History of Monday Night Football

1805:" award, in which a picture of the game's top performer(s) is displayed, as chosen by the broadcasting crew. During the fourth quarter of a preseason game early that season, Madden was joking about doing some recording in the "Horse Trailer", a term the producers used for one of the ABC production trucks. It was, in fact, a custom-built trailer designed from the shell of a horse trailer, but housed sophisticated electronic equipment inside it. By the first week of the regular season, an idea to decorate the plain white trailer with 2762:, ESPN announced a new focus on covering the games as sporting events rather than as entertainment and cultural events. Among the changes were the removal of celebrity booth guests and a reduction in the number of sideline interviews. Tafoya and Kolber were retained to conduct those interviews and file reports from the field. In addition, ESPN replaced the bottom center-screen time-score box introduced in 2006 (which was used until the 2008 preseason) with a horizontal time-score banner across the bottom of the screen. 3013:", stressing their philosophical and political differences. On October 6, 2011, ESPN subsequently announced that it would stop using "All My Rowdy Friends" as its theme song (as the song is still owned by Williams) and drop Williams from the show's opening. Williams commented on the matter: "After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made my decision... By pulling my opening October 3, stepped on the toes of the First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore me, my song, and 1917:. Guerrero defended herself by saying that the show hired her with the intention of going in a totally different direction with the job of sideline reporter – personality-driven and feature-driven – then discarded all of that and told her to just do the job in the usual fashion. She said that she never would have taken the job if she had known that they would change their minds like that. In 2005, Michele Tafoya sat out much of the season while on 2499: 2918:(setting a new team record); Vick went 20 of 28 for 333 yards throwing four touchdowns, and also ran for 80 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries. He became the first player with at least 300 yards passing, 50 yards rushing four passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a game. Vick's performance in the game also moved him past Steve Young for second place on the all-time list for rushing yards by a quarterback. 724:." That would essentially be the high point of Karras' three-year tenure, with a developing movie career often distracting him from showing any improvement (in reality, Sistrunk did not attend any college but enlisted in the United States Marine Corps after high school and played semi-professional football before getting a tryout with the Raiders; the Raiders team guide listed his college alma mater as "U.S. Mars"). 173:

November 13 (Week 8 of the 1955 season), when the Rams traveled to Chicago to face the Bears, ABC employed a split-commentary concept with Bob Kelley and Bill Brundige calling the game for viewers in Pacific areas and Red Grange and Bill Fay calling the game for viewers in the Midwest. If the 49ers were in Los Angeles to play the Rams (like in Week 7 of the 1955 season), then they used Bob Fouts and Frankie Albert.

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prepare to resume playing. This decision was criticized immediately by commentators, but the NFL denied the report. The following day, Buck responded to the NFL and Vincent, and stood by the claim that he was told both teams had five minutes to warm-up before resuming the game. A similar report regarding the players warming-up to resume play was aired on

1891:), was the result of declining ratings, as well as problems involved for potential playoff teams, as there was a potential of only four days rest between their final regular season game and first-round playoff game. ABC replaced the telecast with an opening weekend Thursday night game, and in exchange ESPN got a Saturday night game on the final weekend. 3474:, The game would have been scheduled for a 5:00 p.m. ET kickoff with Fowler and Herbstreit working the game. However, additional positive tests from New England forced the NFL to reschedule the game to October 18, along with a slew of other rescheduled games involving the Dolphins, Jets, Chargers and Jaguars. 2140:

Despite high ratings, ABC lost millions of dollars on televising the games during the late 1990s and 2000s. The NFL also indicated that it wanted Sunday night to be the new night for its marquee game, because more people tend to watch television on Sundays, and games held on that night would be more

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sideline reporter for a less experienced, much younger woman and a man, who did not have as extensive journalistic credentials as Visser. "It was staggering to me", Visser later recalled. However, she wound up returning to CBS Sports, philosophical as ever. "You can have a short career if it's based

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down to the sidelines, representing Jones' individual deal with Nike, contrary to the NFL's policy at the time of negotiating its marketing deals as a league (it wasn't until 2002 that the league's first league-wide uniform contract with Reebok was made; Nike would replace Reebok in that capacity in

