Monday TV Ratings: ‘Monday Night Football’ Scores With Raiders vs. Saints

Jim Halterman
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New Orleans Saints v Las Vegas Raiders
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In the overnight ratings (which don’t include the West Coast), NFL’s pigskin matchup on ABC’s Monday Night Football easily grabbed the top spots in both the 18-49 demo and total primetime broadcast viewers on Monday, September 21. The Las Vegas Raiders bested the New Orleans Saints by 34-24 in the second week of the NFL season.

As for the rest of the night, NBC’s American Ninja Warrior landed in second place in total viewers but tied in the 18-49 demo with the premiere of Fox’s L.A.’s Finest. In the 9 o’clock hour, the debut of soapy drama Filthy Rich didn’t measure up in the demo against CBS’ Love Island or the second hour of Ninja (both of which tied with a 0.5 rating) while in total viewers, it came in third place with 2.9 million viewers.

Here’s the breakdown for Monday September 21, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time Show Adults 18-49 rating Viewers (millions)
8 p.m. Monday Night Football: New Orleans Saints at Las Vegas Raiders  (ABC) 1.6 6.9
American Ninja Warrior: (NBC) 0.5 3.4
L.A.’s Finest – P (Fox) 0.5 2.9
The Neighborhood – R (CBS) 0.3 3.1
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (CW) 0.2 822,000
8:30 p.m. Young Sheldon – R (CBS) 0.3 2.7
Whose Line Is It Anyway? – R (CW) 0.2 749,000
9:00 p.m. Love Island (CBS) 0.5 1.8
Filthy Rich – P (Fox) 0.4 2.9
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW) 0.1 662,000
10 p.m. Dateline NBC – (NBC) 0.4 3.0
Manhunt: Deadly Games – P (CBS) 0.3 1.6

 

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    PurpleChilli

    American Ninja warrior had half as many viewers as the NFL Game, cost way way way less to produce, no player contracts, no billion dollar stadiums, etc.... So in short if you are hosting American Ninja Warrior (NBC) instead of the NFL (ABC) you have a much larger profit margin

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      wolverine1070

      Yes, the NFL is still the biggest draw, but they may not be able to command the rates they have in the past.

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    wolverine1070

    Fox's premieres underperformed. I watched both LAs Finest and Filthy rich. The former is just a bit too unrealistic to have credibility as a police drama. Filthy Rich was good. I'm not sure either survives long with these ratings though.