Are You Ready For Some Hank Williams Jr.? (Is One Ever Truly Ready?)

The second longest-running prime time show in history, “Monday Night Football” will premiere tonight on a different network for the first time in 35 years. Fitting, then, that the show’s identity has been completely revamped to make “MNF” feel good as it enters middle age. Look for the cinematic “Transformation” opening by designer/directors Kurt Mattila and Matt Checkowski (with effects by The Syndicate), who also redesigned the scoreboard and all the on-air graphics. We hope these visual distractions will be enough to finally replace the gaping void left by the departure of Dennis