Editing NFL Primetime (section)

==Move on Monday (2006–2018)==
When [[NBC]] acquired the rights for [[NBC Sunday Night Football|Sunday night games]] beginning in the [[2006 NFL season|2006 season]], NBC negotiated for exclusive rights<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller, Shales |first=James Andrew, Tom |url=http://www.uvm.edu/~rgriffin/ESPN-Miller.pdf |title=Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN |page=556}}</ref> for extended highlights during its ''[[Football Night in America]]'' pregame show. ESPN responded by moving the show to Mondays and splitting the program into two versions. ''NFL Primetime'' would then return to its old format during the playoffs, still airing on ESPN after the competition of each night's games.

===Early showing===
Originally, the first version aired two-and-a-half hours before ESPN's telecast of ''[[Monday Night Football]]'', normally 6{{nbsp}}p.m. [[Eastern Time]].  It was hosted by [[Stuart Scott]] along with analysts [[Ron Jaworski]] and [[Mike Ditka]] and aired from the site of the Monday night game preceding ''[[Monday Night Countdown]]''.  (The program broadcast from a [[parking lot]] set, in contrast to ''Monday Night Countdown'', which takes place inside the [[stadium]].  When the package began with two Monday night games on September 11, 2006, ''Primetime'' aired from [[McAfee Coliseum]] in [[Oakland, California]], while ''Countdown'' originated at [[FedExField]] in [[Landover, Maryland]]).

Due to low ratings (partially due to the repositioning of what was a Sunday evening staple), this early edition of ''NFL Primetime'' was relocated to the ESPN studios in [[Bristol, Connecticut]] every other week starting October 16.

In 2007, this show gained a new time slot, 4{{nbsp}}p.m. ET, switching with ''[[SportsCenter|SportsCenter Monday Kickoff]]'', all programs were moved to the Bristol studio, and the second version's hosts (see below) were also assigned to the earlier show.  Scott was sent to a new remote set used by ''[[Monday Night Countdown]]''.

===Late showing===
The second version airs ninety minutes after ''Monday Night Football'' ends, and it originates from the ESPN studios.  This edition is hosted by the ''[[NFL Live]]'' team of [[Trey Wingo]] and analysts [[Merril Hoge]], and occasionally [[Mark Schlereth]] or [[Mike Ditka]]. In [[2008 NFL season|2008]], [[Trent Dilfer]] joined as an analyst. In 2011, [[Tim Hasselbeck]] replaced Dilfer. This is the only version of the show to actually be in primetime, albeit only on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] at 10:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|PT]] or slightly later.  This version re-airs Tuesday afternoons at 2:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone (North America)|ET]].

Both versions show highlights, but for a shorter period of time than on the older program and with more extended analysis segments. The highlights on the current incarnation of ''NFL Primetime'' tend to be more story driven, emphasizing key player performances or game storylines as opposed to a normal recap that is found on ''[[SportsCenter]]''. Both shows are presented by [[Miller Lite]].

On December 24, 2011, during week 16 of the [[2011 NFL season]], ESPN aired ''Primetime'' in its classic timeslot and format, with Berman and Jackson recapping the action. This was due to the weekend's NFL games being played on Saturday of that weekend, and with the NBC contract running for Sundays only, ESPN its first original ''Primetime'' in 6 years.