MNF to ESPN... NBC buys NFL Package!!

[SamusAran86]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7548671/

NBC spent 600 million on a NFL package that gives them some Sunday "night" games, Superbowl's in 2009 and 2012.

With NBC's move and a MNF move to ESPN, with CBS and FOX deals already in place (paying 8 billion over 6 years for Sunday's "afternoon" games) effectivly leaves ABC the only station without NFL games being played on its stations!!

It will be weird to not see MNF on ABC...

 

[NewGamePlus]

ABC had football??? What???

I never usually watch ABC for sporting events. Usually I only tune into them for select games like the the hockey playoff games or whenever I can't find some other big scheduled game that I'm looking for and know should be on but don't see it on any of the other channels. No big loss to me.

 

[Major]

NBC has the worst sports coverage ever. Notre Dame football can blow me. And ABC and ESPN are basically the same thing.

 

[NewGamePlus]

NBC = National Broadcasting Company

Of course they're going to have less than spectacular coverage of the major sporting events. Their priority is to "broadcast" the events to the public (keyword: broad), not to bring the events to the public well. Big difference.

NBC is only good for late night TV.

 

[Major]

What do CBS and ABC stand for?

 

[NewGamePlus]

I don't know. I always thought that ABC stood for the first three letters of the alphabet.

My best guess would be CBS = Central Broadcasting Station and ABC = American Broadcasting Company. They both kinda suck anyhow. I stopped watching CBS when they did away with the back to back trio of Early Edition, Martial Law, and Walker: Texas Ranger.

I wonder what UPN and FOX stands for...

 

[starfx6464]

ABC - The American Broadcast Company
CBS - The Columbia Broadcast System
NBC - The National Broadcast Company
FOX - Fox
UPN - United Paramount Network

 

[Major]

Exactly. All three "broadcast." And NBC's sports coverage is by far the worst.

 

[Doc]

It was actually Disney's call to get rid of MNF. They didn't think it was worth it for the price and things like that. Apparently they have bigger draws than MNF. If you read on ESPN.com this was a big deal a few months ago. It's a deal that's been in the works for a long time now.

 

[Major]

Disney owns ESPN too though.