Focuses on the efforts of ABC and CBS television networks to maximize their investments in the National Football League (NFL). Major adjustments made by the stations to their announcing teams; Information on several programs...
The ambitious plan involves posting a primary play-by-play unit (ABC’s is Al Michaels with Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer; NBC’s is Bob Costas with Bob Uecker) at a key game, with regional games handled by 13 other units often including locally based play-by-play announcers and analysts....
Monday Night Football (MNF), flagship National Football League (NFL) telecast that helped transform sports broadcasting in the United States. About the time of the official merger of the NFL and the startup American Football League (AFL) into an expanded