up 6% this season, driven by gains for Thursday Night Football at Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Video and more viewers at Walt Disney Co.’s ABC and ESPN networks.
Ratings for Thursday Night Football, on Prime exclusively for the second season, are up 25% after a slow start a year ago, averaging 12.5 million viewers a game, according to Nielsen data.