It’s not you. Monday Night Football has vanished from YouTube TV.
About 10 million subscribers to YouTube TV will not be able to access the game tonight.
Disney pulled its family of channels, including ABC and ESPN which are the exclusive homes of Monday Night Football, from YouTube TV after the companies failed to reach a new carriage deal by the Oct. 30 deadline.
A carriage-dispute between The Walt Disney Company (owner of ESPN and ABC) and Google (owner of YouTube TV) has left the networks that broadcast MNF unavailable on the streaming service.
An agreement was not reached prior to kickoff so the game will not be available on YouTube TV.
Disney also said YouTube TV rejected its request for ABC to be restored for Election Day coverage on Nov. 4.
Who plays on Monday Night Football tonight?
The Arizona Cardinals play at the Dallas Cowboys at 8:15 p.m. The game airs nationally on ESPN and ABC,
Who has Monday Night Football?
Monday Night Football is nationally broadcast by ESPN and ABC under a rights deals that runs through the 2033 season.
Since those channels are currently blacked out on YouTube TV, subscribers can’t stream MNF or any ESPN programming, including SportsCenter, NFL Live, or Monday Night Countdown.
How to watch Monday Night Football without YouTube TV
You can still watch via other options that carry ESPN or ABC:
Can I watch Monday Night Football with an antenna?
Yes, you can tonight. Some Monday Night Football games are broadcast on ESPN and ABC, including Cardinals at Cowboys this week. That means you can tune in to their local ABC affiliate through an over-the-air antenna.
Remaining 2025 Monday Night Football schedule
What’s a carriage dispute?
A carriage agreement determines how and at what price a provider carries a company’s TV networks.
In this case, Google and Disney failed to reach a new contract, and the old deal expired Oct. 30. All Disney networks were removed from YouTube TV on Oct. 31.
Disney said Google is “using its market dominance to eliminate competition and undercut industry-standard terms.”YouTube TV countered that Disney proposed “costly economic terms” that would raise prices for subscribers.
The blackout affects more than a dozen networks, including: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN Deportes, ACC Network, SEC Network, FX, Freeform, National Geographic, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and Disney Junior.
What YouTube TV is offering customers
YouTube TV says it will issue a $20 credit to subscribers if Disney’s channels remain unavailable for an “extended period,” though it hasn’t defined how long that means.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Why Monday Night Football isn’t on YouTube TV right now
Reporting by Ryan Miller, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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