The “Mannings” on Monday Night Football refer mainly to Peyton and Eli Manning and their “ManningCast” alternate broadcast, and what’s been happening lately is a mix of ongoing appearances, some controversy, and shifting audience numbers across the 2025 NFL season and into 2026.

Who the Mannings are on MNF

  • Peyton and Eli Manning host Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli (often called the ManningCast), an alternate ESPN2/ESPN+ stream that runs concurrently with the main Monday Night Football booth.
  • Their format is looser and more casual than the traditional broadcast, with guests from sports, entertainment, and politics , plus clips and side‑conversation during the game.

Big‑picture status in 2025–26

  • The ManningCast has been around for multiple seasons , and in September 2025 it launched its fifth season , meaning they’re still formally part of ESPN’s Monday Night Football package.
  • However, viewership for the ManningCast has fallen in the 2025 regular season , with some sports‑media outlets questioning how long ESPN will keep it in the same prominent role.

Recent controversy (late 2025)

  • In November 2025 , the Manning brothers caught criticism for a ManningCast episode during the Eagles–Packers game , when they hosted Bob Iger , the CEO of Disney (ESPN’s parent company).
  • The backlash came because Disney was in an ongoing blackout dispute with YouTube TV , which had dropped ESPN and ABC , so fans were unable to watch Monday Night Football games on that major streaming service.
  • Some fans and reporters saw the upbeat, personality‑driven segment with Iger as tone‑deaf , given that many viewers were shut out of the very games the Mannings were broadcasting.

What isn’t happening to them (so far)

  • Despite the ratings dip and occasional criticism , there’s no public sign yet that Peyton and Eli are being cut from Monday Night Football or that the ManningCast is being canceled.
  • ESPN has instead treated the ManningCast as a flagship alternate product , while quietly watching how its audience and ad‑dollars hold up versus the main Monday Night Football telecast.

Where things stand now (early 2026)

  • Heading into 2026 , the ManningCast remains ESPN’s longest‑running alternate‑broadcast brand for Monday Night Football , but it’s facing the new reality of declining tune‑in and more scrutiny over its format and guests.
  • For fans following the “Mannings on MNF” story, it’s less about a single dramatic event and more about longer‑term questions : whether ESPN will scale back, rebrand, or phase out the ManningCast if ratings don’t stabilize.

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