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Next Gen Stats Alternate Broadcast Leads McAfee Alt-Cast in Week 9 Viewership

Viewership data from ESPN’s Week 9 Monday Night Football broadcast indicates that the analytics-focused alternate cast drew more viewers than the Pat McAfee Show alternative.

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Viewership data from ESPN’s Week 9 Monday Night Football broadcast indicates that the analytics-focused alternate cast drew more viewers than the Pat McAfee Show alternative.

The ESPN announcement of the viewership for a given Monday night game always requires a careful look for any information about the viewership of the multiple weekly alt casts on the Disney-owned networks.

Yahoo Sports reported the story as "For Week 9, Next Gen Stats outpaced the McAfee alt cast again."

2 sources have covered this story, including Yahoo Sports and ProFootballTalk. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 13 hours ago.

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Yahoo Sports reported it first, Nov 12, 6:21 AM ET. All 2 outlets carried it within the same minute, all in the center.All in the United States.

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Time since the first report

  1. FirstYahoo SportsNov 12, 6:21 AM ETCenter
  2. +0mProFootballTalkNov 12, 6:21 AM ETCenter

Claim ledger

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    Verified

    Core event reported by 2 independent outlets across the spectrum.

    2 corroborating · 1 primary-source link

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    Disputed

    Key facts present in mainstream desks; corroboration thin from wires.

    2 corroborating

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