''ESPN Monday Night Countdown'' (officially ''Monday Night Countdown presented by Subway'') is an American pregame television program that is broadcast on

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, preceding ''

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''. When it debuted in 1993 as ''NFL Prime Monday'', and ''Monday Night Football'' was airing on

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, the pregame show was one of the first cross-pollinations between ESPN and

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, each of which operated largely under separate management at the time. The show was renamed ''Monday Night Countdown'' in 1998, and ''Monday Night Football'' moved from ABC to ESPN in 2006. The current sponsor is Subway, starting with the 2020 season. Previous sponsors of the show include

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, and

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History

''Monday Night Football'' on ABC era

The show was initially hosted by

Mike Tirico Mike Tirico (; born December 13, 1966) is an American sportscaster. He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC's '' Sunday Night Football'', having replaced Al Michaels in 2022. From 2006 to 2015, Tirico served as a play-by-play an ...

along with analysts

Joe Theismann Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9, 1949) is an American former professional football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker and restaurateur. He rose to fame playing quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian ...

, Craig James,

Phil Simms Phillip Martin Simms (born November 3, 1955) is an American former football quarterback who spent his entire 15-year professional career playing for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a television sport ...

and

Ron Jaworski Partner owner , highlights= * Pro Bowl (1980) * Bert Bell Award (1980) * Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame ;NFL record * Longest touchdown pass: 99 yards (tied) , statlabel1= TD– INT , statvalue1=179–164 , statlabel2=Yards , statvalue2=28,19 ...

Mike Ditka Michael Keller Ditka (born Michael Dyczko; October 18, 1939) is an American former football player, coach, and television commentator. A member of both the College (1986) and the Pro (1988) Football Halls of Fame, he was UPI NFL Rookie of Year i ...

also discussed certain topics and

Chris Mortensen Chris Mortensen (born November 7, 1951) is an American journalist providing reports for ESPN's '' Sunday NFL Countdown'', ''Monday Night Countdown'', ''SportsCenter'', ESPN Radio, and ESPN.com. Early life Mortensen attended North Torrance Hi ...

brought news and rumors from around the league.

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was also a regular guest on the show. Former presenters include

Bill Parcells Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells (born August 22, 1941) is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the head coach of the New York Giants from 1983 ...

Michael Irvin Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is an American sports commentator and former professional football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 2007, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...

, and Sterling Sharpe. During the

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season, it enjoyed its best ratings ever and was the highest-rated studio sports show on

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. On occasion, the crew appeared on-site at the game, but for the most part the show was aired from the studios in

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ESPN ''Monday Night Football''

2006

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, the show began appearing at the ''

'' site live as the game moved to

from

Stuart Scott Stuart Orlando Scott (July 19, 1965 – January 4, 2015) was an American Sports commentator, sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, most notably on ''SportsCenter''. Well known for his hip-hop style and use of catchphrases, Scott was also a regular ...

moved to host of ''

NFL Primetime ''NFL Primetime'' is a sports television program that has aired on ESPN since 1987. The show is presented similarly to ESPN's own '' SportsCenter'', featuring scores, highlights, and analysis of every game of the week in the NFL. When it debut ...

'' which precedes ''Monday Night Countdown'' and

Chris Berman Christopher James Berman (born May 10, 1955), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American sportscaster. He has been an anchor for '' SportsCenter'' on ESPN since 1979, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's '' Sunday NFL Coun ...

moved from ''

'' to ''Monday Night Countdown'' and was joined by returning analysts Tom Jackson and

along with new analyst from ''

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Steve Young Jon Steven Young (born October 11, 1961) is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccane ...

also contributed to the show along with

, Ed Werder and

Sal Paolantonio Sal Paolantonio is a Philadelphia-based bureau reporter for ESPN. Since joining ESPN in 1995, Paolantonio has become a staple in their NFL coverage, as he contributes to shows such as ''SportsCenter'', ''NFL Live'', '' Sunday NFL Countdown'' (f ...

. Also, in 2006 ''Monday Night Countdown'' introduced a new logo and new graphics as part of The Syndicate's new NFL package for ESPN. In the same fashion as all ESPN NFL studio shows, ''Monday Night Countdown'' adopted

's alternate football musical theme, though presented as a shuffle.

2007

Beginning with the

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, the show cutback its onsite presence by having its main anchor team at ESPN studio's in Bristol, but still kept a set at the actual game site.