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taking over. After the game, McNabb gave a post-game speech in the locker room in which he stated the Eagles made a mistake by trading him. Before the game, McNabb signed a five-year contract extension worth $ 78 million, after being benched in the fourth quarter just a week earlier. The very first

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not freely available to all Americans, though per a clause in the NFL's broadcasting rules, many ESPN games air on a participating broadcast television station in the home markets of each team to allow viewers who do not subscribe to a pay television provider to view the game. For that reason, NBC

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reached from behind to drag him down and Taylor fell heavily on the quarterback's leg in the process. On the play, which viewers could see in a gruesome slow-motion replay, Theismann suffered a compound fracture of the tibia and fibula in his lower right leg. The injury ended the playing career of

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Prior to the 2023 season, ESPN reportedly replaced Steve Levy with Chris Fowler on the second team with Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky and Laura Rutledge. The 2023 season was also the first year in which more viable games are allowed to be flexed to Monday Night Football between weeks 12 and 17. The

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for the Redskins, as a "little monkey." Cosell noted that Garrett's small stature, and not his race, was the basis for his comment, citing the fact that he had used the term to describe his grandchildren. Later, a special on Howard Cosell showed him calling Mike Adamle (a white player) a "little

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s coverage, from 10:15 p.m. to 11 p.m., on ESPN and ABC, averaged 14.3 million viewers. The NFL was criticized for its reaction to the incident. Joe Buck initially reported on the broadcast that after the ambulance took Hamlin away, the NFL had told teams they had five minutes to

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The Redskins went on to score one more touchdown, however their seven-point run was not able to stop Philadelphia, which defeated Washington 59–28. McNabb finished the game with 295 yards on 17 for 31, along with two touchdowns and three interceptions. The Eagles finished with 593 offense yards

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penalty, a rarely seen unsportsmanlike conduct infraction that penalizes a player for running and jumping to block a kick and landing on other players. Vanderjagt's subsequent kick was batted and hit the upright, but fell in good, winning the game for the Colts. Vanderjagt went on to become the

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were on the commentary for 49ers games. Although for the first two weeks of the 1955 season, the roles were reversed. In the event that the 49ers were in Chicago to play the Bears (which occurred in Week 3 of the 1955 season on October 8), then ABC would use Red Grange and Bill Fay. However, on

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season, the trio of Gifford, Meredith and Simpson handled the duties. Cosell's departure seemed to have the greatest effect on Meredith, who many believed to be a poor analyst in his absence. Falling ratings also gave indications that much of the mystique that surrounded the weekly event had

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from the '80s salad days. They still use ancient clips of Cosell slurring "He could go all the way" and 'What a game this turned out to be' and all that nonsense. They refer to Monday records as if they are hallowed... None of that has stopped ESPN from still trying desperately to make

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The Redskins were criticized for their lack of coverage because the Eagles were known for going deep on the first play; the Eagles' next two possessions led to touchdowns. The very first play of the second quarter, with Philadelphia up 28–0, saw Vick throw a 48-yard touchdown to

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defensive back nicknamed "The Hammer" for his often-brutal hits, was selected by ABC to replace Meredith in 1974, but following a few pre-season broadcasts, proved so inarticulate that he was relieved of his duties prior to the start of the regular season, becoming the first

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shareholders (as well as NFL fans and purists). However, ESPN's ability to collect subscription fees from cable and satellite providers, in addition to selling commercials, made it more likely that ESPN could turn a profit on NFL telecasts, as opposed to ABC's heavy losses.

