And the Week 3 NFL TV Ratings are in...

• The good news for ESPN:  Almost 2 million people tuned into the ManningCast this week.
• Bad news:  That's the last one of those for a while -- they'll do six more regular season games and the Monday night wild-card game.
• It does look like the White-Right NFL boycott of the last five years MAY, in fact, finally be receding:

1. Panthers-Texans on Thursday Night was the most-watched NFL Network exclusive Thursday game in over three years.
2. FOX Nationals:  22.6 million and 11.7 ratings (down 1% from a mostly-Cowboys slate last year -- this year was mostly Rams-Bucs).
3. CBS Single:  Down about 10-14%
4. FOX Regional:  Up 4% ratings, 8% viewers.
5. Sunday Night:  Packers-49ers up 8% ratings, 11% viewers (and that was over another Packers SNF game last year).
6. Monday Night:  14.9 million, up 1% -- but, more importantly, the most-watched Week 3 game... since the Fail Mary nine years ago!  It's been THAT LONG???   

(Sports Media Watch)