spanishomelette Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 ABC won't air Ring ceremony http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/091605dnsporing.5ee79b90.html 06:35 PM CDT on Thursday, September 15, 2005 By BARRY HORN / The Dallas Morning News If you were hoping to catch Monday night's Ring of Honor ceremony at halftime of ABC's nationally broadcast Cowboys-Redskins game, you're out of luck. The induction of Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith will be pre-empted by a NFL telethon to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina. The entire 12-minute halftime will be devoted to the fundraising effort, Monday Night Football producer Fred Gaudelli confirmed on Thursday. Not that Monday Night Football, whose audience extends far beyond Cowboys fans, would have shown the entire ceremony anyway. Rather ABC most likely would have offered an edited version before the start of the second half, Gaudelli said. There have been exceptions, however. When the New York Giants honored retired quarterback Phil Simms and the San Francisco 49ers honored retired defensive back Ronnie Lott, portions of the ceremonies were broadcast live, Gaudelli said. Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway received similar treatment on an ESPN Sunday Night Football broadcast. Gaudelli hopes to offer taped snippets of the Cowboys ceremony during the second half but there are no guarantees. It all depends on what's happening on the field. Aikman, Irvin and Smith together are scheduled to crowd Al Michaels and John Madden in the booth during the third quarter. The Cowboys have no problem with ABC's decision not to cover the ceremony. "The most important thing going on in this country right now is helping victims of Hurricane Katrina," said team spokesman Rich Dalrymple. "The Cowboys hope the visibility and exposure of the broadcast assists in that effort." The ceremony was scheduled for a Monday night, not because of the added exposure that traditionally accompanies ABC's broadcast, Dalrymple said, but rather to accommodate the Sunday afternoon Fox broadcasting schedule of Aikman and Irvin's workload for ESPN. "We also wanted to have it during a big game against a tradition rival like the Redskins," Dalrymple said. Because of the devastation caused by Katrina, the New York Giants-New Orleans Saints game was shifted out of New Orleans and Giants Stadium and moved to Monday night. ABC will broadcast that game from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. With the kickoff of the Cowboys-Redskins, the Giants-Saints will shift to ESPN in markets outside of New York. Locally, Channel 8 will join the Giants-Saints and the telethon effort at 7 p.m. The station will air a live 30-minute Monday Night Live Hansen Style special at 6:30 p.m. "The Ring of Honor ceremony is a bona fide news event in this area and we plan to cover it that way," said Channel 8 vice president Dave Muscari. The ABC affiliate in Washington, WJLA, has opted to broadcast a Redskins pre-game show rather than any part of the Giants-Saints, said ABC spokesman Mark Mandel. Muscari said that any telethon-related information that is broadcast during the first 30 minutes of the Giants-Saints game will be relayed on the Channel 8 show. E-mail bhorn@dallasnews.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborneskins Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 The ABC affiliate in Washington, WJLA, has opted to broadcast a Redskins pre-game show rather than any part of the Giants-Saints, said ABC spokesman Mark Mandel. WTF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinthePRF Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I'm crushed. :dallasuck :dallasuck :dallasuck :dallasuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteve Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 WTF?? Agreed. What the hell. And I'm so crushed about the triplets not being on. I never watch halftime anyway. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimpy007 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 You mean I don't get to see Irvin :blahblah: Emmitt :cry: and Aikman :hammer: during halftime? What will I ever do..? :party: :2drunks: :nana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballGuy2677 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Ok im a redskins fan i hate the cowboys....very very bad...but what the heck? with all respect to the families down there, and im sorry if i sound a bit cruel...but really..cowboys fans and other fans would wanna see the induction ceremony. If we wanted to watch that stuff and get depressed about it all over again, wed watch the news...besides, isnt ESPN and all that a Sports place? Again, im not yelling or anything and i feel very bad to what happen down there, but really ABC...but oh well ABC and stuff is really starting to **** Week 2 up for the nfl, First they move the saints and giants game to monday night before the skins and boys game for a double header? and now they do this to the cowboys fans and other fans?...The worst of it all is ABC is just doing the saints and giants and the katrina half time thing so the rating will boost like crazy:doh: Like i said, Not yelling, im not angry, and i feel bad for the people down there in new orleans and the surrounding area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70Chip Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 We've already been interrupted once for this da*n Cowboy ceremony. Remember when the first showing of last year's Redskins "highlight" film was pre-empted for the *press conference* for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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