Neverending Television

Monday Night Football, 1970
For many families, it's pointless to schedule anything on a Monday evening past Labor Day. For the past 38 years, dads, sons and brothers have parked themselves en masse on America's sofas and reclining chairs to watch announcers such as Al Michaels and John Madden (above), Frank Gifford and Howard Cossell call the week's big game.

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