ESPN, Disney, The Simpsons and the National Football League (NFL) will premiere The Simpsons Funday Football on Tuesday, December 10, an animated Monday Night Football game transformed in real-time into the iconic Simpsons world.
Atoms Stadium in Springfield will host the fully immersive fan viewing experience featuring the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys.
The Simpsons Funday Football alternate viewing presentation will be available to watch on ESPN2 and Disney+ across Australia and New Zealand, with the traditional Monday Night Football telecast on ESPN.
Viewers can watch on ESPN2 and Disney+ from 12 pm AEDT, with the traditional Monday Night Football broadcast on ESPN live at 12.15 pm AEDT.
The Simpsons creators have collaborated with ESPN and the NFL to ensure the game authentically represents the celebrated series.
This Funday Football telecast is a follow-up to the successful Toy Story Funday Football last season.
Each Bengals and Cowboys player will appear as a motion-enabled, animated player for the special matchup.
Through state-of-the-art tracking technology enabled by NFL’s Next Gen Stats, Sony’s Beyond Sports, combined with Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations’ optical tracking, fans enjoying The Simpsons Funday Football will see every snap, run, pass, score and more from the real-life Bengals and Cowboys matchup at AT&T Stadium as it happens.
With Springfield’s Atoms Stadium as the setting, The Simpsons Funday Football will be a true family affair as Bart Simpson sides with Joe Burrow and the Bengals while Homer aligns with Dak Prescott and the Cowboys.
Bart and Homer will let their new Bengals and Cowboys teammates manage the action for most of the game, but the iconic father and son duo won’t sit on the sidelines for the entire game. Each will select key opportunities to play offence and/or defence, replacing a player and joining his other ten teammates on the field.
Surrounding the gameplay, Marge and Lisa will interview players during the game, and Maggie will fly the SkyCam, while popular characters, show references, and aesthetics will bring a real Sunday-night-with-the-Simpsons feel to Monday Night Football.
The telecast will feature dozens of the show’s iconic characters, with each character playing into their well-known persona. Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner and Yeardley Smith will voice several of their characters in prerecorded bits and skits.
