At “Game of the Year,” ESPN Rolls Out Extra Production Tools for Eagles-Chiefs Monday Night Football Tilt

Added cameras, a live drone, custom graphics integrated into broadcast of the Super Bowl rematch

It’s the undisputed Game of the Year in the NFL tonight as the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Kansas City Chiefs in what is both a rematch of last year’s Super Bowl and a potential preview of this year’s Super Bowl.

ESPN is rising the occasion of the game by bolstering its already top-level production plan by adding additional cameras to the telecast and rolling out custom graphics for the show that kicks off at 8 p.m. ET from GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. ESPN’s production and operations crew will boost its total of 4K cameras to eight and its super slow-motion cameras to 16.

Additionally, the crew will tap into Disney’s Drone Operations unit to add a live drone to the broadcast. That’s added to the camera aboard a plane that typically flies over a MNF game.

On the graphics fronts, ESPN’s Marketing, Production & Creative Studio teams are rolling out Super Bowl LVII rematch visuals. Those will be scattered throughout ESPN’s studio shows and the game broadcast. They are also being used on ESPN’s Bottomline throughout the day to give promotion for the game broadcast an enhanced presence.

In addition to the main game broadcasts simulcasted on both ESPN and ABC, the Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli alternate broadcast will air on ESPN2, while Spanish language coverage will be available on ESPN Deportes. All three viewing options will also be streamed on ESPN+ and NFL+.

Director Derek Mobley and Producer Steve Ackels are in their first season together at the front bench of Monday Night Football.