ESPN 'MNF' telecast again breaks record
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The New Orleans Saints' return home to the Superdome on Monday night drew the highest rating ever for ESPN and was the highest-rated program of the night on any network, broadcast or cable.
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ESPN reminded viewers Monday that football in a repaired Superdome can inspire for a few hours at a time, but cannot rebuild a city.
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American football's Super Bowl is watched by 97.5m viewers, making it the second most-viewed show in US TV history.
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The Patriots weren't the only ones seeking history on Super Bowl Sunday. Fox hoped New England's pursuit of an undefeated season, coupled with the underdog New York Giants, would break the record 94.08 million viewers who watched the 1996 Super Bowl.
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And the nation will be watching Sunday night as Peyton Manning tries to shatter a 20-year-old record for the most touchdowns tossed in a single season.
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FOXBORO, Mass. The New England Patriots set an NFL record for consecutive wins with a 24-to-10 victory over Miami. That&#39;s 19 in a row, counting playoffs, for the Pats.
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By Michael Hiestand  Tonight, ESPN has an opportunity: show that TV sports can deal with real-life epics.  ESPN lavishes Super Bowl-like pregame shows on all its Monday night NFL games this season.
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Super Bowl viewership fell from  recent years on Sunday, but the U.S. football championship  propelled broadcaster Fox to its most-watched night ever, the  network said.
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The AFC and NFC championship game broadcasts had their highest combined overnight TV ratings in eight years.
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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter of Sunday&#39;s game against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium to set an NFL record for most consecutive games with multiple TD
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The Indianapolis Colts' rainswept victory over the Chicago Bears averaged more than 93 million viewers on Sunday, making it the second most-watched Super Bowl and third most-watched U.S. telecast ever, Nielsen Media Research reported.
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LOS ANGELES  - In a first for the U.S.   market, the struggling Mobile ESPN network is offering live and   complete football games for viewing on cell phones.
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A record 97.5 million Americans tuned  in to Sunday's upset victory by the New York Giants over the  New England Patriots, marking the biggest TV audience in Super  Bowl history and the second most-watched U.S. telecast ever.
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With a victory over Miami on Sunday, New England would set a new NFL record with 19 straight wins.
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This is not original reporting. All facts have been gathered from ESPN, the Associated Press, Fox Sports Net, The Indianapolis Star, and The Washington Post.
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American football's Super Bowl draws the third-highest audience in US television history on Sunday.
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com Staff | November 18, 2004. Promise weâre spending no more than 27 seconds on this and moving on, but I just canât believe the outrage out there over ABCâs little stunt opening Monday Night Football.