Article: BROADCAST MEDIA; Barkley gave ESPN telecast breath of fresh air on Monday night; The networks ought to find a way to get Sir Charles more football air time. He may be a basketball guy, but he's good entertainment.(SPORTS)

Article: ABC crosses fingers in effort to keep `Monday Night Football'.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  December 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ......you ready for some Monday Night Football on another network? ABC's deal with the...is confident his networks will keep the Monday night package for ABC and...flexible Whichever network gets the Monday night package, it has to...

Article: The Sporting Life; 'Monday Night Football' Revitalized the Game and the Network.(ABC 50th Anniversary)(a discussion of the impact of professional football on ABC)(Company Profile)
TelevisionWeek;  May 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ......adept at both. The network's brazen snatch of...The introduction of Monday Night Football in 1970 was...a fourth broadcast network-an unheard of idea...The season before Monday Night Football premiered...myth has grown around Monday Night Football that it was...thought ...

Article: Are you ready for Monday Night Football on ESPN?
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  April 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and ABC Sports. Monday Night Football stands...running prime time network series, trailing...was superior to Monday night because the deal...scheduling, allowing the network to choose the second...million-per-year Monday night package. So it...surprise that the ...

Article: Tonight's showtime for Bears // Monday night record suffers, but team a hit
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 2, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Once upon a time, Monday night was a time for industrious...ABC Sports developed "Monday Night Football." Monday nights...typical of early season Monday night match-ups. On the won-loss...ledger that really counts - network ratings, which translate...production who has ...

Article: Monday night free-for-all
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  November 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......decades ago, "Monday Night Football" showcased...vast and rapt ABC network audience with...about: 'Well, "Monday Night Football" used...30 years. The network news had changed...changed. "What 'Monday Night Football' is now...audience for "Monday Night ...

Article: 'Monday Night Football' Signs Off on ABC
AP Online;  December 27, 2005 ;     587 words ......the broadcasting team for Monday Night Football. Television sports...the beginning of another Monday night when ABC signs off on its...and hands off to sister network ESPN. (AP Photo/ABC) Are...television phenomenon, "Monday Night Football" prepared to end...Jets. The series ...

Article: Two Monday night games would be too bad
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ......night, with ABC's Monday Night Football televising...NFL schedule two Monday night games? Simple...important game in the network's national showcase...scheduling two Monday night games is simply...Both of those networks pay dearly for...package. With two ...

Article: Monday Night era ends; Patriots beat Jets in ABC's finale
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the same way about "Monday Night Football." After 36...phenomenon concluded its network run with New England...the special place "Monday Night Football" has held...The series switches networks next season, when ESPN...billion per year for Monday night rights. "They can ...

Article: DENVER `MONDAY NIGHT'S' BEST AUDIENCE.(Sports)(Column)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......last week in honor of Monday Night Football. I'm sure...the football crew and network executives. They're...party for Denver's Monday Night Football fans in Mile...percent higher. In one Monday Night Football contest earlier...don't include last Monday night's ...

Article: The Changing Face of 'Monday Night'
The Washington Post;  November 27, 2005 ;     652 words ......move into the "Monday Night" booth when the...from ABC to the network's corporate cousin...dead last in the network ratings, to take...in the first "Monday Night" game against...highlights, also made "Monday Night Football" compelling...only three major networks, ...

Article: `Monday Night Football' Still Going Strong
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 18, 1992 ;     454 words ......second-lowest rating ever for a second-week Monday night game. Is "Monday Night Football" in trouble? Nah. "Ratings can't...because it was blacked out there. The second Monday night game last season was between the eventual...been involved in nine of the 12 highest-rated ...

Article: ABC changed way we spent Monday night
Daily Breeze;  April 20, 2005 ;     684 words ......be football on Monday night, but now that "Monday Night Football" is moving from network TV to basic cable...years by the time "Monday Night Football" takes...60 Minutes" in network longevity, surviving...households had "Monday Night Football" on the...for ...

Article: 'Monday Night Football' signs off: Patriots top Jets in ABC's final showing of Monday NFL game
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 27, 2005 ;     674 words ......are out at ABC's "Monday Night Football." And the...last time, is over. "Monday Night Football" ended an...36-year run on the network with a lackluster...football away from ABC on Monday night," announcer John Madden...The series switches networks next season, ...

Article: Monday night lights can illuminate the Rams.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO);  December 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......celebrated glare of Monday Night lights. It begins under...still remember my first Monday night game, former New York...player ever tell you `Monday Night Football' doesn't mean...tell him he's lying. Monday night is big. It's very big...Big Show comes to town ...