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in on-field mobile platform was clunky because all involved had to have direct comments and questions to each other explicitly, and there were lulls in the broadcast at times when it's not clear which of McFarland or Witten should be jumping in. As for play-by-play man

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playoffs, was unavailable. The season would serve as a study in contrasts as one of the most exciting Monday night games ever was followed the next week by one of the most badly played in the run of the series. On October 17, 1983, the second highest scoring game in

1400:. With 1:29 left to play in the game, Elway scored on a 4-yard touchdown run to put the Broncos ahead 28–24. But then Montana led the Chiefs on a 75-yard drive to score the game-winning touchdown with just 8 seconds to play. The Chiefs defeated the Broncos 31–28. 3082:, who prior to the promotion had been one of the voices of ESPN's college football broadcasts. However, McDonough only lasted two seasons and did not return after the 2017 season. In addition, Gruden was rehired to coach the Raiders, opening the door for a new 1667:, Ohlmeyer was lured out of retirement to spark interest and provide some vigor to the broadcast. Besides the on-air talent, Ohlmeyer's changes included clips of players introducing themselves, new graphics and music. In another rather irreverent move, the 479:. Advertisers were charged US$ 65,000 per minute by ABC during the clash, a cost that proved to be a bargain when the contest collected 33% of the viewing audience. The Browns defeated the Jets, 31–21 in a game which featured a 94-yard kickoff return for a 369:, who would serve as director of the program for over 22 years. Arledge also ordered twice the usual number of cameras to cover the game, expanded the regular two-man broadcasting booth to three, and used extensive graphic design within the show as well as 840:

was interviewed in the broadcast booth at halftime. Prior to the election, none of the candidates were invited on the program due to equal time regulations governing appearances during campaigns. Later that same season in Southern California, movie star

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scored twice for the Seahawks defense, once on a 72-yard interception return and the other on a 25-yard fumble return, earning himself the "Horse Trailer Player of the Game" as well as NFC defensive player of the week. A fourth interception return by

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from using that title until the ABC show was canceled. That seeming popularity was in contrast to the repeated criticisms in the media, as well as bar room contests in which winners were allowed to throw a brick through a television image of Cosell.

3170:, Koo regarded him as an acquired taste and many were not acquiring it. This was due to Tessitore's style of going HARD on a lot of calls, in energy and volume. Besides the commentators, Ben Koo complained about the distracting sponsorships from 3366:. Connolly further wrote that "It often feels like the show's producers are more interested in their carefully choreographed packages and graphics than the actual game unfolding on the field. No other broadcast misses a play as consistently as 2145:, a method by which some of the NFL's best games could be moved from the afternoon to the evening on Sunday on short notice. Given these factors, as well as the rise of ABC's ratings on Sunday night, and the network's wish of protecting its 591:, Gifford was often criticized for his see-no-evil approach in regard to discussing the NFL, earning him the dubious nickname "Faultless Frank." Regardless, Gifford would have the longest tenure of any broadcaster on the show, lasting until 2052:. The skit was widely condemned as being sexually suggestive (see video) and ABC was forced to apologize for airing it (the Eagles went on to win the game, 49–21, with Owens catching three touchdown passes). However, on March 14, 2005, the 326:

between the NFL and AFL), Rozelle concentrated on signing a weekly Monday night deal with one of the three major networks. After sensing reluctance from both NBC and CBS in disturbing their regular programming schedules, Rozelle spoke with

7964: 856:, who would lead the production team for another 6 years. In addition, 1980 was the first year a woman joined the traveling production crew of over 40 cameramen, engineers, producers and directors. Alexis Denny, then a sophomore at 350:, did ABC sign a contract for the scheduled games. Speculation was that had Rozelle signed with Hughes, many ABC affiliates would have pre-empted the network's Monday lineup in favor of the games, severely damaging potential ratings. 3332:

isn't special anymore, but the production never formed a new identity to contend with that reality. So there's a lot of pretending. We all must pretend it matters when, say, a running back gains more yards in the third quarter of a

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s magic failed, but that hasn't stopped ESPN from continuously trying to doctor up ways to make the game as much of an EVENT as it was back in the 1970s. This is a show imprisoned by its own history. They still have pictures of

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Melissa Stark). Guerrero's performance on the broadcast was heavily criticized, and the following year (also in an apparent move away from the "eye candy" concept) ABC replaced her with longtime television sports journalist

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After a very successful first season, ESPN and Omaha Productions agreed to a one-year extension of the Manningcast, while also expanding Omaha Productions’ Megacast production rights to other sports like: college football,

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I knew that my dad would have wanted me to play. I love him so much and I love this game. It's meant a great deal to me, to my dad, to my family, and I didn't expect this kind of performance. But I know he was watching

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to Minnesota for the first time since the Vikings traded him after the 2004 season. The telecast debuted with brand-new graphics, including a time-score box placed in the lower center of the screen; a variation of the

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After experiencing low ratings and criticism about the production during the 2007 season, ESPN announced that long-time sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michele Tafoya would have reduced roles for the 2008 season.

