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Shockeye
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Monday Night Football moving to ESPN in '06 NFL.com wire reports NEW YORK (April 18, 2005) -- The NFL's Monday Night Football, a staple on ABC for the past 35 seasons, will move to ESPN starting with the 2006 season. And NBC is returning to the NFL after six years away by taking the Sunday night broadcast previously on ESPN. The Monday night move from network TV to basic cable, hinted at continually by commissioner Paul Tagliabue, was confirmed by two sources familiar with the deals who spoke to The Associated Press under condition of anonymity. The sources said the deals is for eight years. NBC will get the Sunday night package for six years, according to the sources. The network will also get the Super Bowl in 2009 and 2012 as part of the deal, one of the sources said. The moves leave ABC -- which originated Monday Night Football in 1970 -- as the only major network without NFL football. ABC and ESPN are both subsidiaries of the Walt Disney Co. The deal with ESPN, which currently carries games every Sunday night and sometimes on Thursday, was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Last month, Tagliabue said during the NFL meetings in Hawaii that the Monday night move was a strong possibility. ABC, which has been losing money on the package despite high ratings, had been balking at the NFL's asking price. CBS and Fox already have agreed to pay a total of $8 billion over six years for the Sunday AFC and NFC rights. That has become more pressing since parity caused by the salary cap has resulted in teams moving up and down the standings annually, leaving bad teams that were strong the previous season in prime time and good teams that were bad the past season off of it. The NFL is still considering separate packages for Thursday and late-season Saturday nights. |
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HaemishM
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Wow. ABC gets the shaft. Of course, with as shitty as the matchups of the Monday night games have been in the last few years, I'm not sure ABC is losing all that much.
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WayAbvPar
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This is good news, if only because either Joe Theismann or John Madden will be out of a job. Gonna really feel weird not to have MNF on ABC though. I hope they get to keep the theme music and all that.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Shockeye
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Skinny-dippin' in a sea of Lee, I'd propose on bended knee...
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This is good news, if only because either Joe Theismann or John Madden will be out of a job. Gonna really feel weird not to have MNF on ABC though. I hope they get to keep the theme music and all that.
ABC/Disney owns ESPN. I'm assuming everything will stay the same. |
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WayAbvPar
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True, but there is only 1 game now instead of 2 (SNF is going to NBC). Unless they plan on doing a 5 man booth.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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voodoolily
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And people who don't have cable get fucked.
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WayAbvPar
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The only people who don't have cable now are people who don't want cable, for the most part. Like my Dad. He refuses to pay for it...drives me nuts.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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voodoolily
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Finnuh, munnuh, muhfuh, I enjoy creating new written vernacular, s'all.
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My dad can't afford it any more. Fixed income and all. It's hard to believe, $50/month is an unaffordable luxury for some people.
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Rasix
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My dad can't afford it any more. Fixed income and all. It's hard to believe, $50/month is an unaffordable luxury for some people.
Yep. It's a tale of woe, but my family went from cableless from age 10 until I turned 16 or 17, I think (thank god for Star Trek: TNG). I racked up massive amounts of CC debt in college, but godamnit, every year: CABLE!!!! |
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WayAbvPar
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Expanded basic (which includes ESPN) is usually closer to $30 a month.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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