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To fix Monday Night Football, pick ABC ... or d.(Humor)(Brief Article)

The Sporting News

| March 19, 2001 | Quindt, Fritz | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Can Monday Night Football get its groove back? Don Ohlmeyer is out after one year as producer, claiming chronic jet lag but no regrets. Yeah, he took over with the worst ratings in series history, proceeded to change everything but the color of Al Michaels' holy toenails, and what happened? The Nielsens fell 7 percent.

Last year I e-mailed ABC Sports czar Howard Katz one serious, unsolicited suggestion: Replace Boomer Esiason with a big-name guest-star analyst--Oprah Winfrey, Harrison Ford, Fred Durst, Garo Yepremian, maybe Ohlmeyer's bud Norm MacDonald--each week! Either Katz's server was down, or he can't read, because my can't-miss concept got the Frank Gifford treatment.

ABC already has announced the cast will return this year, but the field is otherwise clear. So, this time I'm submitting multiple-choice ideas (none involving the resurrection of Howard Cosell with costly production techniques like The Sopranos used on Nancy Marchand). Pencils ready?

The new produeer of MNF oughta be:

a) Fred Gaudelli, producer of ESPN's Sunday Night Football.

b) Spike Lee, director of the NFL's "Show Me Something" campaign.

c) Oliver Stone, director of Any Given Sunday.

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