MNF

June 2, 2008 -- The familiar trio of Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will call the West Coast game for the second consecutive year in ESPN’s season-opening Monday Night Football doubleheader -- Denver Broncos vs. Oakland Raiders on September 8 at 10:15 p.m. ET. The game will follow the Minnesota Vikings vs. Green Bay Packers telecast at 7 p.m.    » read more »

Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser to Call Four-Game Slate in August

April 3, 2008 -- ESPN will kickoff its 2008 Monday Night Football preseason schedule with the New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals Thursday, August 7 at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN’s commentator team of Mike Tirico (play-by-play) and analysts Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser will call four NFL preseason games during the month of August – three on Mondays and one Thursday – in anticipation of their regular-season debut on Monday, Sept. 8. All preseason games will begin at 8 p.m.    » read more »

Monday, September 8 – Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (7 p.m. ET) and Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders (10:15 p.m.)

March 31, 2008 -- ESPN’s Monday Night Football will kickoff its 39th season with a nationally televised doubleheader on Monday, September 8 – Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (7 p.m. ET) and Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders (10:15 p.m.). The commentator team of Mike Tirico (play-by-play) and analysts Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser will call the early game at Lambeau Field, marking ESPN’s first visit to the famed stadium for a MNF game. The crew for the second game will be announced later this offseason.    » read more »

ESPN Finishes Strong with Most-Viewed Quarter & Month 209 Million People Watched ESPN Networks in 4th Quarter Monday Night Football Provides Year's Biggest Audiences

January 8, 2008 -- ESPN2 and ESPNEWS posted their most-viewed year in 2007 and ESPN finished strong, with the fourth quarter registering as its most-viewed quarter in history and December was its most-viewed month.    » read more »

November 9, 2007 -- With the final race of the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season in their windshields, drivers Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon will appear during halftime of ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. The NFL football game airs Monday, Nov. 12, at 8:30 p.m. ET.

The Hendrick Motorsports teammates will battle for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup title in the Ford 400 at Florida’s Homestead-Miami Speedway, the last race in the Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup. The race airs Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. on ABC.    » read more »

ESPN.com NFL Content: 44 Million Page Views, Up 36% FROM 2006

October 31, 2007 -- Monday night’s Green Bay Packers – Denver Broncos game on ESPN’s Monday Night Football earned a 10.5 rating, ESPN’s best of the year, representing an average of 10,163,000 homes, the most of any cable television show in 2007.    » read more »

Monday Night Football: Wins Night In Key Male Demos

September 25, 2007 -- ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown (11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET) is averaging 2,258,000 households, an increase of 11% compared to the first three weeks of last year’s season. The show – which has seen its audience grow every year since 2001 – is averaging a 2.3 rating, up from 2.2. Among men 18-34, a key demo group, the show is averaging 859,000 impressions, up 33% from 648,000 at this point in 2006.    » read more »

- MNF: #1 Among All Networks In Prime Time
- ESPN.com NFL Content: 53 Million Page Views, Up 25% From 2006

September 19, 2007 -- Monday night’s Washington Redskins – Philadelphia Eagles game on ESPN’s Monday Night Football earned a 9.1 rating, ESPN’s best of 2007, boosting ESPN to the top spot among all television networks – broadcast or cable – in prime time. In addition, traffic to ESPN.com’s NFL content showed strong growth over last year’s debut season of MNF.    » read more »

- National Sponsors Dick’s Sporting Goods and Ruth’s Chris Steak House
- Events in 12 MNF Cities in 2007; ESPN Radio’s John Seibel to Emcee

August 20, 2007 -- ESPN's Monday Night Football will feature fan-generated videos for the first time in 2007. Throughout the NFL season, fans will be invited to create personalized videos promoting their favorite teams’ upcoming MNF appearance and upload them to the “Monday Night Surround” section on ESPN.com. Two videos will be selected each week and shown on the air during MNF. Videos will highlight the teams set to play in the following week’s MNF game on ESPN, as fans voice why their team will win the game and why NFL fans should tune-in.    » read more »