Overview
- ESPN announced an original series produced with Omaha Productions and NFL Films that will release episodes first on the ESPN App with select airings on ESPN2.
- The season spans 11 episodes that will focus on eight Monday Night Football matchups before shifting to Wild Card and Divisional round previews and ending with a Super Bowl LXI special.
- The move follows a recent drop in ManningCast viewership, which drew roughly 705,000 viewers on ESPN2 for its most recent alternate broadcast while the underlying game reached about 23.2 million viewers across platforms.
- ESPN is retaining the ManningCast for a new sixth season with an expanded regular-season slate, a new 'Manning Mode' feature, and plans for a Peyton-and-Eli alternate Super Bowl broadcast.
- The launch signals ESPN’s strategy to broaden Peyton-linked, talent-driven NFL programming and to test app-first distribution and event-focused formats to re-engage audiences.