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Both Namath and Simpson would be replaced at the end of the 1985 NFL season, with critics noting their lack of journalistic skills in comparison to Cosell. In their place the following year came veteran broadcaster

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on the opening week of the season, with the second game using separate announcers and production staff that are not used for the rest of the schedule. On September 11, 2006, the announcers for the second game were

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on November 5. The three points also put Elam over 1,000 points for his career. In addition, the scoring bug reverted to using the team abbreviations, as opposed to the nickname scheme used in the previous season.

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to serve as producer, who installed Dennis Miller as an analyst (for ultimately two unsuccessful seasons). She sued ABC Sports for age discrimination, with Howard Katz and Ohlmeyer being named as co-defendants.

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had been murdered at City Hall. Despite the complaints that followed, the NFL chose to play the game, a decision that mirrored the league's decision to play its scheduled games during the weekend following the

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graphics began to be used on almost all sporting events televised by ESPN and ABC (the former of which effectively took over full responsibility of ABC's sports division that year, which was rebranded as

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telephoned Buck with the job offer, Buck refused to respond due to anger at his treatment by ABC during an earlier stint with the network. Arledge's original choice for the third member of the trio,

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and Super Bowl XL. With the end of ABC's contract, the Super Bowl XL broadcast was the network's final NFL telecast until 2016, when they simulcasted ESPN's Wild Card game production. To replace

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on every play. ESPN's Bill Hofheimer tweeted "Our ESPN production team is aware of the feedback on the #MNF down and distance graphic. We have called an audible and adjusted for the 2nd half of #

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were specifically praised for their commentary. ESPN's coverage of the incident, on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, from 9 pm to 10:15 pm, which mostly featured coverage from the

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game, with a 13.3 rating and 18.6 million viewers, set a new record for the most-watched cable television program, surpassing the record set the previous December by the Patriots-Ravens game.

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broadcast to become the most-watched program ever on a cable channel, with a 15.3 rating and 21.839 million viewers. The record stood until it was surpassed by the network's telecast of the

860:, served as the stage manager of the telecasts and wrote the script for the half-time highlights that Howard Cosell would voice over in a style for which he was known throughout his career. 571:, Frank Gifford became available after his contract with CBS Sports expired; Arledge brought him to ABC to serve as play-by-play announcer, replacing Jackson (who returned to broadcasting 4636: 2056:(FCC) ruled that the skit did not violate decency standards, because it contained no outright nudity or foul language. Originally, John Madden was supposed to appear in the commercial. 3267:. Witten was not replaced, therefore making the 2019 broadcast team consist of Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Booger McFarland (color commentator) and Lisa Salters (sideline reporter). 1996:. Favre elected to play, passing for four touchdowns in the first half, and 399 yards for the game in a 41–7 destruction of the Raiders (receiving applause from the highly partisan " 3373:

Neither Tessitore nor McFarland were not retained after the 2019 season due to a bevy of criticism surrounding their work. However, ESPN decided to have the latter swap places with

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history and set the mark for the greatest margin of victory in a Monday night shutout. This also set the NFL record for scoring the most points with less than 200 yards of offense.

