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Monday Night Football's 25th Anniversary, Richard C. Crepeau
Monday Night Football's 25th Anniversary, Richard C. Crepeau
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It is the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Monday Night Football. The other networks laughed when ABC announced it was going to take NFL football into prime time. Who would watch? By Monday everyone was suffering from football burnout what with the College games on Saturday, and the double network double headers on Sunday. It just wouldn't work.