‘Monday Night Football’ Returning To ABC As Strikes Thin Original Programming Lineup

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More Monday Night Football video games will be relayed on ABC this season than any other in nearly 20 years as the network has a hard time to fill time amidst continuous Hollywood strikes and moves its popular Dancing With Destiny series to Tuesday nights.

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ABC was the special broadcaster of Monday Night Football from 1971 to 2005, prior to it relocated to ESPN for the 2006 season. Games have actually been simulcast throughout the 2 networks numerous times, consisting of an unusual two-game broadcast set up for Monday, September 18. Monday Night Football, and the NFL in basic, has actually long been a scores juggernaut for networks, and routine season football has actually currently retaken the rankings throne this year. The season opener in between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs drew 24.7 million individuals to NBC, and the Dallas Cowboys and New York City Giants Sunday night video game was seen by 20.1 million. In between the return of expert football, college football broadcasts and the U.S. Open, ESPN was the most-watched cable television channel the week of September 7, knocking Fox News out of its long-held leading area. Approximately 1.04 million audiences were tuned in to ESPN at any provided time recently, a number that increased to 2.9 million in prime-time show.

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The Writers Guild of America has actually been on strike for nearly 140 days and it might quickly end up being the longest WGA labor interruption given that a 154-day strike in 1988. The SAG-AFTRA union, which represents 160,000 stars and other entertainers, signed up with the authors on strike on July 13, bringing much of Hollywood to a stop. Both groups are promoting expert system securities and higher recurring payments for programs on streaming platforms. The authors are likewise requiring much better salaries and minimum staffing requirements. Networks have actually been revealing fall lineups that look much various than in years past. The majority of late night reveals stay off the air, consisting of those hosted by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver, while some daytime programs have actually stated they’ll return without usage of union labor. The Jennifer Hudson Program is returning without its WGA authors while others, like The Drew Barrymore Program, stay off the air. Some programs like Live! With Kelly and Mark have actually returned since they do not use WGA authors. Truth and competitors programs are exempt to the very same guidelines as scripted series.

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