I will mourn the loss of MNF. Not because of Madden...but because it's an institution. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2085825 Madden leaving ABC for NBC's Sunday Night FootballAssociated Press NEW YORK -- John Madden is joining NBC as a game analyst for the network's newly acquired "Sunday Night Football," a network source told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The network scheduled an afternoon teleconference with Madden to make the announcement that he will join NBC when it begins televising football in the 2006 season, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Madden has spent the past three seasons teamed with Al Michaels on ABC's now-defunct "Monday Night Football." Before joining ABC, Madden teamed with Pat Summerall to call Fox's lead game from 1994-2001. They were the top NFL announcing team on CBS for 13 seasons before that. Known for his folksy style and his love of football's grit and grime, Madden has won 14 Sports Emmys. The former Oakland Raiders coach — he led them to a win over Minnesota in the 1977 Super Bowl — has become a pop-culture phenomenon thanks in large part to the popularity of his video game "Madden NFL Football." Since its initial release in 1989, the game has sold more than 43 million copies and become the No. 1 selling sports video game of all time. NBC is reportedly paying $600 million for a six-year contract that will allow the network to broadcast the NFL's Sunday night game starting with the 2006 season. The Sunday night game was previously shown on ESPN, which will now televise "Monday Night Football." NBC also gets two first-round playoff games and the Super Bowl in 2009 and 2012 as part of the deal. NBC also gets two first-round playoff games and the Super Bowl in 2009 and 2012 as part of the deal.
Does anybody care about Madden anymore? The guy is done and has been phoning it in for about 7 years now. I guess they'll keep running him out there though
Nick Caliendo certainly does, if it hadn't been for Madden he would probably be a shift manager at Boston Market.
Am I the only one that absolutely can't stand Madden? Hearing his voice makes me cringe and his stupid buzz words are tired.
Thank you! Impressionists are somewhere between Cedric The Entertainer and That 80's Show on the comedy totem pole... As for Madden, I thought he was already dead...I mean, all you have to do is run a five minute loop of his Batman ripoff sound effects and it's the same thing...
Am I the only one who could care less about MNF? Seriously, it is just moving down the dial. It isn't going away. Now, if the new MNF loses the schmalz that ABC's version did, I may be disappointed. But I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt that the new version will seem exactly like the old version.
I like Madden. He's like the Yogi Berra of football. It's his enthusiasm I enjoy. He's a big, goofy guy who has a lot of love for the game of football.
Is Al Michaels next? NBC Gets Madden, Wants Michaels By Ben Grossman & John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/15/2005 1:21:00 PM John Madden is joining NBC as the analyst for its new Sunday Night Football package and if NBC gets its way, his current Monday Night Football broadcast partner Al Michaels may not be far behind. Madden signed a six-year deal aligning with the net's six-year package to begin airing NBC’s Sunday Night Football in 2006. Madden will make the jump from Monday Night Football after the 2005 season, when MNF moves to ESPN as Sunday nights go from ESPN to NBC. Madden has been a broadcaster for over 25 years, winning 14 Emmy's for a style that mixes X's and O's authority--he coached Oakland to a Super Bowl--with a folksy and engaging manner that has made him a prized pitchman out of the broadcast booth. He has been with ABC since 2002 following 21 seasons as an analyst with CBS and Fox. NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol said on a conference call Wednesday he planned on using just a two-man booth, and would talk to Michaels, currently calling the San Antonio-Detroit NBA Finals on ABC. "When the NBA finals are over we will talk extensively with Al Michaels," he said. "If there is a deal to work out there, I’d sure like to try." The announcement gives Disney one fewer announcer to pick from as it decides who from its current Sunday night (ESPN) team of Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire or Monday night (ABC) team of Madden and Michaels would announce Monday Night Football for ESPN. Ebersol said he will use Madden as his "chief advisor" for the selection of which games to air late in the season as part of the NFL’s new flexible scheduling plan. Under the new format, for the last seven weeks of the season, the network carrying the Sunday doubleheader can protect one game, with NBC then having the ability to many any other game that week to the Sunday night slot. Fox and CBS rotate the doubleheader each week. NBC’s deal includes a slate of 16 Sunday night games each year, as well as an annual Thursday night game that kicks off the NFL season. As part of the package, NBC gets the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl in both 2009 and 2012, as well as three preseason prime time games and two postseason Wild Card games each season.LINK
No way! He is a god at ABC. He gets his pick of events and can basically do whatever he wants. Would you leave a situation like that?
