Pat McAfee's Monday Night Football alt-cast draws weak viewership

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 20:44 · Archive

Pat McAfee's debut ESPN alt-cast for Monday Night Football drew only 351,000 viewers, trailing rival broadcasts.

Pat McAfee's debut ESPN alt-cast for Monday Night Football underperformed in its first outing. 'Field Pass with The Pat McAfee Show' on ESPN2, which includes NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky, drew 351,000 viewers for the Commanders-49ers Week 6 game. The viewership trailed NFL Network's 'Next Gen Stats' broadcast, which drew 469,000 viewers.

ESPN introduced McAfee's alt-cast to fill weeks when the ManningCast, presented by Peyton and Eli Manning, is not airing. The ManningCast drew over 700,000 viewers in Week 1 of this season and averaged over a million viewers during its inaugural year in 2021.

McAfee is scheduled to host five more regular-season alt-casts this year, with the next appearance in Week 9 for Bills-Vikings. The ManningCast is set to analyse 12 games this season. Both alt-casts are scheduled to air during Super Bowl 2027.

How it is being reported

• Pat McAfee’s first ESPN ‘Monday Night Football’ alt-cast draws weak audiencePat McAfee's first ESPN "Monday Night Football' alt-cast for the Commanders-49ers Week 6 game was outdrawn by his peers and NFL Network.New York Post · 22 Oct, 20:35
• Pat McAfee's first Monday Night Football alt-cast flops... as fears of audience fatigue grow around ESPN's biggest starMcAfee's debut Monday Night Football alt-cast failed to live up to expectations after viewership numbers indicated a potential 'fatigue' around ESPN's biggest star.Daily Mail Sport · 22 Oct, 14:41

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