The disagreement causing the ESPN and ABC outage stems from the "carriage fee" that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels. Disney has faced similar negotiating standoffs with other broadcasters in recent years, including a 2021 outage on YouTubeTV that was resolved in two days.

The hated Dallas Cowboys will take the field Monday against a former Eagles coach, but some Birds fans in Philadelphia might not be able to watch the game. ESPN, ABC, and the rest of Disney’s cable TV channels are blacked out on YouTube TV thanks to a carriage dispute with parent-company Google that began Thursday shows no signs of ending soon.

The Washington Post editorial board criticized Elizabeth Warren for trying to blame Donald Trump for the "Monday Night Football" blackout, as Disney and YouTube TV reached an impasse.