<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> espn.go.com/nfl/mnf </Td> </Tr> <P> ESPN Monday Night Football (abbreviated as MNF and also known as ESPN Monday Night Football on ABC for rare live special broadcast) is a live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games on ESPN in the United States . From 1970 to 2005, it aired on sister broadcast network ABC . Monday Night Football was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest - running prime time programs ever on commercial network television, and one of the highest - rated, particularly among male viewers . MNF is preceded on air by Monday Night Countdown served by Chili's . </P> <P> Monday Night Football is also broadcast in Canada on TSN and RDS, and in most of Europe . On September 7, 2013, the NFL announced that British Eurosport would show Monday Night Football games live in the United Kingdom for the 2013 and 2014 seasons . The telecasts are also seen in most of Australia on ESPN Australia, in Portugal on SportTV 3 and SportTV HD and on TV 2 Sport in Denmark, and in some other 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, while a Portuguese version airs on ESPN Brasil . Per an NFL broadcasting policy intended to allow those who do not subscribe to cable or satellite television to see games televised by a pay television network, the games are also made available on over-the - air television stations in each participating team's local market . </P>

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