2008

The Bristol team was Berman, Jackson, Mortensen,

Keyshawn Johnson Joseph Keyshawn Johnson (born July 22, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played college football for the University of Southern Calif ...

, and

Cris Carter Graduel Christopher Darin Carter (born November 25, 1965) is an American former American football, football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles (1987–1989), the Minnesota Vikings (1990� ...

. The on-site team is Scott, Young, and

Emmitt Smith Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. Among other accolades, he is the lea ...

2009-2012

The Bristol team was Berman, Jackson, Mortensen, Ditka, Johnson, and Carter. The on-site team was Scott, Young, and

Matt Millen Matthew George Millen (born March 12, 1958) is a former American football linebacker and executive. Millen played 12 years in the National Football League for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, and Washington Redskins, ...

(later

Trent Dilfer Trent Farris Dilfer (born March 13, 1972) is a former American football quarterback and analyst who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He is best known as the starting quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens during their Su ...

) in the third spot. On September 17, 2012, ''Monday Night Countdown'' moved up to the 6:30 ET timeslot and expanded to 2 hours. As a result, ''SportsCenter Monday Kickoff'' had its runtime cut in half, from 60 minutes to 30 minutes only. Additionally, ''Monday Night Countdown'' debuted a new program logo that closely resembles that of ''Monday Night Football'' and a new graphics scheme package matching that of ''Monday Night Football''. Also, ''Monday Night Countdown'' began using MNF's "

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" theme music as this program's own theme music.

2013

Ray Lewis is added to the on-site team after his retirement from the NFL in 2012. On December 23, 2013, the final scheduled ''Monday Night Football'' broadcast of that season, Chris Berman was at

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covering the 49ers' final home game in that stadium, while Stuart Scott was at ESPN's Bristol studios. The 49ers defeated the

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, 34-24, in the ''MNF'' season finale. That game was also the 36th and final ''Monday Night Football'' game — and the last NFL game — ever played at Candlestick Park.

2014

On September 8, 2014, ''Monday Night Countdown'' moved to a brand-new set inside Digital Center 2 of ESPN's Bristol studios, which shares the same set as ''Sunday NFL Countdown'' and ''NFL Primetime''. However, the ''Monday Night Football'' graphics package is still used, but the rundown graphic was changed to match the one used on ''SportsCenter''. 1 week later (September 15, 2014), ''Monday Night Countdown'' moved up to the 6:00 p.m. ET timeslot, which resulted in ''SportsCenter Monday Kickoff'' not returning for the 2014 season and moving the 6:00 p.m. ET edition of ''SportsCenter'' to ESPN2 on Mondays during the NFL season.

2015

Suzy Kolber, who substituted for the then-ailing Stuart Scott during most of the 2014 season, took over Scott's role permanently as an on-site host. She was previously a sideline reporter for ''Monday Night Football'' from 2006-2010. Additionally, ''Monday Night Countdown'' debuted a new logo resembling its other NFL-themed studio-show properties, along with a new graphics package that is also used for ''MNF''.

2016

With the exception of Chris Berman (who remained in the Bristol studio), the entire ''Monday Night Countdown'' crew were moved to the ''Monday Night Football'' game site, joining on-site host Suzy Kolber. Meanwhile, Berman was joined in the Bristol studio each week by analysts who work or had previously worked at ESPN. However, Berman and the ''Monday Night Countdown'' crew did the show on November 21 from

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for the game between the

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and

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, and December 12 from

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. This was also Berman's final season as a host for ESPN's NFL-themed studio shows.

2017

Suzy Kolber was named host of ''Monday Night Countdown'' on March 23, 2017. She replaced Chris Berman, who departed after 30 seasons of hosting NFL-themed studio shows, though he still appeared in occasional segments. In addition to her pregame duties, Kolber now hosts all halftime and post-game shows, normally from the game site; however, the October 9, 2017, November 27, 2017 and December 25, 2017 shows all originated from ESPN's Bristol studio. The

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episode, which only ran for 45 minutes, did not have Woodson or Young;

Rex Ryan Rex Ashley Ryan (born December 13, 1962) is an American former football coach and analyst. Ryan was formerly the head coach of the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL), and also held various coaching position ...

did the show.

2019

Woodson left ESPN for

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, and Hasselbeck left Countdown to take over as a full-time co-analyst role for ESPN’s Thursday Night College Football games. Therefore, the lineup was Suzy Kolber, Adam Schefter, Randy Moss, Steve Young, and Louis Riddick. The show got a new graphics package. The October 28 show originated from Bristol instead of

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, probably because the show had been there earlier in the season.

