Prosidius Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 In 2006 Monday Night Football will no longer be on ABC but rather ESPN: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/8397476 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 WTF!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585794418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted April 18, 2005 Author Share Posted April 18, 2005 Forgot to add that NBC will be taking over Sunday night games that ESPN airs. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585794430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 WTF!!! 585794418[/snapback] Yeah, wtf? Is John Madden still going to host it? If not I'm going to be p*ssed! :crazy: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585794509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
christracy Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Yeah, wtf? Is John Madden still going to host it? If not I'm going to be p*ssed! :crazy: 585794509[/snapback] good gracious i hope he doesnt! its time for some new blood. john is getting worse at his old age. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585794612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaway Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 Whoa... :blink: Then again... ESPN will continue to make its NFL games available on free, over-the-air television in the participating team markets each week. I seem to recall having to pay for basic cable. Guess according to this putz I've been getting screwed all these years. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585794632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 good gracious i hope he doesnt! its time for some new blood. john is getting worse at his old age. 585794612[/snapback] No way man, Madden pwnz all. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585794899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Madden is awesome Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585794907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted April 19, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2005 Whoa... :blink: Then again... I seem to recall having to pay for basic cable. Guess according to this putz I've been getting screwed all these years. 585794632[/snapback] lol, you don't pay for OTA ;) although they did just cut like the viewing population in half, even if they still show it in the hometown. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffan Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 I thought I was seeing things when I saw the ticker on ESPN2. Its going to be strange in 2006. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
christracy Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Madden is awesome 585794907[/snapback] pulease.. he sounds like your grandfather telling u a ton of things you already know and using the same lines every single year for the past 10 years! to each his own but if they cut him loose i wouldnt miss him. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluepride35 Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Who didn't see this coming? Slowly the major leagues are turning to cable more and more. Doesn't the NBA air its entire playoffs, aside from the Finals, on cable? It's jsut going to continue. On PTI today they said 90% of homes have TVs in the U.S. and 70% of those have cable. That doesn't include satellite. Granted, here you're not really losing any games per week since NBC is picking up the Sunday Night game. And it doesn't necessarily mean Madden is out since, as I'm sure everyone knows, ABC and ESPN are both owned by Disney. He also contributed on ESPN's Monday Night Countdown each week so he had a relationship with ESPN already. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffan Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 On SportsCenter they said that NBC will get 2 Super Bowls in their 6 year deal Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=SD=- Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 WTF!!! 585794418[/snapback] x2, ABC and MNF really went well together.. Though, to be honest, it really doesn't matter too much as long as they still show games on Monday night. Start the damn season already! :woot: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted April 19, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2005 About time they leave ABC. I hope they dump Madden as well. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Whoa... :blink: Then again... I seem to recall having to pay for basic cable.? Guess according to this putz I've been getting screwed all these years. 585794632[/snapback] not to mention no ESPN in canada :@ and hasn't ABC had monday night since the beginning? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmatik Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 What a dumb move by NBC. The Sunday night games have been anything but "great" the past 5 years or so...wow, Jacksonville at Cincinnati...woohoo!!! ESPN, I'm sure, was happy to exchange Sunday night for Monday night. Man, when NBC lost the NBA a few years ago, they also lost their minds. And as far as announcers, I'll be happy with either Al Michaels & John Madden or the Sunday night crew from ESPN. Gary Thorn wouldn't be bad either, considering he has no NHL to broadcast. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluepride35 Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 rajput, to answer your question, yes it HAS had it from the beginning. And soloredd supposedly they're going to experiment with that flexible schedule so that feautre games can be moved around in the time slots. NBC will devote its entire Sunday night prime-time lineup to the NFL. The Sunday night games will start at 8:15 p.m. ET and include flexible scheduling for the final seven weeks of the season, details of which will be developed by the league. Source Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585795840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Veteran Posted April 19, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 19, 2005 rajput, to answer your question, yes it HAS had it from the beginning. And soloredd supposedly they're going to experiment with that flexible schedule so that feautre games can be moved around in the time slots. 585795840[/snapback] I hope they do go for an earlier start time. Also, I really wich they'd move the Super Bowl to Saturday, so I can more properly get my drink on without worrying about work on Monday. :beer: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585796972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreAming in DigITal Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 I hope they do go for an earlier start time. Also, I really wich they'd move the Super Bowl to Saturday, so I can more properly get my drink on without worrying about work on Monday. :beer: 585796972[/snapback] :rofl: "more properly get my drink on"....I hear ya! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585797114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceDogg Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Something positive from this? Maybe just maybe.. Madden will do the MNF still on ESPN.. and NBC will not hire Joe to do Sunday nights..and thus NO MORE JOE. I'm sorry to fans that like him, but to me he's a jerk. And I much rather hear Madden then Joe! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585797477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtejas Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 As long as they leave Dennis Miller out of MNF, I dont give a sh*t what staion it is on. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585799436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 as long as the games are still on, i'm happy. i would like to see madden leave though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585822456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 i need that guy back... whats his name that was on with madden back when he was on fox... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585834031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 i need that guy back... whats his name that was on with madden back when he was on fox... 585834031[/snapback] pat summeral? (sp?) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/310243-nfl-discontinues-mnf-on-abc-in-2006/#findComment-585834730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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