NFL Monday Night Football (1970– )

Coverage of professional football featuring teams from the National Football League airing on Monday nights during the NFL's regular season.

Stars:

Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Frank Gifford	...	Himself - Play-by-Play Announcer (413 episodes, 1971-1997)
Al Michaels	...	Himself - Play-by-Play Announcer (333 episodes, 1986-2005)
Dan Dierdorf	...	Himself - Color Commentator (202 episodes, 1974-1998)
Howard Cosell	...	Himself - Color Commentator (194 episodes, 1970-1983)
Don Meredith	...	Himself - Color Commentator (170 episodes, 1970-1984)

Storyline

"Are you ready for some football?!" That six-word lyric, as bellowed out each week by country music superstar Hank Williams Jr., preluded each "NFL Monday Night Football" game, the first successful attempt to air a National Football League (NFL) football game in prime-time. Each week, two teams (as chosen months in advance by the NFL) met in what has become a Monday night tradition. Usually, a trio of sports-casters (a play-by-play announcer joined by a color commentator and an analyst) called the action. Half-time interviews with coaches and players, and sideline reports after outstanding plays were also innovations that contributed to the appeal of these games. Many of the games proved to be exciting, though sometimes the games were boring (especially if the teams were a mismatch or not very good, a necessary risk since the games were scheduled months in advance). Often serving as part of the announcing team were former NFL greats including OJ Simpson, Dan Dierdorf, Joe Namath and ...

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Plot Keywords:

american football | non fiction

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Taglines:

Is it Monday yet? (37th season)

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Genres:

Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

Monday Night Football

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

ABC Monday Night Football

Filming Locations:

ALLTEL Stadium - 1 Alltel Stadium Place, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Sports, National Football League (NFL)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 1983, during a Monday Night Football match up between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys, Howard Cosell referred to Redskins wide receiver Alvin Garrett as a "little monkey". Following two months of intense public pressure, he resigned from the MNF broadcast team.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Terror from the Year 5000 (1997)

User Reviews

Best it gets for football

Monday Night Football is definitely the best game sports programming on television. Now that they have Dennis Miller onboard he should take it to new levels of entertainment not done before in pro football broadcasting. Plus with a top of the line play-by-play announcer like Al Michaels and also Dan Fouts. Short of John Madden and Pat Summerall this has to be the best broadcasting team in football.