2020

''Monday Night Countdown'', along with most of ESPN's NFL-themed studio shows, moved to the network's

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studios in New York City for the 2020 season. With the exception of Louis Riddick, who switched roles with Booger McFarland & moved to the ''Monday Night Football'' broadcast booth (the latter of whom took over Riddick's previous role of studio analyst), the lineup remained the same from the previous season.

2021

After being at the network's New York City facilities due to the

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the previous year, ''Monday Night Countdown'' returned to the game site for the first time in two seasons. Kolber, McFarland, Moss and Young all returned from the previous season. The show originated from New York instead of Baltimore October 11 and Washington November 29. Young didn't do the show October 18;

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did the show for the first time.

2022

Prior to the start of the season, Berry left for ''

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'' and a fantasy football show on

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. Larry Fitzgerald and Robert Griffin III made their debuts. Randy Moss left to do ''Sunday NFL Countdown'' only. Alex Smith made more appearances, but not every week. The October 31 and December 26 shows originated from New York instead of

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and

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, respectively. On those shows, Young was not at the former, and in a remote location on the latter.

Personalities

This is a list of personalities that currently or formerly appeared on ''Monday Night Countdown''.

Current

Main Panelists

Suzy Kolber Suzy Kolber (; born ) is an American football sideline reporter, co- producer, and sportscaster for ESPN. She was one of the original anchors of ESPN2 when it launched in 1993. Three years later, she left ESPN2 to join Fox Sports, and rejoined ...

: (Host, 2015–present) *

: (Analyst, 2006–present) *

Robert Griffin III Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RG3 and RGIII, is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected second overa ...

: (Analyst, 2022–present) *

Booger McFarland Anthony Darelle "Booger" McFarland (born December 18, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Louisiana State University and wa ...

: (Analyst, 2020–present) *

: (Substitute analyst, 2021–present) *

Larry Fitzgerald Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. (born August 31, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver. Fitzgerald played in the National Football League for 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at University of Pittsb ...

: (Substitute analyst, 2022–present)

Contributors

: (Contributor, 2006–present) *

Michelle Beisner-Buck Michelle Beisner-Buck (born October 15, 1976) is a former National Football League (NFL) cheerleader, dancer, actress, and currently a reporter for ESPN, doing feature reports for ''Monday Night Football'' and its pregame show ''Monday Night Count ...

: (Contributor, 2016–present) *

Lisa Salters Lisa Salters is an American journalist and former college basketball player. She has been a reporter for ESPN and ESPN on ABC since 2000. Previously, she covered the O. J. Simpson murder case for ABC and worked as a reporter at WBAL-TV in Ba ...

: (Sideline reporter, 2012–present)

NFL Insiders

: (1993–present) *

Adam Schefter Adam Schefter (born December 21, 1966) is an American sports writer and television analyst. After graduating from University of Michigan and Northwestern University with degrees in journalism, Schefter wrote for several newspapers, including ''T ...

: (2009–present)

Former

Hosts

: (1993–2001) *

: (2002–2005, 2007–2014) *

: (2006–2016)

Analysts

: (1993–1997) * Craig James: (1993–199?) *

: (1994) * Sterling Sharpe: (1995–2002) *

: (199?–2005) *

: (2003–2006) * Tom Jackson: (2006–2015) *

: (2007–2015) *

: (2007) *

: (2007–2008) *

: (2008–2015) *

: (2009–2010) *

: (2011–2016) *

Ray Lewis Raymond Anthony Lewis Jr. (born May 15, 1975) is an American former professional American football, football player who played as a Linebacker#Middle linebacker, middle linebacker with the Baltimore Ravens for his entire 17-year career in th ...

: (2013–2015) *

Matt Hasselbeck Matthew Michael Hasselbeck (born September 25, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Boston College and was drafted in the sixth ro ...

: (2016–2018) * Charles Woodson: (2016–2018) *

Louis Riddick Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

: (2019) *

Randy Moss Randy Gene Moss (born February 13, 1977) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, Tennessee ...

: (2016–2021)

Contributors

Dan Le Batard Dan Le Batard is an American newspaper sportswriter, ex radio host, podcast host and television reporter based in Miami, Florida. He has also worked at ESPN, and for his hometown paper, the ''Miami Herald'', for which he wrote from 1990 to 2016. ...

