Monday, September 11, 2006
Sunday Night Football is MNF
I'm sure I am not the only one who is confused.
Monday Night Football is Monday Night Football, right?
Not really.
Sunday Night Football is MNF. At least, as far as I can tell.
What is MNF, anyway?
Start with Al Michaels. He's been an announcer on MNF since 1986. That's twenty years. He knew Howard Cossell. He was on MNF when the show was still a big ratings grabber.
In recent years, John Madden has been a big part of MNF. So when you turn on NBC on Sunday Night and see that duo hosting a game, it automatically feels like MNF. The Sunday Night show even had a has-been musician doing the opening theme, just like MNF used to have when it was on Mondays.
A Monday Night Football double-header? That sounds like a bunch of ESPN hype.
And speaking of ESPN... Mike Tirico. Suzy Kolber. Joe Theismann. It's Sunday Night Football.
There's more to being a big event than selling and plastering the name MNF on an ESPN show.
NBC has really inherited MNF. Sorry, ESPN.
Monday Night Football is Monday Night Football, right?
Not really.
Sunday Night Football is MNF. At least, as far as I can tell.
What is MNF, anyway?
Start with Al Michaels. He's been an announcer on MNF since 1986. That's twenty years. He knew Howard Cossell. He was on MNF when the show was still a big ratings grabber.
In recent years, John Madden has been a big part of MNF. So when you turn on NBC on Sunday Night and see that duo hosting a game, it automatically feels like MNF. The Sunday Night show even had a has-been musician doing the opening theme, just like MNF used to have when it was on Mondays.
A Monday Night Football double-header? That sounds like a bunch of ESPN hype.
And speaking of ESPN... Mike Tirico. Suzy Kolber. Joe Theismann. It's Sunday Night Football.
There's more to being a big event than selling and plastering the name MNF on an ESPN show.
NBC has really inherited MNF. Sorry, ESPN.
# posted by Mike @ 9/11/2006 
