Why aren’t Peyton and Eli Manning on ESPN’s ‘Monday Night Football’ for Eagles-Vikings?

Peyton and Eli Manning are back hosting the “Manningcast” on ESPN this season, but Eagles fans won’t hear from them tonight.

After hosting their Monday Night Football simulcast on ESPN2 last week during the Seattle Seahawks’ win over the Denver Broncos, the Manning brothers are taking this week off while ESPN broadcasts two games — Titans-Bills at 7:15 p.m. on ESPN, and Vikings-Eagles at 8:30 p.m. on ABC.

This is the first time since ESPN took over Monday Night Football in 2006 that the network has scheduled two games scheduled simultaneously. As a result, ESPN will experiment with break-ins and live updates during both games. With multiple networks and productions involved, the network decided to skip the alternate broadcast to limit viewer confusion and maximize resources, according to network sources.

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Last week, the Manning brothers’ simulcast on ESPN drew 1.5 million viewers, according to the network. While the broadcast once again featured a varied assortment of guests — including FS1 talker Shannon Sharpe and actor Joel McHale — the Mannings are at their best when they’re simply watching and reacting to the game, as Peyton did during the controversial ending last week.

The Eagles will play a second game on Monday Night Football in Week 10, when they take on the Commanders and former Birds quarterback Carson Wentz on Nov. 14 in Philadelphia. But that’ll be another Manning-less week, as Peyton and Eli will be taking a month-long hiatus around Thanksgiving, returning on Dec. 5 in Week 13 for Saints-Buccaneers.

Here’s the remaining Manningcast schedule this season on ESPN2:

Gus Johnson, the top college football play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports, abruptly left the network’s broadcast of Oklahoma-Nebraska at halftime Saturday.

Analyst Joel Klatt picked up play-by-play in the final seconds of the first half after Johnson, 55, went silent. When the broadcast returned from halftime, Brady Quinn was in the booth filling in the analyst role as Klatt took over play-by-play, telling fans Johnson was doing well but was “very much under the weather.”

Following the game, Klatt had a longer explanation, but didn’t say what Johnson was suffering from. Klatt said Johnson planned to return next week, and would be back “better than ever.”

Fox Sports did not respond to a request for comment, and Johnson could not be reached.

Johnson has served as Fox’s lead play-by-play announcer on college football since 2011. He’s also been the lead voice on Fox’s college basketball coverage since 2013, the first year the network carried national college basketball games.