"ABC adds to 'Monday Night Football' slate"

ABC is ready for (more) football.

The network is adding more Monday Night Football Games scheduled for the remainder of the NFL season. ABC and ESPN will simulcast six additional games – beginning with the Buffalo Bills-New York Jets contest on October 14th – as well as four previously announced contests (three simulcasts and one night exclusively for the broadcast network on December 16th). . with two games).

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The newly announced ABC/ESPN simulcasts will also air on October 21 (Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers), November 4 (Buccaneers at Kansas City Chiefs), November 18 (Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys) and November 25 (Ravens ) aired on the Los Angeles Chargers) and December 23rd (New Orleans Saints on the Green Bay Packers). ABC had already gone on the air MNF games on Oct. 28 and Dec. 9 and two Saturday games on Jan. 4, the final weekend of the league’s regular season.

The additional simulcasts came about after discussions between ABC and its Disney sister ESPN (which produces the series). MNF TV show) and the NFL.

The spiced up one Monday Night Football Slate also means ABC is making some changes to its schedule. During the weeks when there was no MNF, the network stopped broadcasting Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, press your luck And What would you do? on Monday evening. The two game shows will be pushed to midseason, where they will have more consistent runs. What would you do? will be moved to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. from October 16th, which in turn will lead to an increase in documentaries Scamanda for a premiere in 2025.

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