"NFL Monday Night Football" (1970) TV series 1970-????

Directors:

Drew Esocoff
Larry Kamm
(more)

Writer:

Dennis Miller (writer) (2000-2002)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | unknown

Release Date:

21 September 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Tagline:

Is it Monday yet? (37th season)

Plot:

Coverage of professional football featuring teams from the National Football League airing on Monday nights during the NFL's regular season.

Plot Keywords:

American Football | Non Fiction

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Frank Gifford	...	Himself - Play-by-Play Announcer / ... (413 episodes, 1971-1997)
Al Michaels	...	Himself - Play-by-Play Announcer / ... (333 episodes, 1986-2005)
Dan Dierdorf	...	Himself - Color Commentator / ... (202 episodes, 1974-1998)
Howard Cosell	...	Himself - Color Commentator / ... (195 episodes, 1970-1983)
Don Meredith	...	Himself - Color Commentator / ... (170 episodes, 1970-1984)

Series Directed by
Greg Richards		(2 episodes, 2007)
Chip Dean		(unknown episodes, 2006)
Drew Esocoff		(unknown episodes)
Craig A. Janoff		(unknown episodes)
Larry Kamm		(unknown episodes)
Andy Sidaris		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Greg Richards		(2 episodes, 2007)
Dennis Miller		(unknown episodes, 2000-2002)

Series Produced by
Bob Goodrich	....	producer (89 episodes, 1980-1985)
Jason Sciavicco	....	producer (51 episodes, 1999-2002)
Greg Richards	....	producer (2 episodes, 2007)
Deren Abram	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Roone Arledge	....	executive producer / producer (unknown episodes)
David Israel	....	coordinating producer (unknown episodes)
Preben Martin	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Don Ohlmeyer	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Jay Rothman	....	series coordinating producer (unknown episodes)
Norby Williamson	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Ken Wolfe	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Deane Ogden		(74 episodes, 2002-2006)
Charles Fox		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Mark Doyle		(3 episodes, 2005-2006)

Series Film Editing by
Fred Salkind		(6 episodes, 1998-2001)
Mike Amoia		(unknown episodes)
Josh Glaser		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Norbert Pickett		(5 episodes, 2005-2006)

Series Makeup Department
Deanna Bell	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2007)
Victoria Stiles	....	key makeup artist (1 episode, 2008)

Series Art Department
Ira Rappaport	....	graphics design director (39 episodes, 1993-1995)
Flip Filippelli	....	carpenter (6 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Sound Department
John Pastore	....	sound engineer (46 episodes, 2003-2005)
Amishjim Schulze	....	audio 2 (3 episodes, 1998-2005)
Michael Keenan	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Eric M. Moorman	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Francisco Chaigneau	....	graphics (11 episodes, 2005)
Andy Jolliff	....	digital compositor: Leather Heads promos (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Zachary	....	Steadicam operator (88 episodes, 1992-2005)
Deena Sheldon	....	camera operator (82 episodes, 1995-2005)
Joseph C. Abbenda	....	video technical director (52 episodes, 2002-2005)
David Leite	....	key grip: opening title sequence (6 episodes, 2006-2008)
Raymond Hernandez	....	camera utility (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Charles Van Winkle	....	camera utility (2 episodes, 2006)
Jeffrey R. Cannon	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Dave Forrest	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Matthew S. Orchowski	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Fante Zamora	....	electrician / grip (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Sean Kevin Sweeney	....	extras casting: opening segment (unknown episodes, 2005-2006)

Series Editorial Department
Fred Salkind	....	editor: opening segment (6 episodes, 1998-2001)

Series Music Department
Johnny Pearson	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Eric Maloney	....	office & set production assistant (16 episodes, 2005)
Adam Bagni	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2006-2008)
Brian Hall	....	field coordinator (unknown episodes, 1996)
Andrew Marino	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Rodney O'Rear	....	operator: EVS (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Sports
• National Football League (NFL)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1970-2005) (USA) (TV)
• ESPN (2006) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Syndicate (imagery and animation)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Score Productions  music supervision

Also Known As:

ABC Monday Night Football (USA) (alternative title)
ESPN Monday Night Football (USA) (alternative title)
M.N.F. (USA) (alternative title)
Monday Night Football (USA) (alternative title)
Thursday Night Editions of Monday Night Football (USA) (new title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

ALLTEL Stadium - One ALLTEL Stadium Place, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC) Sports

Trivia:

In 1983, during a Monday Night Football match up between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys, Howard Cosell referred to Redskins wide receiver Alvin Garrett as a "little monkey". Following two months of intense public pressure, he resigned from the MNF broadcast team.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

Best it gets for football

Monday Night Football is definitely the best game sports programming on television. Now that they have Dennis Miller onboard he should take it to new levels of entertainment not done before in pro football broadcasting. Plus with a top of the line play-by-play announcer like Al Michaels and also Dan Fouts. Short of John Madden and Pat Summerall this has to be the best broadcasting team in football.