Countdown (game show) television continuously since 1965. "Countdown" was initially recorded at The Leeds Studios for 27 years, before moving to Manchester-based Granada Studios in 2009. Following the development of MediaCityUK, Countdown moved again in 2013 to the new purpose build studios at Dock10, Greater Manchester. The programme was presented by Richard Whiteley for over 20 years, until his sudden death in June 2005. It was then presented by Des Lynam until the end of 2006, Des O'Connor until the end of 2008, and Jeff Stelling until the end of 2011; Nick Hewer has presented the show since 2012. Carol Vorderman, the show's
Monday Night Countdown show began appearing at the "Monday Night Football" site live as the game moved to ESPN from ABC. Stuart Scott moved to host of "NFL Primetime" which precedes "Monday Night Countdown" and Chris Berman moved from "NFL Primetime" to "Monday Night Countdown" and was joined by returning analysts Tom Jackson and Michael Irvin along with new analyst from "Sunday NFL Countdown" Steve Young. Ron Jaworski also contributed to the show along with Chris Mortensen, Ed Werder and Sal Paolantonio. Also, in 2006 "Monday Night Countdown" introduced a new logo and new graphics as part of The Syndicate's new NFL package