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, and, in a few weeks, Super Bowl LVIII.
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.
In the case of the Monday Night Football playoff matchup, fans can watch the game games on ESPN, ABC and 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), though it may not be available on all packages. 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.
ABC, meanwhile, is also 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, you must be a subscriber to the sports-centric streaming platform.
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.
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 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 vs San Francisco 49ers, ESPN/ABC
- Week 2: Atlanta Falcons vs Philadelphia Eagles
- Week 3: Jacksonville Jaguars vs Buffalo Bills, 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT, ESPN
- Week 3: Washington Commanders vs Cincinnati Bengals, 8:15 pm ET/5:15 pm PT, ABC
- Week 4: Tennessee Titans vs Miami Dolphins, 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT, ESPN
- Week 4: Seattle Seahawks vs Detroit Lions, 8:15 pm ET/5:15 pm PT, ABC
- Week 5: New Orleans Saints vs Kansas City Chiefs
- Week 6: Buffalo Bills vs New York Jets
- Week 7: Baltimore Ravens vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:15 pm ET/5:15 pm PT, ESPN
- Week 7: Los Angeles Chargers vs Arizona Cardinals, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, ESPN Plus
- Week 8: New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Steelers, ESPN/ABC
- Week 9: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Kansas City Chiefs
- Week 10: Miami Dolphins vs Los Angeles Rams
- Week 11: Houston Texans vs Dallas Cowboys
- Week 12: Baltimore Ravens vs Los Angeles Chargers
- Week 13: Cleveland Browns vs Denver Broncos
- Week 14: Cincinnati Bengals vs Dallas Cowboys, ESPN/ABC
- Week 15: Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT, ABC
- Week 15: Atlanta Falcons vs Las Vegas Raiders, 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT, ESPN
- Week 16: New Orleans Saints vs Green Bay Packers
- 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.
