Monday Night Football

[tbolt909]

Week 2 of the NFL has a very odd quirk. 2 MNF games are scheduled. Tennessee at Buffalo & Minnesota at Philadelphia. The Vikings/Eagles airs on ABC while Titans/Bills airs on ESPN. The games are scheduled only an hour apart.

In the past, the MNF double header was in Week 1. Usually, one East coast and one West coast game. The times would not overlap. This schedule tonight is bizarre and not related to any COVID or scheduling issues. The NFL planned it this way. This doesn't seem to make sense at all...

 

[CTListener]

Vikings-Eagles is also available on ESPN3 and ESPN+, according to the schedule posted online at WatchESPN, while Titans-Bills is shown as being on both ESPN and ESPN2. Streaming redundancy for one game, cable redundancy for the other. I, too, am wondering about the explanation for this bizarre Monday Night Football doubleheader. I can't recall ESPN and ESPN2 ever showing the same event simultaneously.

 

[tbolt909]

Vikings-Eagles is also available on ESPN3 and ESPN+, according to the schedule posted online at WatchESPN, while Titans-Bills is shown as being on both ESPN and ESPN2. Streaming redundancy for one game, cable redundancy for the other. I, too, am wondering about the explanation for this bizarre Monday Night Football doubleheader. I can't recall ESPN and ESPN2 ever showing the same event simultaneously.

It's odd and the West Coast audiences would have less interest in these match ups. The NFL is trying to squeeze out every dollar. They added a 17th regular season game and 2 more playoff teams. Even Nickelodeon has coverage aimed at young kids using SpongeBob.! The NFL is a modern day Roman Empire...

 

[Mr Tony]

It’s a trial ESPN is doing. Next year they have 3 of these examples

ESPN will increase its regular-season schedule by 35% — six more games per year (from 17 to 23). It will include an ESPN game on Monday nights (including three weeks with a separate game on ABC), a Saturday doubleheader the season’s final week and the Sunday morning game on ESPN+

NFL gets $10 billion per year from networks/Amazon in new rights deal

The NFL's new broadcasting deals with CBS, ESPN/ABC, Fox, NBC and Amazon will see it bringing in a lot more money.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[Don CT]

Vikings-Eagles is also available on ESPN3 and ESPN+, according to the schedule posted online at WatchESPN, while Titans-Bills is shown as being on both ESPN and ESPN2. Streaming redundancy for one game, cable redundancy for the other. I, too, am wondering about the explanation for this bizarre Monday Night Football doubleheader. I can't recall ESPN and ESPN2 ever showing the same event simultaneously.

The ManningCast is usually on 2.

 

[ShawnHill1]

Next week's MNF game is Cowboys-Giants from the Jersey swamps, with coverage on both ABC and ESPN. ABC also has four more NFL simulcasts this season--Rams @ Packers (week 15, December 9), Bills @ Bengals (week 17, December 23), and a teams-to-be-determined Saturday doubleheader in week 18 (January 7th).

Also with both the Chargers and Rams having more MNF appearances left in the season, a certain Circle Seven from La-la-land also will the benefit of airing three more MNF games on their station--Rams @ 49ers on October 3rd, Broncos @ Chargers on October 17th, and Chargers @ Colts on December 26th.