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beginning in Week 12, the ability to feature up to four teams twice per-season, as well as produce many alternate broadcast feeds of select games, under their Megacast series. All

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Meredith returned to the ABC booth in 1977, but seemed to lack the enthusiasm that had marked his first stint from 1970 to 1973. While the NFL moved to a 16-week schedule in

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Two years later, Rozelle would build on this success as the NFL began a four-year experiment of playing on Monday night, scheduling one game in prime time on CBS during the

3362:: the once great NFL show was now the worst on television. The article cited the overblown announcing by Joe Tessitore, incoherent analysis by Booger McFarland and bizarre 8584: 5706: 5148: 755:, ABC also aired occasional NFL games on Thursday and Sunday nights. Each of these telecasts would be billed by the network as a "Special Thursday/Sunday Night Edition of 2732:, 27–24. The game became the most-watched single cable television program of all-time by total viewership, breaking the previous record set by the August 17 premiere of 7940: 3161:

was in over his head as an analyst. Koo added that Witten made mistakes, was inconsistent, got tongue tied, and was awkward at times. Meanwhile the gimmick of placing

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began to develop upon players who made guest appearances on the broadcasts, with an observed pattern of players having a decline in performance the following week.

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created a new arrangement of Johnny Pearson's "Heavy Action", by that time fully synonymous with the series. This more or less replaced an original composition by

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game telecasts ended with a score of 31–21 with the Jets on the losing end. Vinny Testaverde holds the distinction of throwing the last touchdown pass in ABC's

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kicked a field goal in overtime to win the game 40–37. It was the second biggest fourth quarter comeback in NFL history and biggest comeback in Jets' history.

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game in Week 2 of the 1953 season, was to have been regionally televised by ABC, but the cables needed for the telecast never arrived. The articles said that

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before Miller was added to the broadcast team, despite having no prior sports broadcast experience (Limbaugh would instead be assigned as a commentator to

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games, and in any event had been prohibited by the aforementioned Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 for that very reason alongside Saturday games to protect

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immediately saw possibilities for the new program. Setting out to create an entertainment "spectacle" as much as a simple sports broadcast, Arledge hired

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handled the pregame coin toss. The Saints beat the Falcons 23–3 in what now ranks as one of the most-watched events in the history of cable television.

7945: 2682:. Chicago's defense then went on to score 14 points on fumble returns for touchdowns. With 2:58 left in the fourth quarter, and down 17–23, Chicago's 1578:. 1999 also saw the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game being moved from Saturday afternoon to Monday night. It would remain on Monday night through 2005. 954:

From 1983 to 1986, ABC also aired a Friday night game in the final week (Week 16) of the regular season, in addition to the normal Monday night game.

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was named the permanent solo sideline reporter, a role she retained since. ESPN also added a rules analyst to aid in crucial officiating calls, with

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averaged a 13.9 rating, down 8% from the 15.0 average rating for the broadcasts in 1997 – the previous standard in ratings futility. In actuality,

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doubleheader that has traditionally aired on ABC, as well as a share of the rotating rights to the Super Bowl (with CBS and Fox also in the mix).

1969:. Vanderjagt did not miss a kick in the playoffs either, making him the first kicker to accomplish that feat (Anderson missed a field goal in the 1635:). Miller demonstrated a knowledge of the game and its personalities, although at times he tended to lapse into sometimes obscure analogy-riddled 1272:, returning the series to its original concept of three announcers in the booth. The trio would last for 11 seasons through the conclusion of the 8697: 7430: 7425: 7420: 7415: 7410: 1984:

put on one of the most defining moments of his career (while also ranking among his greatest games ever). The day before the contest against the

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continued its tradition of featuring notable guests during the half-time show, from a variety of different industries and backgrounds. During a

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ABC turned its series of primetime college football specials, which had run until 1975 and again from 1990 to 1993 and from 1996 onward, into a

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telecasts used a computer-generated yellow line to mark where a team needs to get a first down, a method first used by ABC sister cable channel

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After beginning with critical acclaim, Meredith began to take his weekly assignments less seriously, while also beginning an acting career. By

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ABC's relationship with the NFL at this point pretty much ended when CBS began carrying regular season games across its network nationwide in

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For the Chicago-based games, ABC used Red Grange and Bill Fay on commentary. When ABC added the Redskins to their schedule in 1954, they used

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The changes to the NFL's prime time broadcasts took place with the 2006 season, as ESPN began airing the Monday night games at the same time

