Monday Night Mayhem (film)
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Monday Night Mayhem is a 2002 television film about the origin of ABC's television series Monday Night Football. It debuted on the U.S. cable TV network TNT.
[edit] Cast
Legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell is portrayed by John Turturro. The film also stars Eli Wallach, John Heard, Nick Turturro and Jay Thomas. Co-Hosts Don Meredith and Frank Gifford are played respectively by Brad Beyer and Kevin Anderson.
[edit] Related films
In the same year, Jon Voight portrayed Howard Cosell in the Michael Mann biopic Ali (2002). Voight's performance earned him an Academy Award nomination.