When was dennis miller on mnf

Football always comes first. There was nothing special about a Week 4 game between the Rams and Lions in It was no surprise that the Greatest Show on Turf pulled out the game without breaking much of a sweat.

The Lions were their mirror opposite. They had yet to a win a game at that point and would go on to finish the season at a very Lions-in-the-aughts It was also Oct.

Life was hazy, as the entire country was still trying to figure out what the new normal looked like. The final score was , by all intents a snoozer and not worth remembering in the slightest.

Most of the MNF audience would have understood the reference. During the exhibitions, Miller mined history, religion,literature and pop culture, referencing anyone and anything fromthe Apostles to Sylvia Plath to The Partridge Family. Sometimesit was funny, sometimes flat, and often in the way.

Last week, perhaps as a concession to critics or uninspiringratings, Miller said he would cut down on his number of comments. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories. Boomer Esiason then replaced Gifford in It was all too real. After the season, Monday Night Football saw its ratings drop for the fifth straight season.

ABC Sports needed to make another change and this one borderlined on panic. For the season, the network announced it would be bringing in comedian Dennis Miller to join Al Michaels and Dan Fouts in the booth. But I love taking the risk. As it turned out, Katz was right. The ratings continued to tank. The show averaged Miller and Fouts were let go after the season.