MNF is back

bobby wade

ESPN TO TELEVISE NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IN UK

ESPN UK will be the only place in the UK to watch the NFL game of the week live





London, 29 March 2010 – ESPN will add exclusive coverage of American Football’s Monday Night Football to its programme schedule for next season. The iconic US sports franchise features 17 games per season and is the only NFL game each week televised on Monday nights, and regularly features many of the league’s top matchups.



The longest-running and most successful primetime sports show in US television history, Monday Night Football will debut on ESPN UK on September 14 at 1am GMT. Each week, the game of the week will be televised live, and will also be re-aired the following day. Scheduling details for the repeat will be released closer to the beginning of the NFL season.



Each week ESPN will also televise the company’s 90-minute pre-game programme, Monday Night Countdown. Hosted by ESPN’s Chris Berman and originating from both Bristol and on-site at the game, Monday Night Countdown previews the night’s Monday Night Football matchup.



Jeroen Oerlemans, Vice President, ESPN, TV Channels Europe, Middle East and Africa said, “Monday Night Football is an enormous global sports franchise with an incredibly strong heritage, and it regularly features the very best NFL matchup of the week. With the NFL’s continued growth in the UK, this is another example of how we are building quality global programming around our core UK sports schedule.”



Added Hans Schroeder, NFL vice president, media strategy and development, “We are pleased to expand our partnership with ESPN in serving our fans in the U.K. who are passionate about the NFL. ESPN will continue to do an outstanding job of bringing our fans closer to our sport in new ways.”



Monday Night Football joins a broad portfolio of top sport on ESPN next season, headlined by the Barclay’s Premier League, the FA Cup, Guinness Premiership rugby, Clydesdale Bank Premier League, Europa League, the German Bundesliga, UFC, French Top 14 rugby, NBA basketball, DTM, Australian Rules Football and much more.



Celebrating its 40th year this autumn, Monday Night Football has aired exclusively on ESPN in the US since 2006. Since then, it has registered eight of the top 10 all-time biggest household audiences on pay television, including the Green Bay Packers-Minnesota Vikings broadcast on October 5, 2009, which attracted the biggest US cable audience ever (21.8 million viewers). Monday Night Football has also earned critical acclaim, earning 25 Emmy Awards throughout its history.



Created by sports broadcasting pioneer and former ABC Sports president Roone Arledge, Monday Night Football premiered on September 21, 1970. As one of US televisions premiere properties, it has attracted celebrity guests ranging from John Lennon to former US President Bill Clinton and then-Senator Barack Obama.

Max Power1

glad to see its back. Ridiculous that we had to go the whole season without the MNF games!

Oat23

ESPN is now the best sports channel in the UK & Ireland.
Please buy the rights to the rest of the games when Sky's contract expires.

bruschi

Oatesy23 wrote: »

ESPN is now the best sports channel in the UK & Ireland.
Please buy the rights to the rest of the games when Sky's contract expires.

would hope for this too. and if they are showing pre game stuff on MNF, then hopefully if they got sunday games they'd have the American feed too, and not some clown of a former tight end who has moved to England who can barely string 2 words together.

henryhenry

bruschi wrote: »

would hope for this too. and if they are showing pre game stuff on MNF, then hopefully if they got sunday games they'd have the American feed too, and not some clown of a former tight end who has moved to England who can barely string 2 words together.

Absolutely.

Royal Seahawk

Meh, MNF ain't want it used to be, SNF is where it's at nowadays.

Oat23

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

Meh, MNF ain't want it used to be, SNF is where it's at nowadays.

Seriously?

I hate everything about SNF, the music, Al Michaels, Andrea Kramer, the homosexual lust for Payton Manning. I like Cris Collinsworth though.

Maybe it's just me.

bobby wade

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Seriously?

I hate everything about SNF, the music, Al Michaels, Andrea Kramer, the homosexual lust for Payton Manning. I like Cris Collinsworth though.

Maybe it's just me.

As opposed to the homosexual lust for Brett Favre on MNF for countless years??

Oat23

bobby wade wrote: »

As opposed to the homosexual lust for Brett Favre on MNF for countless years??

Well I never said MNF was perfect .

I really enjoyed MNF this past year though. The favre love was overpowering, but Jon Gruden on commentary was fantastic.

Royal Seahawk

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Seriously?

I hate everything about SNF, the music, Al Michaels, Andrea Kramer, the homosexual lust for Payton Manning. I like Cris Collinsworth though.

Maybe it's just me.

I'm talking about the match ups.

The Sparrow

NIIIICCCCCCEE!!!

I just saw this news. I was toying with cancelling my ESPN sub but not now.

This is awesome news!:D

bobby wade

how much is espn here?

Oat23

€12 on Sky if you have Sky Sports, €16 if you don't have Sky Sports.

me-skywalker

Oatesy23 wrote: »

€12 on Sky if you have Sky Sports, €16 if you don't have Sky Sports.

per month? per year?

The Sparrow

per month.

cooker3

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Seriously?

I hate everything about SNF, the music, Al Michaels, Andrea Kramer, the homosexual lust for Payton Manning. I like Cris Collinsworth though.

Maybe it's just me.

SNF is much better. The average quality of game far exceeds MNF which far more important than some 90 second intro.

de5p0i1er

Glad to see it's back, not glad now that I have to get ESPN. More expence.