ABC adds 'Monday Night Football' games as strikes bench entertainment shows

The Walt Disney Co.'s broadcast network will have a Monday NFL game weekly through the end of the season.

the most, as they generally launch new programming in the fall. With no new sitcoms or dramas available, they have largely depended on game shows, reality series and live sports to fill their prime-time schedules.ABC had four exclusive games scheduled, including Monday’s Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers contest that will finish out the NFL’s second week. The network also has exclusive games on Oct. 2, Dec. 11 and Dec. 25.

ABC will simulcast the ESPN games each week between Oct. 8 and Dec. 4, as well as Dec. 18, Dec. 30 and Jan. 6. Those games can be watched without a cable or satellite TV subscription on KABC Channel 7 in Los Angeles and other ABC stations with an over-the-air antenna. “Monday Night Football” was a staple of ABC for decades. As escalating rights fees made the games too costly to support with over-the-air ad-supported TV, the games moved in 2006 to ESPN, as its networks receive revenues from pay TV operators as well.

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