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franchise (which they knew would be costly), on April 18, 2005, ABC and the NFL announced the end of their 36-year partnership, with the

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ratings, ABC considered moving the game to Monday night. In February 2003, Madden declined to serve as color commentator for the game in

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late in the fourth quarter and returned it 25 yards for the clinching touchdown. However, Cleveland viewers saw different programming on

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led the Jets to score 23 consecutive points to tie the game. After Miami scored another touchdown, Testaverde threw to offensive tackle

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until 2005, a Thursday game and 16 Mondays – no game on Week 17 because of playoff preparation disadvantages), the first two wild card

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game on November 19 set the record for the highest scoring game in MNF's history. The game was originally scheduled to be played at

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fell just short of tying another Seahawks NFL record of four defensive scores in a single game, set during a 45–0 victory over the

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42–0 with three defensive touchdowns (two interceptions, one fumble return). This tied the then-largest margin of victory mark in

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games will stream on ESPN+, and ESPN/ABC will also gain rights to a divisional playoff game, and two future Super Bowls for ABC.

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career was probably at the introductory press conference where he quipped that he was hired to "bring some color to the booth."

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similar to the "rants" of his standup comedy act. ABC even set up a webpage dedicated to explaining Miller's sometimes obscure

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that it was dropped after halftime. To clarify, ESPN made the down-and-distance graphic yellow, so it looked like there was a

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game for the final week of the regular season. The move, which had been in effect for the first eight years of the broadcast (

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As previously mentioned, in 2000, Don Ohlmeyer, the program's producer up until 1977 was brought back. After spending time at

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teamed to call the second game, with Kolber again on the sidelines. On September 12, 2011, Nessler and Dilfer were joined by

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personality not to last an entire season (much less no part of the regular season at all). Williamson was replaced by fellow

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for this game on ESPN2. Buck and Aikman were on the call for the initial incident, but coverage was quickly moved to ESPN's

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and Joe Theismann presided over that telecast. However, the original crew for one of the two Wild Card Playoff games from

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game, igniting a controversy and laying the groundwork for his departure at the end of that season. In a game between the

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Michaels served as the play-by-play announcer, teaming with Gifford for a two-man booth in 1986. During that season, the

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and scored again to narrow the margin to 35–28. They forced a Buccaneers punt and with less than two minutes remaining,

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to play on Friday nights was soundly defeated, with critics charging that such telecasts would damage the attendance at

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As part of the league's television contract renewal with the network in 1989, ABC was awarded the television rights to

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called the first game of the Week 1 doubleheader (as Fowler and Taylor were already in the New York area handling the

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replaced Tarkenton as a fill-in when Meredith or Cosell, who also was a broadcaster for the network's coverage of the

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play-by-play role, but settled for Jackson after they proved unable to break their respective existing contracts with

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s glorious past, trying to turn the franchise into an event with needless innovations and halftime concerts -- like

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in the third quarter to make the score 52–21. During the play, Vick scrambled, waiting for someone to get open when

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replaced Joe Theismann, who was offered a prominent football analyst job with ESPN, in the booth beginning with the

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would be a part of ESPN's coverage of the new Monday night NFL Wild Card Game, which also included ABC and ESPN+.

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returned a punt for a touchdown to take a 24–23 lead. Leinart then led the Cardinals down the field, only to have

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drew the largest audience in the history of cable television at the time, besting the previous mark set by a 1993

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on looks and youth", she said, "but legitimacy is what lasts." Which ABC replaced her with both Melissa Stark and

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game in 1985) due to the poor field conditions at the former. The Rams defeated the Chiefs by a score of 54–51.

