Monday Night Football
| Monday Night Football | |
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| Genre | NFL game telecasts | 
| Created by | Roone Arledge | 
| Directed by | Chet Forte (1970–1986) Larry Kamm (1987) Craig Janoff (1988–1999) Drew Esocoff (2000–2005) Chip Dean (2006–2018) Jimmy Platt (2019–2022) Derek Mobley (2023–2024) Artie Kempner (2025–present) | 
| Presented by | Commentators: Joe Buck (play-by-play) Troy Aikman (color commentator) Chris Fowler (play-by-play, select games) Louis Riddick (color commentator, select games) Dan Orlovsky (color commentator, select games) Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, and Bill Belichick (ESPN2) Reporters: Lisa Salters (sideline) Laura Rutledge (sideline, select games) Molly McGrath (fill-in sideline) Michelle Beisner-Buck (features) Rules Analyst: Russell Yurk Jerry Bergman (select games) | 
| Opening theme | 
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| Country of origin | United States | 
| No. of seasons | 56 (NFL seasons) | 
| No. of episodes | 718 (games) | 
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| Production locations | Various NFL stadiums (game telecasts) ESPN Studios, Bristol, Connecticut (studio segments) | 
| Camera setup | Multi-camera | 
| Running time | 3–4 hours | 
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| Network | ABC | 
| Release | September 21, 1970 – February 5, 2006 | 
| Network | ESPN | 
| Release | September 11, 2006 – present | 
| Network | ABC | 
| Release | September 21, 2020 – present | 
| Related | |
| Monday Night Countdown NFL on ABC | |
Monday Night Football (often abbreviated as MNF) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that air on Monday nights. It originally ran on ABC from 1970 to 2005, before moving exclusively to sister network ESPN from 2006 to 2019. While still airing on ESPN, MNF returned to ABC in 2020 beginning with select simulcasts, later expanding to select exclusive telecasts in 2022, and the bulk of games in simulcast with ESPN since 2023. In addition, ESPN2 features the Manningcast alternate telecast of select games, which was established in 2020, and since 2021, ESPN+ has served as the American streaming home of MNF.
During its initial run on ABC, MNF became one of the longest-running American television series, as well as one of the highest-rated, particularly among male viewers. Since 1993, it has been preceded by the ESPN pregame show Monday Night Countdown. Per an NFL broadcasting policy intended to allow those who do not subscribe to cable or satellite television to see local games televised by a pay television network, the ESPN-exclusive games are also made available on an over-the-air station in each participating team's local market.
MNF is broadcast in Canada on TSN and RDS, in most of Australia on ESPN Australia, in Portugal on Eleven Sports, on TV 2 Sport in Denmark, on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, and in some other regions of the world outside the U.S. on ESPN International. A Spanish-language version airs on ESPN Deportes in the U.S. and on ESPN International in Latin America, while a Portuguese version airs on ESPN Brasil.