The Monday Night Football game received a $23.2 million television rating.
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Kevin Kietzman Has IssuesSep 17, 2026
Multiple independent sources (SportsMediaWatch, Sports Business Journal, Yahoo/ESPN release coverage, Newsweek, Deadline) report that the Week 1 2026 Broncos-Chiefs Monday Night Football game averaged 23.2 million viewers, matching the claim's figure. The claim is a faithful extraction of the passage's rating figure and the post refers to that same game.
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… He's not gonna get it back. This man's going to jail, and yes, he's an illegal immigrant. He's gonna spend 11 years in prison. Why? Why are we not sending this man home? He should just flat be gone. Crazy story. Another story surfacing from the Scott Van Pelt podcast after Monday Night Football game, which got a $23.2 million rating, television rating, the most for Week One ever on the 20 years Monday Night Football has been on ESPN. It is the third most watched game of all time in the history of Monday Night Football on ESPN, out of 362 games. …
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Supports. Multiple outlets report the Broncos-Chiefs Week 1 Monday Night Football game drew 23.2 million viewers on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.[1][2][3][4]
Supports. Deadline's ranking of the NFL's most-watched 2026 games lists the Broncos-Chiefs Monday Night Football premiere at 23.2 million viewers.[5]
Supports. Sports Business Journal and ESPN-sourced coverage describe 23.2 million as the best Week 1 MNF audience in ESPN's time with the package since 2006, consistent with the post's framing.[2][3]
Context. Some coverage notes that the figure includes out-of-home and streaming viewing and that historical comparisons carry a methodology caveat, which does not change the reported rating.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 6 not rated
- 1Monday Night Football records Week 1 viewership high in Mahomes ...sportsmediawatch.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2NFL's Week 1 audience down 13%, even as ESPN scores best start to ‘MNF'sportsbusinessjournal.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3ESPN posts strong overall ratings for Week 1 'MNF ...sports.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Chiefs-Broncos Breaks ESPN's ‘Monday Night Football' Recordnewsweek.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5NFL Ratings: CBS Leads Regular Season Viewership So Far With Chiefs-Raiders In Week 4deadline.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Broncos-Chiefs draws massive Monday Night Football audienceamericanfootballinternational.com · not rated · cited for: context
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