Week Ten of MNF saw the Philidelphia Eagles visit the Dallas Cowboys in a match-up of NFC East opponents. The Eagles were fresh off their first loss of the year, a 27-3 thumping by the Pittsburgh Steelers, while the Cowboys under coach Bill Parcells were struggling with a losing record barely a year after making the playoffs for the first time since 1999. The broadcast became infamous for a skit aired in the broadcast's opening - spoofing their weekly series Desperate Housewives, ABC aired a sketch in which Nicollete Sheridan's character Edie Britt enters the locker room and strips in front of Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens before the game to seduce him, and succeeds. Later, with the Eagles holding a big lead, came a humorous incident between Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb and Owens - the week before, Owens lashed out at McNabb on the sidelines and McNabb ignored him; this week the two players spoofed the widely-aired scene by having McNabb follow Owens down the sideline haranguing him with Owens ignoring it. The game itself settled into a three-score Eagles lead with the Cowboys trying desperately to get something going.
—Michael Daly