ESPN will produce animated telecasts for an NFL, NHL, NBA and WNBA game across The Walt Disney Company and ESPN platforms during the 2025-26 season under an agreement signed by the sports network, Sony’s Beyond Sports and Sony’s Hawk-Eye Innovations and announced today.

ESPN has renewed its partnership with Sony’s Beyond Sports to continue producing animated alternate broadcasts through the 2025-26 sports season.

ESPN, Disney, Pixar and the National Football League will present Monsters Funday Football on Monday, Dec. 8, a real-time, animated Monday Night Football game, featuring the defending Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles at the Los Angeles Chargers,

The NFL, ESPN and Disney announced Monday that the Chargers Week 14 game against the Eagles on Monday Night Football will also feature a Monster's Inc-themed alternate telecast.

ESPN has expanded its agreement with Sony’s Beyond Sports to utilize Disney’s IP portfolio and produce additional animated telecasts for NFL, NHL, NBA and WNBA games during the 2025-26 season.

Disney will produce an animated broadcast for Philadelphia and Los Angeles's Dec. 8 game themed around Monsters, Inc., it announced in a Monday evening release. Billed as Monsters Funday Football, the production will utilize Next Gen Stats, Hawk-Eye, and other technologies.

After broadcasts featuring "Toy Story" and "The Simpsons," ESPN is turning to Pixar for a "Monsters, Inc." animated telecast in December.

The animated show, based on a popular 1997 computer game, will be released on YouTube and shown at Dave & Buster's locations across the U.S.