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led an 87-yard drive to score the game-tying touchdown with 35 seconds left in regulation. In overtime, kicker

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In June 2000, Lesley Visser's career suffered a highly publicized setback when she was famously bounced as the

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would eventually join him. These changes resulted in Griese leaving to become the quarterbacks coach with the

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Two weeks after that painful memory, the program's most watched contest took place as the previously unbeaten

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history, and was the worst shutout loss. This was due to the Eagles' major injuries such as star quarterback

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in the same game. The final play of the ABC era was a Patriots kneeldown by 44-year-old reserve quarterback

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Yes, we have to say it. Remember, this is just a football game, no matter who wins or loses. An unspeakable

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game, originally scheduled on October 4, was postponed to October 12 due to a player testing positive for

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to tie the game at 37-all. At 1:08 a.m. Eastern Time, the game having crossed into Tuesday morning,

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ESPN took advantage of the new Megacast part of their new contract by announcing on July 19, 2021, that

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serving as sideline reporters. However, on February 8, 2006, ESPN announced that former NBA studio host

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Karras made his debut on September 16, 1974 and immediately made an impact when he jokingly referred to

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Looking for a lightning rod to garner attention, Arledge hired controversial New York City sportscaster

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held the following year was played on a Sunday as typical, but was moved to ABC's sister network ESPN.

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s only OT tie to date. The deadlock had come after dropped touchdown passes by Cardinal wide receivers

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announcing team anchored the telecasts, except for the first of two Wild Card Playoff games, in which

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in a preseason game the year before and was making his first visit to the stadium since the accident.

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second kicker in NFL history not to miss either a field goal or extra point in a single season after

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special in Houston, 2 days after Ronald Reagan was elected to the White House, Vice-President elect

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had been an NFL analyst for CBS during the 1960s but had never called play-by-play prior to joining

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going back to a two-man booth for the first time since its final season on ABC (2005). In addition

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and its surrounding shoulder programming became the most profitable franchise on cable television.

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became the second woman to call play-by-play in an NFL game when she called the second game of the

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on ABC in the fall of 1975. That show is remembered today only as a trivia question, as its title,

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1980 also marked some key personnel moves for the top-rated ABC show. It was the first season of

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first such flex scheduling took place on November 30, 2023, when the Week 15 matchup between the

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presentation when she was a sportscaster with CBS. Visser was followed by several women, notably

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is notable for a very windy and rainy game, and also remembered with a 36-yard touchdown run by

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For the second year in a row, and the third time overall, the beginning of the 10:15 p.m.

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telecasts now account for eight of the ten highest-rated programs in cable television history.

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game to air on ESPN was on September 11, 2006, featuring the visiting Minnesota Vikings at the

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performing "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night", sung to the music of his 1984 hit "

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In addition to Michaels and Madden helming the regular season broadcasts, Brent Musburger and

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to work as an adviser to Gruden and the Raiders and was replaced by recently retired referee

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They can take football away from ABC on Monday nights, but they can't take away the memories.

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television package included seventeen (eighteen in 1992 and 1993) regular season games (from

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monkey." Stung by the unrelenting barrage of remarks, Cosell claimed upon his departure from

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in 1984. The defeat was the Eagles' third-worst in team history, tied for the worst loss in

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One of the more somber contests in the run of the series came on November 27, 1978 when the

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ESPN's first Monday night broadcast was a preseason game held on August 14, 2006, when the

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set a record of note during that last ABC telecast, becoming the first player to catch two

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references. Soon, it would become apparent that Miller's comedy did not mix with football.

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team would consist of Al Michaels and Joe Theismann in the booth, with Michele Tafoya and

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Nielsen ratings data for the first 17 weeks of the 1998–99 television season showed that

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On October 3, 2011, Hank Williams Jr. made controversial remarks during an interview on

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was having a great day, and Arizona had forced six turnovers out of Chicago quarterback

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List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises

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by a score of 17–12; however, in the first half of the game, Eagles star quarterback

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retained the record as the highest-rated non-sports program in basic cable history).

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aired on ESPN2, on September 13, 2021, as one of three feeds produced of the first

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Since the program's move to ESPN in 2006, the network has broadcast two games in a

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featured a season-long campaign promoting the anticipated 20,000th point scored in

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were administered before he was rushed to a local hospital. The game was aired on

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had been the only woman to do so, having called the second game of ESPN's Week 1

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began incorporating nicknames for the teams, such as "Skins" and "Fins" (for the

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During subsequent negotiations on a new television contract that would begin in

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for the network, which he continued to do for the next 35 seasons). The former

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for three seasons, ten games will receive this alternate broadcast each year.

