The late Monday Night Football window belongs to the Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos at Empower Field, and ABC is putting its flagship crew on the call. The kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. ET, with national coverage on ABCÂ and streaming available via the ESPN app, ESPN+, and NFL+.
In-market ABC affiliates include WCPO 9 (Cincinnati), WKEF 22 (Dayton), and WTVQ 36 (Lexington).
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Joe Buck handles play-by-play, Troy Aikman provides analysis, and Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge report from the sidelines.
Multiple listings confirm the ABC assignment for the late MNF game, with Buck-Aikman in the booth and Salters-Rutledge on field duty. This is the second game of the Week 4 doubleheader; ESPN carried Jets–Dolphins at 7:15 p.m. ET with Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick, and reporters Katie George and Peter Schrager.
The ABC production will track real-time injury updates and bench adjustments, while Buck and Aikman frame the key sequences that often decide primetime games — protection schemes, third-down execution, and red-zone conversion.
Local carriage is confirmed across ABC’s footprint (WCPO/WKEF/WTVQ), and streaming pathways are standard for MNF on ABC: the ESPN app and ESPN+, with NFL+ available on mobile devices. International viewers can access NFL Game Pass International, where available.
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On the field, Denver (1-2) hosts Cincinnati (2-1) after both teams’ Week 3 setbacks. The Bengals are without Joe Burrow (Grade 3 turf toe, on injured reserve), so they are turning again to Jake Browning.
Through two games this season, Browning has completed 67.8% of his passes for 381 yards, three touchdowns, and five interceptions; he went 19-of-27 for 140 yards, one TD and two INTs in the Week 3 loss to Minnesota.
Denver’s Bo Nix enters with 535 passing yards, five TDs, three INTs, a 64.2% completion rate, and an 83.4 passer rating through three starts this season.
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The ABC crew will spotlight Cincinnati’s ball security after five turnovers last week and how the Bengals manage third downs with Browning under center.
On Denver’s side, watch the Broncos’ defensive adjustments as coverage grades have lagged early, making communication and leverage a focus against Ja’Marr Chase (21 receptions on 27 targets for 241 yards and one TDÂ so far).
Weather had been a pre-game storyline in Denver, but local coverage indicates that conditions cleared in time for warm-ups, with the Broncos wearing midnight navy uniforms.
With ABC’s top booth set and the late slot locked in, expect the telecast to zero in on what matters in this matchup — Cincinnati’s pass protection and turnover response after five giveaways in Week 3, Denver’s coverage fixes against Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, and how both offenses finish drives in the red zone.
Salters and Rutledge will track injury updates and make on-the-fly adjustments, such as communication in the secondary, blitz pickups, and personnel changes, that can tip a tight AFC game under the lights.
