Monday Night Football
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Monday Night Football is the weekly football game in primetime on Monday nights. It was brodcast on ABC for 36 years until it moved to ESPN for the 2006 season.
It is annually one of the top rated programs on television, though ratings began to slip in recent years for ABC. The network began losing money, though ESPN thinks they can revive the franchise. They shelled out over a $1 billion per year for the rights to the games.
[edit] Announcers
Part of what has made MNF so popular is its announcers. The announcing teams over the years have ranged from the classic to comical. Howard Cosell, the legendary play-by-play man, was best known for his work on MNF. The Cosell-Gifford-Meredith team is considered by many as the best announcing trio ever. In 1985 the show debuted a unintentionally funny team with an aging Frank Gifford, O.J. Simpson, and Joe Namath.
1970: Keith Jackson (play-by-play), Howard Cosell and Don Meredith (color)
1971-1973: Frank Gifford (play-by-play), Cosell and Meredith
1974-1976: Gifford, Cosell, and Alex Karras (color)
1977-1979: Gifford, Cosell, and Meredith
1979-1982: Gifford, Cosell, Meredith, and Fran Tarkenton
1983-1984: Gifford, Meredith, and O.J. Simpson
1985: Gifford, Simpson, and Joe Namath
1986: Al Michaels (play-by-play) and Gifford (host)
1987-1997: Michaels, Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf (color)
1998-1999: Michaels and Boomer Esiason (color)
2000-2001: Michaels, Dan Fouts, and Dennis Miller
2002-2005: Michaels and John Madden
2006- Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Joe Theismann, and Tony Kornheiser
[edit] Entertainment
- MNF's theme song, Are You Ready for Some Football?, has been used for quite a while. Composed by Hank Williams, the song changes from week to week based on the teams involved.
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