 The Pro Bowl held the following year was played on a Sunday as typical, but was moved to ABC's sister network ESPN.In 2003, ABC and the NFL dropped the "Monday Night Football" game for the final week of the regular season.The move, which had been in effect for the first eight years of the broadcast (1970–1977), was the result of declining ratings, as well as problems involved for potential playoff teams, as there was a potential of only four days rest between their final regular season game and first-round playoff game.