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Monday Night Football

2000-2011
ESPN
Pro Sports

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The NFL's long-running prime-time series, providing football action with colorful commentary. The 1970 brainchild of ABC Sports president Roone Arledge shifted to cable's ESPN in 2006. 'MNF' was a programming experiment---few thought football would draw a large audience in prime time---that paid off big for ABC and the league, and turned the verbose Howard Cosell into an unlikely icon. It also originated the concept of three men in the broadcast booth.

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Awards

1976 - Emmy - Outstanding Sports Personality - nominated
1976 - Emmy - Outstanding Live Sports Series - winner
1974 - Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - nominated
1973 - Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming - nominated

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Legendary Monday Night Football Sportscaster Frank Gifford Dies at 84

He died of natural causes at home in Connecticut.

Sun, Aug 9, 2015

NFL Preview: Can the Seattle Seahawks Repeat as Super Bowl Champions?

The National Football League's orbit has expanded so astronomically that it will elbow The Big Bang Theory from Thursday to Monday for several weeks this fall. Thursday Night Football premieres Sept. 11 on CBS with its lead broadcast team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. The games will be simulcast on the NFL Network, which takes over the Thursday package at midseason with Nantz and Simms still in the booth.

Thu, Sep 4, 2014

Ratings: Two and a Half Men Declines

Two and a Half Men started so big that even a fourth consecutive week of decline has still left it with enviable numbers. The Ashton Kutcher-led CBS sitcom at 9/8c entertained 16.20 million fans and scored a 5.9 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds Monday night. Most network shows that night hit season lows up against the major league playoffs on Fox, as well as Monday Night Football -- which scored 16.38 million viewers --and Kim Kardashian's "fairy-tale" wedding, which drew a combined total of 10.5 million Sunday and Monday nights, making it E!'s most-watched event ever.

Tue, Oct 11, 2011

Hank Williams Jr. Issues Apology Regarding Obama-Hitler Statement

Hank Williams Jr. has apologized since some thought he compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler on Fox and Friends. Williams — whose trademark "Are you ready for some football?" theme was pulled by ESPN on its latest Monday Night Football telecast — posted a statement on his website titled...

Wed, Oct 5, 2011

ESPN Pulls Hank Williams Jr. Intro After He Compared President Obama to Hitler

ESPN is no longer "ready for some football" after Hank Williams Jr. made comments comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, CNN reports. The country singer, appearing on Fox News' Fox and Friends Monday morning, referred to a June golf game when Obama and House Speaker John Boehner played on the same team as "one of the biggest political mistakes ever." Williams then added "that'd be like...

Tue, Oct 4, 2011