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    ABC Bulks Up ‘Monday Night Football’ Slate

    By Rick Porter,

    19 hours ago
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    ABC is ready for some (more) football.

    The network is adding more Monday Night Football games to its schedule for the remainder of the NFL season. ABC and ESPN will simulcast six additional games — starting with the Oct. 14 contest between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets — along with four previously announced contests (three simulcasts and, on Dec. 16, one exclusive to the broadcast network on a night with two games).

    The newly announced ABC/ESPN simulcasts will also air on Oct. 21 (Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Nov. 4 (Buccaneers at Kansas City Chiefs), Nov. 18 (Houston Texans at Dallas Cowboys), Nov. 25 (Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers) and Dec. 23 (New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers). ABC had already been set to air MNF games on Oct. 28 and Dec. 9, along with two Saturday games on Jan. 4, the final weekend of the league’s regular season.

    The additional simulcasts came about after discussions between ABC, its Disney sibling ESPN (which produces the MNF telecast) and the NFL.

    The beefed-up Monday Night Football slate also means ABC is making a few changes to its schedule. On weeks where it didn’t have MNF, the network was set to air Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Press Your Luck and What Would You Do? on Monday nights. The two game shows are being pushed to midseason, where they will have more consistent runs. What Would You Do? will move to 10 p.m. Wednesdays starting Oct. 16, which in turn will bump docuseries Scamanda to a 2025 premiere.

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