Monday Night Football: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Monday Night Football is a live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games on ESPN in the United States. From 1970 to 2005, it aired on sister broadcast network ABC. Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest-running prime time programs ever on commercial network television, and one of the highest-rated, particularly among male viewers.

Series details

• Title: Monday Night Football
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1970-09-21
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 210 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 30941
• IMDb ID: tt0766128

Cast and credited roles

• Lisa Salters — Sideline Reporter
• Joe Buck — Commentator
• Troy Aikman — Commentator
• Laura Rutledge — Sideline Reporter
• Louis Riddick — Commentator
• Chris Fowler — Play-By-Play Commentator
• Dan Orlovsky — Commentator
• John Parry — NFL Officiating Analyst
• Don Meredith — Commentator
• Russell Yurk — Rules Analyst
• Jerry Bergman Jr. — Rules Analyst
• Katie George — Sideline Reporter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1970: premiered 1970-09-21; final listed air date 1970-12-14.
• Season 1971: premiered 1971-09-20; final listed air date 1971-12-13.
• Season 1972: premiered 1972-09-18; final listed air date 1972-12-11.
• Season 1973: premiered 1973-09-17; final listed air date 1973-12-10.
• Season 1974: premiered 1974-09-16; final listed air date 1974-12-14.
• Season 1975: premiered 1975-09-22; final listed air date 1975-12-15.
• Season 1976: premiered 1976-09-13; final listed air date 1976-12-06.
• Season 1977: premiered 1977-09-19; final listed air date 1977-12-12.
• Season 1978: premiered 1978-09-04; final listed air date 1978-12-18.
• Season 1979: premiered 1979-09-03; final listed air date 1979-12-17.
• Season 1980: premiered 1980-09-08; final listed air date 1980-12-22.
• Season 1981: premiered 1981-09-07; final listed air date 1981-12-21.
• Season 1982: premiered 1982-09-13; final listed air date 1983-01-03.
• Season 1983: premiered 1983-09-05; final listed air date 1983-12-19.
• Season 1984: premiered 1984-09-03; final listed air date 1984-12-17.
• Season 1985: premiered 1985-09-09; final listed air date 1985-12-23.
• Season 1986: premiered 1986-09-08; final listed air date 1986-12-22.
• Season 1987: premiered 1987-09-14; final listed air date 1987-12-28.
• Season 1988: premiered 1988-09-05; final listed air date 1988-12-19.
• Season 1989: premiered 1989-09-11; final listed air date 1989-12-25.
• Season 1990: premiered 1990-09-10; final listed air date 1990-12-31.
• Season 1991: premiered 1991-09-02; final listed air date 1991-12-23.
• Season 1992: premiered 1992-09-07; final listed air date 1992-12-28.
• Season 1993: premiered 1993-09-06; final listed air date 1994-01-03.
• Season 1994: premiered 1994-09-05; final listed air date 1994-12-26.
• Season 1995: premiered 1995-09-04; final listed air date 1995-12-25.
• Season 1996: premiered 1996-09-02; final listed air date 1996-12-23.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-09-01; final listed air date 1997-12-22.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-09-07; final listed air date 1998-12-28.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-09-13; final listed air date 2000-01-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from Monday Night Football on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.