Monday night’s non-overlapping doubleheader delivered.
Via Austin Karp of _Sports Business Journal_, the Buccaneers-Texans and Chargers-Raiders games [averaged 13.5 million viewers](https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2025/09/17/bucs-texans-delivers-best-week-2-mnf-game-since-2008/?publicationSource=newsletters&issue=68cadb7ac2aa6f2f826d1ba1&utm_source=sbj&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_unpacks). That’s the best overall performance of a Monday night doubleheader, regardless of format, since 2015.
The early game from Houston, which was televised by ESPN and ABC, averaged 17.4 million. It’s the highest number for a Week 2 Monday night game since 2008 (Eagles-Cowboys).
The late game, shown only on ESPN, averaged 9.7 million.
Week 4 ends with a simultaneous doubleheader, with Jets-Dolphins kicking off at 7:15 p.m. ET, and Bengals-Broncos starting one hour later. Another overlapping doubleheader happens two weeks later, with Bills-Falcons and Bears-Commanders.
Week 7 ends with another 7:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. ET true doubleheader; the Buccaneers and Lions play in the early window and Texans-Seahawks follows.