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

Brent Musburger was the halftime host during the mid'90s

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Connections

Spoofed in Not Monday Night Football XXX (2009)

User Reviews

Dennis Miller is a fresh addition

Those who feel or prefer that commentators of Football stick to statistics are more than likely not listening to any of them anyway, or at least not remembering any of them. I may note that there are 2 other commentators there to provide such or they can be gathered almost anywhere. Read the paper. I find Dennis Miller a fresh relief from some often boring material concerning # of 1st downs made by such and such on 3 & 7's during home games over the last 4 years only to find the stats irrelevant in this particular situation at this time against this new defense and with this new offense. Give him a chance. He isn't ignorant concerning the game either but just likes to give others their chance and expects the same from themand you.