> People seem to have drawn the wrong lesson from the original teams - Howard > "never played the game", but his whole point was to fight the "jockacracy", > and the argument that only former players could speak with serious > authority about the game....
I'm 2/3 of the way through the ESPN book, and they've just acquired MNF, so I haven't seen any of the parts about what they have tried/are trying to do with it. My impression has been that ABC got "lucky" with Cosell (who I couldn't stand), thought that was the model for a successful prime time telecast, and tried unsuccessfully to recreate that a couple times, particularly with Dennis Miller. ESPN took a shot with Kornheiser, with similarly dismal results. At this point, Monday Night has become just another football telecast, despite ABC and ESPN trying to pretend that it's still the biggest game and event of the week. (When MNF went on the air in 1970, two college games on a Saturday was a lot, and there were just the two Sunday afternoon pro games. Now, of course, there are games most nights of the week, and all day Saturday and Sunday.) ESPN would be well-served to just put together a solid telecast without trying to recapture faded glory. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
