First the good for ESPN:
Last night’s Philadelphia Eagles victory over the Washington Redskins earned an 11.6 overnight rating according to Nielsen, based on the metered markets. This is the highest rating for ESPN’s Monday Night Football opener ever (eight games, starting in 2006). The previous best came in 2010, a 10.5 overnight rating for Baltimore vs. the New York Jets. Last year, the Cincinnati-Baltimore opener earned an 8.1 overnight rating.
And the not-so-good. As expected, many viewers weren’t enthralled to hear Chris Berman on play-by-play for the second game.
A sample of the tweets:
Hopefully Chris Berman goes back back back back back to his 2 minute segment on Sportscentre once a week
#ObamaWasResponsibleFor Chris Berman on MNF between the Chargers and the#TexansTried muting the game, but even Chris Berman‘s subtitles were yelling at me.
WHY THE HELL IS THERE A GARBAGE TRUCK MAKING SO MUCH NOISE OUTSIDE MY WINDOW AT THIS HOUR forget it, that’s Chris Berman
Not much sleep.. Had horrible nightmare that Chris Berman was doing the play by play of my meal at Applebee’s
Chris Berman is yelling about time zones and suddenly all human achievement seems meaningless.
Chris Berman needs to retire. His ‘schtick’ got old 25 years ago.It’s not funny, cute or humerous anymore and his ego is still as big as the state of Connecticut.