Are You Ready for Some Fox Reunion?

Joe Buck Troy Aikman
Many in the industry have viewed these tweaks as subtle gestures from Aikman and Buck, who may have been happy to take ESPN’s money but were left wanting when it came to production details. Photo: Perry Knotts/Getty Images
John Ourand
March 17, 2025

For the third time in seven years, ESPN is switching out its Monday Night Football director. The company has hired former Fox Sports production executive Artie Kempner to take over for Derek Mobley—who took over for Jimmy Platt merely three years ago. And three years before that, Platt replaced Chip Dean, who’d been there for 18 years.