Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football
Also known as	ABC Monday Night Football (1970–2005, 2020–present) ESPN Monday Night Football (2006–present)
Genre	NFL game telecasts
Created by	Roone Arledge
Directed by	Chet Forte (1970–1986) Larry Kamm (1987) Craig Janoff (1988–1999) Drew Esocoff (2000–2005) Chip Dean (2006–2018) Jimmy Platt (2019–2022) Derek Mobley (2023–present)
Presented by	Commentators: Joe Buck (play-by-play) Troy Aikman (color commentator) Chris Fowler (play-by-play, select games) Louis Riddick (color commentator, select games) Dan Orlovsky (color commentator, select games) Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, and Bill Belichick (ESPN2) Reporters: Lisa Salters (sideline) Laura Rutledge (sideline, select games) Molly McGrath (fill-in sideline) Michelle Beisner-Buck (features) Rules Analyst: Russell Yurk Jerry Bergman (select games)
Opening theme	"Score" by Bob's Band (1970–1975) "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night" by Hank Williams Jr. (1989–2010; 2017–2019) "Heavy Action" by Johnny Pearson (1976–1988; 2011–2017, 2022–2023; used as secondary theme from 1989–2011, 2017–2021, and 2023–present) "Rip It Up" by Little Richard feat. Butcher Brown (2019–2021) "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins feat. Chris Stapleton, Cindy Blackman Santana and Snoop Dogg (2023–present)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	55 (NFL seasons)
No. of episodes	718 (games)
Production
Executive producer	Norby Williamson (2006–present)
Producers	Steve Ackels Roger Lewin Jay Rothman Lisa Salters
Production locations	Various NFL stadiums (game telecasts) ESPN Studios, Bristol, Connecticut (studio segments)[1]
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	3–4 hours
Production companies	National Football League ABC Sports (1970–2005) ESPN (2006–present)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 21, 1970 (1970-09-21) – February 5, 2006 (2006-02-05)
Network	ESPN
Release	September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11) – present (present)
Network	ABC
Release	September 21, 2020 (2020-09-21) – present
Related
Monday Night Countdown NFL on ABC
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Monday Night Football (often abbreviated as MNF) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that air on Monday nights. It originally ran on ABC from 1970 to 2005, before moving exclusively to sister network ESPN from 2006 to 2019. While still airing on ESPN, MNF returned to ABC in 2020 beginning with select ESPN simulcasts, later expanding to select ABC exclusive telecasts in 2022, and since 2023 ABC has aired the bulk of the games in simulcast with ESPN. In addition, ESPN2 features the Manningcast alternate telecast of select games, which was established in 2020, and since 2021, ESPN+ has served as the U.S. streaming home of MNF.

During its initial run on ABC, MNF became one of the longest-running U.S. television series, as well as one of the highest-rated, particularly among male viewers. Since 1993, it has been preceded by the ESPN pregame show Monday Night Countdown. Per an NFL broadcasting policy intended to allow those who do not subscribe to cable or satellite television to see local games televised by a pay television network, the ESPN-exclusive games are also made available on an over-the-air station in each participating team's local market.

MNF is broadcast in Canada on TSN and RDS, in most of Australia on ESPN Australia, in Portugal on Eleven Sports, on TV 2 Sport in Denmark, on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom,^[2] and in some other regions of the world outside the U.S. on ESPN International. A Spanish-language version airs on ESPN Deportes in the U.S. and on ESPN International in Latin America, while a Portuguese version airs on ESPN Brasil.^[3]