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What would eventually be named the "NFL's comeback of the year" was played on

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and Dilfer served as the No. 2 team during opening week, with Nichols (2012),

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ceremony. The Monday after ABC's final Monday Night game saw the premiere of

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Greenberg, Golic and Ditka served as the secondary team for the September 8,

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in 1985. A second renewal of the television contract gave them the rights to

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collapsed with 5:58 left in the first quarter after tackling wide receiver

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The Tirico–Gruden pairing would last until 2015, when Tirico left ESPN for

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was absent an opening sequence from Week 4 through the end of that season.

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During its final NFL television contract, ABC was awarded the telecasts to

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ratings had been hitting all-time record lows for the previous four years.

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Following the 2021 season, reports came out that Hall of Fame quarterback

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video game series, and a successful broadcaster for 21 years – first with

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game, which was preceded one week earlier by his pre-game analysis of the

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On March 18, 2021, the NFL announced that ESPN had renewed its rights to

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game, with Suzy Kolber on the sidelines. The September 14, 2009 game had

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Theismann, who had teamed with Gifford and Meredith on ABC's coverage of

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Cosell's abrasive personality gave him enough recognition to host a live

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rules of the time (this would apply for all games through the end of the

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23–3. Arizona seemed to have the game wrapped up, as rookie quarterback

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season making them the longest tenured broadcast team in the history of

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the following year, with the quarterback making his debut in the annual

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provided commentary for the game in 1948 and the game in 1950 joined by

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in June 2016. It also marked the beginning of a decline in quality for

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doubleheader in 1987. Mowins reprised her role in 2018, this time with

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would replace Michaels in the booth in 2006, joined by Theismann, and

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games (held on the first Saturday of the playoffs), and at times, the

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envisioned the possibility of playing at least one game weekly during

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for ABC respectively). To formally celebrate the 50th anniversary of

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On December 5, 2005, in a game dubbed "The Monday Night Massacre" by

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in New York City (the "Horse Trailer" concept was reinstated for the

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as a commentator, along with veteran football play-by-play announcer

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would follow suit in 1961, a move that required Congress to pass the

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ABC first broadcast regular season National Football League games in

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was the climax of an NFL week. Now it often feels like a last gasp.

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predicted the comeback at halftime, where he was appearing with the

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joined Al Michaels in a two-man booth. Madden was a coach for the

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showing the game clock and score throughout the entire broadcast.

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The NFL's television contract renewal in 1982 also put ABC in the

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is a music cue used during the opening teasers of each program, a

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first aired on ABC on September 21, 1970, with a game between the

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a thing. In the process, they've in fact cheapened the product."

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suffered a rib injury knocking him out of the game, resulting in

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production library cue (and also used as the theme music for the

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that could be viewed by a greater television audience (while the

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home games, taking those from DuMont, who replaced them with the

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ESPN was praised for its coverage of the incident. Contributors

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will serve as the secondary team during doubleheader weeks, and

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On December 3, 2007, 17.5 million people watched the undefeated

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served as commentators for that year's AFC wild card game, with

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airing immediately prior to the game on ESPN (and diversion of

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on October 16. Late in the third quarter, the massive underdog

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in the mid-1970s, and was the first and only woman to handle a

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rotation for the first time, giving it the broadcast rights to

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gained rights to the Thursday night season-opening game, the

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season, which would become the network's final season as the

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that the NFL had become "a stagnant bore." In Cosell's book,

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seasons, and two contests during each of the next two years.

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Also during the 2003 season, Lisa Guerrero decided to leave

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The network also acquired the rights to the 1212:again made records with the biggest blowout in 1079: 1059:, and a trio of missed field goals by teammate 8569:Timeline of American Football on UK television 7946:2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game 7015: 4657: 4073:Leonard Shapiro; Mark Maske (April 19, 2005). 3626:would serve as that team's sideline reporter. 3572:On November 13, 2021, ESPN announced that the 3519: 2330:after nearly 80 years of Universal ownership. 2181:. 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