Before Thursday night or even Sunday night was saved for NFL football each fall, Monday Night Football was bringing fans primetime football for more than 50 years. As we get ready for the 2024 NFL season, Monday Night Football looks to have another great slate of games for fans to enjoy.
US: ESPN, ABC (live TV streaming services) | NFL Plus
UK: Sky TV | NFL Game Pass
Watch abroad with a VPN
What to Watch has you covered with how to watch this and all of the primetime NFL offerings, including Thursday Night Football and Sunday Night Football, as well as the Sunday NFL on Fox and NFL on CBS games.
But here is everything that you need to know how to Monday Night Football this season.
How to watch Monday Night Football in the US
Monday Night Football airs on multiple channels throughout the season, including ESPN and ABC. For select weeks it'll also be available to live stream on ESPN Plus.
ESPN is a cable channel, requiring viewers to be subscribers to a traditional pay-TV or live TV streaming service (Fubo, Hulu with live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV). With a subscription to one of these services, in addition to being able to watch ESPN on your TV or connected device, viewers can watch Monday Night Football through the ESPN app or ESPN.com.
For this week 17 game, fans will have the option to watch it on ABC, ESPN or ESPN Plus.
NFL Plus is also an option to stream Monday Night Football live. You must be a subscriber and the live stream is only available through a mobile device.
When Monday Night Football games are on ABC, meanwhile, the networks is available through pay-TV and live TV streaming services, but as one of the four major networks also has local stations in each US TV market that can be received via a TV antenna.
To stream the Monday Night Football games on ESPN Plus when available, you must be a subscriber to the sports-centric streaming platform.
How to watch Monday Night Football in the UK
Sky Sports is the home for NFL football in the UK, offering live game broadcasts to Sky TV subscribers. The games also are available free-to-air on My5.
NFL Game Pass is also an option. The international version of this subscription service offers live broadcasts of games as well as the opportunity to watch the full broadcast on-demand or a condensed version of the broadcast that only features the plays.
How to watch Monday Night Football from anywhere
If you're going to be away from your normal TV setup but still want to watch Sunday Night Football, you might run into some problems. Thankfully, you can solve this exact issue with a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
A VPN lets you change your IP address to that of the area of what you want to watch, meaning you can tune in to your favorite events or other content even if you're not there. Our favorite is NordVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream:
- Download the app at NordVPN
- Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
- Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
Monday Night Football: Lions vs 49ers preview
The final regular season Monday Night Football game of the year (there will be a playoff game hosted by the MNF crew) is a rematch of last year's NFC Championship game. Unfortunately, this game doesn't quite have the same stakes as that one.
The Detroit Lions have been one of the best teams in the league all season, with a record of 13-2 entering this penultimate week of the season. Offensively they are second in the league in total yards per game and first in points per game. Defensively they have played well, but have struggled in recent weeks as injuries have begun to pile up. The outcome of this game will not have any real impact on where the Lions' end up — they have clinched a playoff spot and whether they win the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the NFC will come down to a week 18 game between the Minnesota Vikings — but if there's any lingering resentment from last year's heartbreaking loss in the NFC Championship game, then there may still be some incentive to play for.
While the Lions of late have been banged up, that has been the story for the 49ers all season, as injuries were a big part of why their season derailed and they will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2020. Even so, they have talented players in Brock Purdy, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, Nick Bosa, Fred Warner and more still lining up for them in this game, so they could look to end their season strong.
Monday Night Football schedule
Check out the complete schedule for Monday Night Football during the 2024 NFL season. We've ID'd games that are on channels other than just ESPN.
- Week 1: New York Jets 19, San Francisco 49ers 32
- Week 2: Atlanta Falcons 22, Philadelphia Eagles 21
- Week 3: Jacksonville Jaguars 10, Buffalo Bills 47
- Week 3: Washington Commanders 38, Cincinnati Bengals 33
- Week 4: Tennessee Titans 31, Miami Dolphins 12
- Week 4: Seattle Seahawks 29, Detroit Lions 42
- Week 5: New Orleans Saints 13, Kansas City Chiefs 26
- Week 6: Buffalo Bills 23, New York Jets 20
- Week 7: Baltimore Ravens 41, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31
- Week 7: Los Angeles Chargers 15, Arizona Cardinals 17
- Week 8: New York Giants 18, Pittsburgh Steelers 26
- Week 9: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, Kansas City Chiefs 30
- Week 10: Miami Dolphins 23, Los Angeles Rams 15
- Week 11: Houston Texans 34, Dallas Cowboys 10
- Week 12: Baltimore Ravens 30, Los Angeles Chargers 23
- Week 13: Cleveland Browns 32, Denver Broncos 41
- Week 14: Cincinnati Bengals vs Dallas Cowboys, ESPN/ABC
- Week 15: Chicago Bears 12, Minnesota Vikings 30
- Week 15: Atlanta Falcons 15, Las Vegas Raiders 9
- Week 16: New Orleans Saints 0, Green Bay Packers 34
- Week 17: Detroit Lions vs San Francisco 49ers, ESPN/ABC
- Week 18: TBD
The schedule for which of these games will get an Manningcast alternate broadcast has not been announced as of yet.
Monday Night Football FAQs
What time is Monday Night Fooball?
Unless otherwise specified in the schedule above, Monday Night Football game broadcasts begin at 8:15 pm ET/5:15 pm PT.
What channel is Monday Night Football on?
Monday Night Football primarily airs on ESPN, though ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN Plus are also going to carry games, live streams or alternate broadcasts (ie the Manningcast) of the games occasionally throughout the season.
Monday Night Football commentators
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman call the games from the Monday Night Football booth, while Lisa Salters is on board as the sideline reporter.
Before the Monday Night Football game kicks off, ESPN airs a pregame show, Monday Night Countdown. The team of hosts and analysts consist of Scott Van Pelt, Ryan Clark, Jason Kelce, Marcus Spears, Adam Schefter, Michelle Beisner-Buck.
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