NFL broadcast thread (née ABC to kill MNF?)

[methdeez]

I thought that last year they got amazingly lucky with the MNF games. Out of the 17 or whatever there was some amaaaazing games and only 1 or 2 that were even bad. (including when the Eagles got blown out by the Bucs in week 1)

[RomeyRome]

If you took WWE and moved it to Tuesday instead of Monday, the ratings would skyrocket for MNF, period.
Wrestling is a soap opera, filled with drama, relationships, people getting fake brain tumors, the whole nine yards.  So the WWE fans are VERY religious about watching those shows.  The ratings for RAW WAR on Monday night are huge every week, and I'd have to think atleast half of those people would be football fans too.  They're just more of the pansy football fans, the weaker fans, that rather watch a soap opera than a football game on Monday night.

[jeffreyjpa]

Cowboys | 24-Hour Cable Channel Coming? - from www.KFFL.com
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:38:28 -0700

...The sources said the Cowboys will produce four to six hours of original programming, including the 'Jerry Jones Show'...

I hear Jerry's going to feature segments on extreme makeovers, including his own magical transformation to a she-male two years ago...

Seriously, can anyone imagine tuning in for "The Jeffrey Lurie Show"? Puh-lease!

[General_Failure]

There was a nice stretch there where that soap opera was better than MNF. I think it was when Dierdofthpth was still spitting all over the air.

[GoinLong]

Wow, next you'll be telling me that CBS is pulling Gunsmoke.


to Thursday night- keep Sunday as the main focus with MNF as the after dinner dessert.

[MDS]

Cowboys | 24-Hour Cable Channel Coming? - from www.KFFL.com
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:38:28 -0700

...The sources said the Cowboys will produce four to six hours of original programming, including the 'Jerry Jones Show'...

I hear Jerry's going to feature segments on extreme makeovers, including his own magical transformation to a she-male two years ago...

Seriously, can anyone imagine tuning in for "The Jeffrey Lurie Show"? Puh-lease!

There could be This Week in Fashion with Christina Lurie.......

[JTrotterFan]

So...does another network pickup the MNF game or do they kill it all together and just do Sunday and Sunday nights? 

[Wingspan]

So...does another network pickup the MNF game or do they kill it all together and just do Sunday and Sunday nights? 

i would guess that is ABC did not want to do it anymore, another network...like NBC or someone (maybe a cable station like TNT or USA) would snatch it up in a heartbeat.

[General_Failure]

I'd like to see MNF move back and forth between FOX and CBS/NBC/whoever the hell keeps screwing up the AFC games. This way we could maybe get a choice about which game goes on that night without those two networks crying that it's taking money from them.

[RomeyRome]

  Nice avatar coach

[Syracuse]

Nice avatar coach

Who is that?

[joneszilla]

Mornhinweg

[Syracuse]

gotcha. Thanks.

[MDS]

I'd like to see MNF move back and forth between FOX and CBS/NBC/whoever the hell keeps screwing up the AFC games. This way we could maybe get a choice about which game goes on that night without those two networks crying that it's taking money from them.

That would be a great idea, except CBS has their big comedy night on Mondays (even though Raymond is done after this year), and I dont see them giving that up to be on a rotation of MNF.

There is no doubt MNF will live on, the question remains if it will be on ABC. Fox and CBS will keep the sunday afternoon games (no competition to buy their respective packages).....anything beyond that is up in the air.

[Spackle]

on an interesting note, someone was babbling about this on tv and threw out the the WB is talking to nfl and theoretically want to throw their hat into the ring
hoping to turn themselves into a real network like fox did when they got football
i can't imagine they have that kind of cash to through around though

they seemed to think that what will probably happen is that they will slide it over to espn, which would be fine by me
i live for sunday night games so wouldn't mind seeing mnf in a similiar format