Saturday Night Football
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- For the NFL Network's late-season "Saturday Night Football" broadcasts, see Run to the Playoffs.
| Saturday Night Football | |
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| Genre | Sports |
| Starring | Brent Musburger Bob Davie Kirk Herbstreit Lisa Salters |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 18 games in 12 broadcast windows, through season 1. |
| Production | |
| Running time | 180 minutes+ |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC (2006 - present) |
| Original run | September 2, 2006 – present |
ESPN Saturday Night Football on ABC is a weekly presentation of college football on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). Premiering on September 2, 2006, the program features prime time college football games starting at 8:00 p.m ET. For the majority of games, the play-by-play announcer is Brent Musburger with analysts Bob Davie and Kirk Herbstreit and sideline reporter Lisa Salters. Other broadcast teams were used for regional games and some national games.
The debut of Saturday Night Football coincided with the rebranding of ABC Sports to ESPN on ABC.
[edit] Overview
While ABC has aired college football on Saturday nights for decades, this program marks the first time that a collegiate sporting program has officially been part of any major network's prime-time schedule.
Twelve weeks of games were televised during the college football season during the three-month period, with the Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship game closing out the season on December 2, 2006. The series went on a two-week break during the World Series.
Saturday Night Football games essentially replace Noon games, which aired sporadically on the West Coast because affiliates were airing kids programming to meet FCC licensing guidelines.
The first season in 2006 was a ratings success, meaning the program will most likely return next season.
[edit] 2006 Schedule
- September 2: #2 Notre Dame 14 at Georgia Tech 10
- September 9: #1 Ohio State 24 at #2 Texas 7
- September 16: #19 Nebraska 10 at #4 Southern California 28
- September 23: #12 Notre Dame 40 at Michigan State 37 (regional)
- September 23: #3 Southern California 20 at Arizona 3 (regional)
- September 30: #1 Ohio State 38 at #13 Iowa 17
- October 7: #22 Nebraska 28 at Iowa State 14 (regional)
- October 7: #11 Oregon 24 at #16 California 45 (regional)
- October 14: #4 Michigan 17 at Penn State 10 (regional)
- October 14: Arizona State 21 at #3 Southern California 28 (regional)
- November 4: UCLA 24 at #10 California 38 (regional)
- November 4: #23 Virginia Tech 17 at Miami (Fla.) 10 (regional)
- November 4: #18 Oklahoma 17 at #21 Texas A&M 16 (regional)
- November 11: #18 Wake Forest 30 at Florida State 0 (regional)
- November 11: #4 Texas 42 at Kansas State 45 (regional)
- November 18: #17 California 9 at #4 Southern California 23
- November 25: #6 Notre Dame 24 at #3 Southern California 44
- December 2: #19 Nebraska 7 vs. #8 Oklahoma 21—Big 12 Championship Game
[edit] External links
- B&C article on ABC's Saturday Night College Football lineup (May 16, 2006)
- [1] (Accessed September 7, 2006)
| Sports properties of ESPN on ABC (formerly ABC Sports) |
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| American Football: Monday Night Football* | The Monday Night Miracle* | Saturday Night Football |
| Auto Racing: NASCAR |
| Baseball: Monday Night Baseball* | Baseball Night in America* | Major League Baseball on ABC* |
| Basketball: NBA on ABC | List of National Basketball Association games televised by ABC | NBA Countdown | NBA Inside Stuff | NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad |
| Hockey: The NHL on ABC* | Miracle on Ice |
| Horse Racing: Triple Crown Productions* |
| Other programming: ABC's Wide World of Sports* | Superstars* |
| See also: United States sports broadcasting lists |
| Asterisk (*) indicates that the program aired only during the ABC Sports era (in other words, the program ended prior to August 2006), not during the ESPN on ABC era. |
