ESPN is headed to Springfield for one of its Dec. 9 Monday Night Football broadcasts for the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys game.
The network will stream an alternate broadcast of Bengals-Cowboys with theming from The Simpsons, similar to what it did with Toy Story and a London NFL game in 2023.
The alternative broadcast will air on ESPN+ and Disney+ via streaming and NFL+ via mobile, with Bart Simpson representing the Bengals and Homer Simpson representing the Cowboys.
“Each Bengals and Cowboys player will appear as a motion-enabled, animated player for the special primetime matchup,” a Disney release reads.
“Through state-of-the-art tracking technology enabled by NFL’s Next Gen Stats, Sony’s Beyond Sports, combined with Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations’ optical tracking, fans enjoying The Simpsons Funday Football will see every snap, run, pass, score, and more from the real-life Bengals and Cowboys matchup at AT&T Stadium as it happens.”
No word if Comic Book Guy will be critiquing the Bengals and Cowboys at halftime.
ESPN announced that the Week 14 MNF game between the Cowboys and the Bengals will feature a Simpsons-themed alternate cast on Disney+ and ESPN+. pic.twitter.com/i3aBLlQAex
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 29, 2024
Feature image courtesy of ESPN.
