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ESPN’s original Monday Night Football schedule for 2024-25. More games will now be simulcast on ABC.

ABC

Somehow, six more Monday Night Football simulcasts returned to ABC

Broadcast networks pivoted away from sports around Joe Biden presidential news

The latest case of shifts from sports programming came around Joe Biden's announcement Sunday.

A CFL on CTV graphic. (CFL.ca.)

International

CFL games, including Grey Cup, return to CTV after almost four decades in long lobbied-for move

Comedian and television producer Byron Allen, founder and CEO of Entertainment Studios, in 2019. (Robert Hanashiro/USA Today.)

ABC

Byron Allen makes $10 billion offer to Disney for ABC, Nexstar also reportedly interested

Suns and Mercury are first teams to abandon Diamond Sports RSNs, signing over-the-air and digital deals

The Suns and Mercury have their games headed to broadcast TV. Those games will also be available direct-to-consumer.

While 2018 may be “the most-watched NFL Draft ever,” its expansion to broadcast networks was a huge part of that

Expanding the draft to Fox (for the first two days) and ABC (for the third) played a huge role in this ratings growth, and may indicate that draft ratings do have a ceiling.