Tag: Monday Night Football

ESPN and ABC will employ a "NFL RedZone look-and-feel" at times, with a scoreboard for the differing game listed on screen at all times, as well as live look-ins during each game.

"There were moments in the negotiation that I thought it was going to happen. I honestly did," he said. "Me and my wife were just about to go to Los Angeles and start looking at homes and schools."

They picked up right where they left off. It almost seemed like the two were more relaxed under the scrutiny of their big money deals.

ESPN reported that 19,845,000 viewers tuned in for the season debut across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.

"I'm telling ya, if I'm just football fan as I was while I was getting dinner ready and saw that exact thing we just heard, it did. It felt so different," show co-host George Dunham added. "It felt so big. This game means something."

“I would have thought that his voice is so distinctive and his energy is so distinctive that nobody would have much of an issue with his enthusiasm with what it is that we were watching.”

The ManningCast will have the alternate feed on ESPN2 and will welcome Saquon Barkley, Joel McHale and Shannon Sharpe.

"Who is in the booth may not be your primary concern, but clearly it does matter."

"Would you rather be Coke or RC Cola? If you had your pick, would you rather be Oreo or Hydrox?"

"We tried to time it so halftime of the early game coincides with kickoff of the late game and we'll see what happens."