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ABC will air an additional 10 'Monday Night Football' games because of writers and actors strikes

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I'm thinking this is also, in part, to boost the dollar value of the ABC Network for when Disney decides to finally sell.

Btw, these are the additional games that will be on:

Seahawks at Giants (October 2)
Packers at Raiders (October 9)
Cowboys at Chargers (October 16)
49ers at Vikings (October 23)
Raiders at Lions (October 30)
Chargers at Jets (November 6)
Broncos at Bills (November 13)
Bears at Vikings (November 27)
Bengals at Jaguars (December 4)
Chiefs at Patriots (December 18)
 
stationless listener said:

MSN

www.msn.com

I'm thinking this is also, in part, to boost the dollar value of the ABC Network for when Disney decides to finally sell.

Btw, these are the additional games that will be on:

Seahawks at Giants (October 2)
Packers at Raiders (October 9)
Cowboys at Chargers (October 16)
49ers at Vikings (October 23)
Raiders at Lions (October 30)
Chargers at Jets (November 6)
Broncos at Bills (November 13)
Bears at Vikings (November 27)
Bengals at Jaguars (December 4)
Chiefs at Patriots (December 18)
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These games were already scheduled for Monday Night. Looks like they will be simulcast on ESPN and ABC. Not sure if they lose any advertising revenue from the ABC prime time slot. Probably not much. Guess it's better than reruns or another reality show.

The NFL is already trying to squeeze more games into prime time. There are two Monday Night games today. New Orleans at Carolina -- Cleveland at Pittsburgh.
Same thing next Monday with 2 games scheduled...
 
I figured the ABC airings would stop once ESPN returned to Charter cable, thinking they were only put there so people with OTA TV access could see them (and their ads). So why is ABC still on board for those extra games?
 
CTListener said:
I figured the ABC airings would stop once ESPN returned to Charter cable, thinking they were only put there so people with OTA TV access could see them (and their ads). So why is ABC still on board for those extra games?
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Early in the season last year, the NFL scheduled 2 Monday Night games. It's all about maximum exposure. The writers strike gives them an easy solution. Just plug in the ESPN broadcast on ABC. Instant programming...
 
tbolt909 said:
Early in the season last year, the NFL scheduled 2 Monday Night games. It's all about maximum exposure. The writers strike gives them an easy solution. Just plug in the ESPN broadcast on ABC. Instant programming...
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The two Monday games were a fixture for several seasons. One game would be in the East, the second in the West -- with a 10:30 starting time. The difference now is that both games overlap for more than two hours, and multiple weeks are in play.
 
CTListener said:
The two Monday games were a fixture for several seasons. One game would be in the East, the second in the West -- with a 10:30 starting time. The difference now is that both games overlap for more than two hours, and multiple weeks are in play.
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As I recall, they only scheduled two Monday Night games on Week One (you are correct they did not air simultaneously). That changed last year. It does get more games into more markets by spreading out the schedule. With Monday and Thursday games now, some markets will get games on Sunday that they normally would not. Example -- Dallas games go to the majority of markets whenever possible...
 
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tbolt909 said:
As I recall, they only scheduled two Monday Night games on Week One (you are correct they did not air simultaneously). That changed last year. I don't understand the logic. It does get more games into more markets by spreading out the schedule...
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Correct, it was only Week 1.
 
Todd Mitchell said:
Westwood One is offering both games, actually.
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So stations can only offer one or the other? What if there's more than one sports-format station in the market? Will chain-owned sports stations push one game to a music station? Or would there be no interest in radio for another game that would overlap the previous for so long?
 
CTListener said:
So stations can only offer one or the other? What if there's more than one sports-format station in the market? Will chain-owned sports stations push one game to a music station? Or would there be no interest in radio for another game that would overlap the previous for so long?
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They are probably offering three feeds: Early game, late game, and a mix where you get the entirety of game 1 and the last part of game 2, plus a look-in to game 2 at halftime of game 1.

It is very likely that no one will take over a 2nd radio station for two MNF games.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
They are probably offering three feeds: Early game, late game, and a mix where you get the entirety of game 1 and the last part of game 2, plus a look-in to game 2 at halftime of game 1.

It is very likely that no one will take over a 2nd radio station for two MNF games.
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Although if there's a co-market AM signal available) station involved -- such as WEEI(AM) in Boston -- at least the chain could put that second game on a signal no one is listening to. I wonder what's going on in Boston tonight.
 
How large is the audience for non-local NFL games on radio? I know people often prefer to hear their local announcers for their local team but is there a large national radio audience for (as an example) a Cowboys game that is on network/broadcast tv?
 
Larry said:
How large is the audience for non-local NFL games on radio? I know people often prefer to hear their local announcers for their local team but is there a large national radio audience for (as an example) a Cowboys game that is on network/broadcast tv?
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Depends on the station. With fantasy football, betting, and office pools, there's no necessity to live in a town to root for its team.

In the case of the Cowboys, there generally is a larger national audience than there might be for the Panthers.
 
With reports that Disney(which owns ESPN) is planning to sell ABC, would this mean that it may be a permanent move come next season? If not, then it's possible ABC and ESPN would split the season, with ESPN airing Weeks 2-10 and ABC airing Weeks 11-18(with games eligable for flexing).
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
They are probably offering three feeds: Early game, late game, and a mix where you get the entirety of game 1 and the last part of game 2, plus a look-in to game 2 at halftime of game 1.

It is very likely that no one will take over a 2nd radio station for two MNF games.
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We will be.
 
CurtisNEPA said:
With reports that Disney(which owns ESPN) is planning to sell ABC, would this mean that it may be a permanent move come next season?
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If Disney sells ABC there were have to be major negotiations of all the sports rights as I’m guessing all the rights are owned by ESPN or Disney and not ABC
 
Larry said:
How large is the audience for non-local NFL games on radio? I know people often prefer to hear their local announcers for their local team but is there a large national radio audience for (as an example) a Cowboys game that is on network/broadcast tv?
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I still listen to games on the radio when driving in the car. Or working around the house in a room without a TV. Thursday games aren't on TV without Amazon Prime (or twitch on your computer) so that is another game that could get listeners of people that don't want to pay or know how to otherwise get the game. Not to mention you have a lot of cord cutters and older people that enjoy the games but might not be able to get the cable/streaming games.
 
CTListener said:
I figured the ABC airings would stop once ESPN returned to Charter cable, thinking they were only put there so people with OTA TV access could see them (and their ads). So why is ABC still on board for those extra games?
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The NFL would never do anything for one cable company. Anything that has been shown on ABC was scheduled back when the schedule was released in the spring. As noted in the topic title, the main driver for this latest announcement is the strikes taking away new programming.
 
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