""Monday Night Football"" Back In HD

7-Aug-03

Source: HDTV Magazine""Monday Night Football"", the most successful and longest-running primetime sports series in television history, begins its 34th season with the opening NFL game of the season, as the Washington Redskins host the New York Jets on Thursday, September 4 (9pm ET). The entire schedule of ""Monday Night Football,"" beginning with the Hall Of Fame Game on August 4 (8pm ET), will be available in HDTV.Currently, 130 of ABC's owned and affiliated stations are broadcasting digital TV, covering 82 percent of the nation, with 102 of those stations broadcasting in HDTV. All of ABC's HDTV programs use 720 progressive (720p), ABC's selected HDTV format.The following is the 2003 ABC NFL ""Monday Night Football"" schedule (all games air on Mondays at 9pm ET, except where noted):September 4, New York Jets at Washington Redskins (Thursday night) September 8, Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Philadelphia Eagles September 15, Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants September 22, Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos September 29, Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears October 6, Indianapolis Colts at Tampa Bay Buccaneers October 13 , Atlanta Falcons at St. Louis Rams October 20, Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders October 27, Miami Dolphins at San Diego Chargers November 3 , New England Patriots at Denver Broncos November 10, Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers November 17, Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers November 24, New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers December 1 , Tennessee Titans at New York Jets December 8, St. Louis Rams at Cleveland Browns December 15, Philadelphia Eagles at Miami Dolphins December 22, Green Bay Packers at Oakland Raiders

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