1999- 2020 *

: (2004–2005; 2007) *

Michele Tafoya Michele Tafoya is an American former sportscaster. From 2011 to 2022, she was a reporter for NBC Sports, primarily as a sideline reporter for ''NBC Sunday Night Football''. She currently works as a political advisor and makes television appeara ...

: (2006–2011) * Ed Werder: (2006–2016) *

Rick Reilly Richard Paul Reilly (born February 3, 1958) is an American sportswriter. Long known for being the "back page" columnist for ''Sports Illustrated'', Reilly moved to ESPN on June 1, 2008, where he was a featured columnist for ESPN.com and wrote t ...

: (2008–2015) *

: (2017–2018)

Segments

Current

*Playmaking Made Easy: The presenters of the program are seen outside giving a full demonstration of how to perform certain moves. *Sunday Snapshot: Introduced on September 25, 2017. Highlights of Sunday's games are shown, with a still represented by a click of a camera. Originally, the Sunday Snapshot consisted of a theme (e.g., upsets) but now is about a player's performance from the previous day's game. *Game Balls: Introduced on October 2, 2017. Kolber and the other analysts give out game balls to those who had an outstanding performance over the weekend. It is similar to the Game Balls that Berman and Tom Jackson gave out on ''

'' and other shows. *C'Mon Man!: Introduced on October 27, 2008. During the show, they will each describe a play or series of plays that made them scratch their heads and say, "C'Mon Man!". They range from plays on the field to actions by fans and other people present at the game. This includes plays from games in the NFL, college and high school football, and the Canadian Football League as well as, occasionally, from other sports. "C'Mon Man!", which is similar to the weekly "Not Top Plays" segment on ''SportsCenter'', is sponsored by

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. *You Got Mossed!: Introduced in 2016, this segment features highlights of catches by wide receivers in high school football, the

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, college football, the NFL and even

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, the

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and

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, while the defenders are being described as getting "mossed" (hence the term named after ESPN NFL analyst & former NFL wide receiver Randy Moss). *Boomer's Best: A new segment introduced in 2017, where Chris Berman highlights historic moments from the history of ''Monday Night Football''. For the NFL's 100th season in 2019, the format was changed to a countdown of the top 50 plays in NFL history. For the 2020 and 2021 seasons, it was changed to a countdown of the top plays of the weekend. By the fourth week of the 2021 season, the name was changed to "Boomer's Best" (it had been called "Boomer's Vault".) *Hometown Heroes: Introduced in 2018, it features a player from the night's game helping out in his team's community.

Former

*In the Pocket: Former quarterback

analyzed the performances the league's quarterbacks for Thursday and Sunday games. *Field Pass: Players were shown warming up for the game. Beginning with the November 12, 2018 episode the "Field Pass" name was not being used, but they were still showing player warmups. For several years, it was presented by

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. *Teams at 20: An all-day segment, including on ''SportsCenter'', where various facets of each of the Monday night teams were reviewed. *Sunday Drive: Ron Jaworski analyzed a key drive from the previous day's action, from start to finish. *The Mort Report: Chris Mortensen broke down trade rumors, coaching changes and injuries. *Playmakers:

reviewed the players who made the biggest difference in Sunday's games. *Jacked Up: At the end of the show Tom Jackson counted down the top five biggest hits of the week. In

, the format went to 6, and 6 to 4 were done on the show, and 3 to 1 were done at halftime. Only hits that did not result in a penalty or injury were featured in this segment. Discontinued at the start of the 2008 season due to the growing issue of glorifying 'big hits' causing concussions in the game. *Dilfer's Dimes: Trent Dilfer shows the best passes from the week's action from the NFL and college football. The segment was previously on ''SportsCenter'' Sunday nights before it moved to ''Monday Night Countdown'' in 2016. Dilfer was among the employees laid off by ESPN in late April 2017, so it can be surmised the segment has been discontinued. *Sorry Bro!: a segment similar to "C'mon Man!" where plays from the previous day were shown, and Kolber and the analysts would end his/her segment by saying "Sorry Bro!" It only aired once, on September 21, 2015. *Chalk Talk: Jon Gruden interviewed a player or coach from that night's game. It was discontinued after Gruden returned to coaching the Raiders. It was sponsored by Corona,

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and

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Resources

Press Release: ESPN'S 2006 NFL LINEUP SURROUNDS MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WITH 188 YEARS OF GRIDIRON EXPERIENCE

References

External links

Official show page
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