Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football is a television broadcast of one of the premier National Football League games of the week. It airs live on the ABC television network in the United States on Monday nights during the NFL season, and is one of the most popular shows on American television, particularly among men. Monday Night Football (often informally abbreviated as MNF) is currently the second-longest-running prime time show on American television, after CBS's 60 Minutes.

The commentators

A complete list of broadcasters (many of whom are ex-NFL players), with their period of tenure on the show (beginning years of each season shown, as the NFL season ends in the calendar year after it begins):

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• Chris Berman (halftime host, 1996?1997 and during wild card playoffs and Super Bowls)
• Howard Cosell (1970?1983)
• Eric Dickerson (sideline reporter, 2000?2001)
• Dan Dierdorf (1987?1998)
• Boomer Esiason (1998?1999)
• Dan Fouts (2000?2001)
• Frank Gifford (1971?1997)
• Lisa Guerrero (sideline reporter, 2003)
• Keith Jackson (1970)
• Alex Karras (1974?1976)
• Suzy Kolber (sideline reporter, 2006- )
• John Madden (2002?2006)
• Don Meredith (1970?1973, 1977?1984)
• Al Michaels (1986?present)
• Dennis Miller (2000?2001)
• Joe Namath (1985)
• O. J. Simpson (1983?1985)
• Melissa Stark (sideline reporter, 2000?2002)
• Lynn Swann (sideline reporter, 1994?1997)
• Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter, 2004-present)
• Fran Tarkenton (1979?1982)
• Joe Theismann (2006- )
• Lesley Visser (sideline reporter, 1998?1999)
• Fred Williamson (1974)