Monday Evening Soccer (MNF) is a reside broadcast of the Nationwide Soccer League on ESPN. From 1970 to 2005 it aired on ABC. Monday Night Soccer was, along with Hallmark Hall of Fame, and the Walt Disney anthology television collection, one of the longest working prime time commercial network television collection ever, and one of the highest-rated, particularly among male viewers.
Monday Evening Football may also be seen in Canada on TSN and RIS, and in most of Europe on ESPN America. On 29 March 2010 it was announced that MNF would be proven on ESPN UK, in most of Australia on One HD, in Portugal on SportTV three and SportTV HD and on TV 2 Sport in Denmark, and in some areas of the world exterior the U.S. on ESPN International. A Spanish language model airs on ESPN Deportes within the U.S. and on ESPN Worldwide in Latin America. The video games are also made obtainable on common over-the-air tv stations in every taking part workforce's local market in order that households without cable television can nonetheless see the telecast.
As of October three, 2011, the Monday Night Soccer franchise had aired a complete of 648 games.
On September 8, 2011 the first day of the 2011 common season, ESPN prolonged its contract for Monday Evening Football for one more eight seasons, giving it rights to the broadcasts until 2021. The new deal, valued between $14.2 billion and $15.2 billion, additionally provides them rights to expanded highlights, worldwide and digital rights, and probably a Wildcard game. Cable tv operators condemned the new contract, noting that ESPN has the best retransmission consent charges of any nationwide cable television channel, nearly 5 instances greater than the nearest competitor (TNT), and raises fees on an annual basis.