Saweetie is now ESPN’s first woman Monday Night Football music curator. She’ll select songs for NFL games this season. Tap in here for details.

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Monday Night Football in Week 1 of 2025 NFL season is Bears vs Vikings. Ben Johnson makes his head coach debut; J.J. McCarthy makes first NFL start.

Being the first woman to serve as a Monday Night Football music curator, Saweetie calls the opportunity a major milestone. In this role, she’ll hand-pick tracks for select ESPN MNF games throughout the season, featured in promotional spots, live telecasts and Monday Night Countdown.

Chris Stapleton, Snoop Dogg and Cindy Blackman Santana are kicking off "Monday Night Football" with their cover of Phil Collins' "In The Air Tonight" for a third season in 2025. The song debuted during the 2023-24 NFL season.

The broadcast represents the culmination of ESPN’s yearslong effort to assemble a crew worthy of producing and calling the network’s first Super Bowl in 2027.

ESPN drew its second-best Week 1 “Monday Night Football” game on record with the Vikings comeback win over the Bears, with ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 drawing 22.1 million viewers.

On the eve of ESPN’s Monday Night Football opener, chairman Jimmy Pitaro said the network’s sports-rights portfolio is now stronger than it’s ever been, before leaving the door open to the possibility of inking a future equity exchange similar to the deal he recently closed with the NFL.