The NFL is saying “D’oh!” proper now.
Soccer followers can thank one Homer J. Simpson for the league’s incapability to flex out a Week 14 “Monday Night Football” matchup between the Bengals and Cowboys, in line with Jay Morrison of Bengals Speak.
Moderately it’s the fault of a deliberate Simpsons alt-cast that’s scheduled to air for that night time’s sport that’s holding the lackluster contest within the primetime slot.
The matchup will function a completely animated alternate telecast that options characters from “The Simpsons” and numerous the “drawings, voiceovers and other work” has already been accomplished, Morrison reported.
Thus making it practically inconceivable for ESPN, a Disney-owned community, to redo the weather in time for a distinct matchup on Dec. 9.
The alternate broadcast will air on ESPN Plus and Disney Plus and was first introduced late final month.
Simpsons voice actors Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner and Yeardley Smith are slated to look in prerecorded skits that may air through the broadcast, and a number of other ESPN stars like Stephen A. Smith and Peyton and Eli Manning will even make appearances, Terrible Asserting reported.
ESPN produced a “Toy Story” themed alt-cast final season for the NFL and a “Big City Greens” alt-cast occurred for the NHL earlier this yr.
A trailer for the alternate broadcast was launched on Monday afternoon and billed the sport as Bart and the Bengals dealing with off in opposition to Homer and the Cowboys.
“Football fans and Simpsons nerds finally come together to watch the game live from Springfield,” a narrator mentioned within the video.
“The Simpsons” fell underneath the Disney umbrella in 2019 after the media large bought twentieth Century Fox.
Curiosity within the sport took a dip after the Bengals fell to 4-7 with their loss to the Chargers on Sunday night time and the Cowboys season has been circling the drain for a number of weeks.
That has left the NFL doubtless muttering “eat my shorts” on the considered the lackluster showdown being left in primetime.
