Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of ABC's Monday Night Football
- ISBN-10
- 0688075533
- ISBN-13
- 9780688075538
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Beech Tree Books
- Authors
- Bill Carter, Marc Gunther
Description
Based on interviews with over 100 people including the chairman of the board of ABC, the commissioner of the NFL, and all the principals in ABC's Monday Night Football, this is an entertaining, anecdotal, revealing look at the show that changed the viewing habits of the nation. 16 pages of photos.
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