According to NBC Sports' Peter King, the "Monday Night Football" doubleheader, which has been a fixture on the Week 1 schedule, will be phased out beginning this season. The Saturday doubleheader in the last week of the regular season was included in the NFL's new broadcast contracts and will be played this season. The doubleheader will be replaced with a single game on Monday nights this year. This means that only one team will play in each half of the game. NBC Sports has not announced any changes to its weekly MNF schedule but has confirmed to ESPN.com that it will no longer air a doubleheader at the end of the season. That event will be replaced this year with one game on Monday nights. It is possible that they are just clearing space for more important games to be shown during commercial breaks. There have been discussions about moving the first round of the NFL playoffs to Sunday mornings so more people can watch them. However, given that NBC Sports is removing another popular event from its schedule, we should expect other changes to come out soon.