Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys

Name: Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys
Creator: RatingsReference
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2024-12-09 · NFL · ESPN · ABC · ESPN+

18,700,000

Nielsen avg audience · via press

final · figures last changed 2024-12-11

Published figures

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Nielsen1 figure

average audience

full telecast · final

press-attributed · Sports Media Watch

The latest edition of NFL Monday Night Football (Bengals-Cowboys) averaged 18.7 million viewers across the ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes, marking the largest Week 14 MNF audience since 2001, when Chiefs-Patriots drew 19.6 million on ABC alone. Sports Media Watch, verbatim

18,700,000

1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

On the record

NetworksESPN · ABC · ESPN+

AwayCincinnati Bengals

HomeDallas Cowboys

ProvidersNielsen

Prior-season windows

Cincinnati Bengals at Jacksonville Jaguars

2023-12-04 · ABC · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

16,450,000

Philadelphia Eagles at Seattle Seahawks

2023-12-18 · ABC · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch

19,360,000

2 windows sit the same distance from 52 weeks earlier; the site does not pick one, so no percent is computed.
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Cite this figure

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Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys (2024-12-09): 18,700,000 average audience, Nielsen (press-attributed), final; published by Sports Media Watch, 2024-12-11, https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2024/12/cowboys-bengals-mnf-most-watched-since-2001-simpsons-chiefs-chargers/. Via RatingsReference, https://ratingsreference.com/telecast/nfl-bengals-cowboys-2024-12-09, accessed 2026-09-15.

Measurement era

Panel + Out-of-Home, since Sept 2020