Arena Football League on ESPN

Arena Football League on ESPN
Starring	(see below)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	3 hours
Release
Original network	ESPN (1987-2002, 2007-2008, 2014-present) ESPN2 (1995-1999, 2007-2008, 2014-present) ESPNEWS (2014-present) ESPN3 (2014-present) ABC (1987-2002, 2007-2008) ESPN Deportes (2016-future)
Original release	1987-2002, 2007-2008, 2014-present

The Arena Football League on ESPN is a presentation of the league with games airing on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes as with all other sports the ESPN family of networks all Arena Football games air on The WatchESPN App also. It was previously aired from 1987 until 2002 and then again from 2007 until 2008.

ESPN was the original broadcaster for Arena Football games, showing games live in the league's first two seasons, 1987 and 1988. ESPN signed a six-year contract with the AFL in 1987, but was given the option to opt out of the contract if they were not getting the rating they wanted.

Partially because of turmoil within the league itself, ESPN did not broadcast Arena Football again until 1992, when they broadcast six games and the ArenaBowl on an overnight, tape delay basis. Starting in 1993, ESPN started showing games live or at least not during overnight hours.

When ESPN2 was formed, the telecasts began to air more frequently on the new network. ESPN2 began televising a more standard schedule of Arena Football League regular season and playoff games from 1995–1999.

ESPN subsequently began televising AFL playoff games from 2000-02.

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