"Monday Night Football" Announcers 1970-Present

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Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. Originally airing on the ABC network from 1970 to 2005, Monday Night Football was the second longest-running prime time show on American broadcast network television (after CBS' 60 Minutes) and one of the highest-rated, particularly among male viewers. ABC aired a total of 555 Monday night games.

Monday Night Football moved to the ESPN cable network in 2006, ending a 36-year run on ABC. ABC and ESPN are both owned by The Walt Disney Company.

Monday Night Football can also be seen in Canada on TSN and RIS, and in most of Europe on ESPN America. On 29 March 2010 it was announced that MNF would be shown on ESPN UK, in most of Australia on One HD, in Portugal on SportTV 3 and SportTV HD and on TV 2 Sport in Denmark, and in some 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. The games are also made available on regular over-the-air television stations in each participating team's local market so that households without cable television can still see the telecast.

As of September 13, 2010, the Monday Night Football franchise had aired a total of 628 games.

The following is a complete list of sportscasters who have served as commentators for Monday Night Football broadcasts on various networks, along with each commentator's period of tenure on the show (beginning years of each season shown, as the NFL season ends in the calendar year after it begins).

ABC

Play-by-play announcers

* Keith Jackson (1970)
* Frank Gifford (1971–1985)
* Al Michaels (1986–2005)
* Gary Bender (#2, 1987)
* Mike Patrick (#2, 1997 and 2005)
* Alvaro Martin (Spanish-language on SAP, 1998–2003)

Color commentators

* Howard Cosell (1970–1983)
* Don Meredith (1970–1973, 1977–1984)
* Fred Williamson (1974 preseason only)
* Alex Karras (1974–1976)
* Fran Tarkenton (1979–1982; Tarkenton usually replaced Cosell on Thursday night games)
* O. J. Simpson (1983–1985; Simpson would replace Cosell on Thursday night games during 1983)
* Joe Namath (1985)
* Frank Gifford (1986–1997)
* Dan Dierdorf (1987–1998)
* Lynn Swann (#2, 1987)
* Joe Theismann (#2, 1997 and 2005)
* Boomer Esiason (1998–1999)
* Dan Fouts (2000–2001)
* Dennis Miller (2000–2001)
* John Madden (2002–2005)
* Paul Maguire (#2, 2005)
* Robert Abramowitz (Spanish-language on SAP, 1998–2003)

Sideline reporters

* Lynn Swann (1994–1997, Super Bowls)
* Ron Jaworski (#2, 1997)
* Lesley Visser (sideline reporter, 1998–1999 and during Wild Card playoffs and Super Bowl XXXIV; first female member of MNF)
* Eric Dickerson (2000–2001)
* Melissa Stark (2000–2002)
* Lisa Guerrero (2003)
* Michele Tafoya (2004–2005)
* Sam Ryan (2005)
* Suzy Kolber (#2, 2005; Super Bowl XL)

Studio hosts

* Jim Lampley (halftime and Super Bowl XIX co-host)
* Al Michaels (Super Bowl XIX co-host)
* Keith Jackson (Super Bowl XXII host)
* Frank Gifford (1998)
* Chris Berman (halftime host, 1996–1997 and during Wild Card playoffs and Super Bowls)
* Brent Musburger (studio host, 1990–1995)
* Robin Roberts (playoffs and Hurricane Katrina telethon co-host, 2005)

Studio analysts

* Dick Vermeil (playoffs and Super Bowl, 1990–1995)
* Joe Theismann (Super Bowl XIX)
* Peter King (1995)
* Steve Young (playoffs and Super Bowl)
* Brian Billick (playoffs and Super Bowl)
* Michael Strahan (playoffs and Super Bowl)

Wild Card Playoffs (No. 2 game)

* Brent Musburger (play-by-play, 1990–1995 and 2002)
* Mike Patrick (play-by-play, 1996–2001 and 2003–2005)
* Dick Vermeil (color commentator, 1990–1995)
* Joe Theismann (color commentator, 1996–2001 and 2003–2005)
* Paul Maguire (color commentator, 1998–2001 and 2003–2005)
* Gary Danielson (color commentator, 2002)

ESPN

* Bonnie Bernstein (#2 sideline reporter, 2006–2007)
* Trent Dilfer (#2 color commentator, 2010)
* Mike Ditka (#2 color commentator, 2007–2008)
* Mike Greenberg (#2 play-by-play, 2007–2009)
* Mike Golic (#2 color commentator, 2007–2009)
* Jon Gruden (color commentator, 2009–present)
* Ron Jaworski (color commentator, 2007–present; #2 color commentator, 2006)
* Suzy Kolber (sideline reporter, 2006–present)
* Tony Kornheiser (color commentator, 2006–2008)
* Brad Nessler (#2 play-by-play, 2006 and 2010)
* Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter, 2006–present)
* Joe Theismann (color commentator, 2006)
* Mike Tirico (play-by-play, 2006–present)
* Dick Vermeil (#2 color commentator, 2006)
* Steve Young (#2 color commentator, 2009)

ESPN Deportes/ESPN Latin America

* Robert Abramowitz (#2 color commentator, 2006-present)
* Raul Allegre (color commentator, 2006-present)
* Alvaro Martin (play-by-play, 2006-present)
* Ciro Procuna (#3 play-by-play, 2006)
* Georgina Ruiz Sandoval (#2 sideline reporter, 2006)
* John Sutcliffe (sideline reporter, 2006-present)
* Eduardo Varela (#2 play-by-play, 2006-present)

Radio

CBS Radio/Westwood One

* Marv Albert (play-by-play, 2002–2009)
* Bonnie Bernstein (sideline reporter, 2001–2005)
* Jack Buck (play-by-play, 1978–1984, 1987–1995)
* Randy Cross (#2 color commentator, 2010)
* Howard David (play-by-play, 1996–2001)
* John Dockery (sideline reporter, 1999–2007)
* Boomer Esiason (color commentator, 2000–present)
* Jim Gray (studio host, 2001–present)
* Kevin Harlan (#2 play-by-play, 2009; #1 play-by-play, 2010–present)
* Matt Millen (color commentator, 1996–2000)
* Warren Moon (#2 color commentator, 2009)
* Hank Stram (color commentator, 1978–1984, 1987–1995)
* Lesley Visser (color commentator, 2001)
* Clemson Smith-Muñiz (Spanish-language play-by-play, 2005)
* David Crommett (Spanish-language color commentator, 2005)

Mutual Radio

* Lindsey Nelson (play-by-play, 1974–1977)
* Van Patrick (play-by-play, 1972–1973)
* Al Wester (color commentator, 1972–1977)

NBC Radio

* Don Criqui (play-by-play, 1985–1986)
* Bob Trumpy (color commentator, 1985–1986)