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The town of Springfield will host a National Football League game in December at Atoms Stadium, but neither the Springfield Atoms nor the Shelbyville Sharks will take the field.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Bengals-Cowboys game on December 9 will be transformed into the world of TV\u2019s longest running sitcom The Simpsons<\/em> for a special Funday Football<\/em> edition of Monday Night Football<\/em>. The special Simpsons-ized broadcast will air on the ESPN+ and Disney+ streaming services and the NFL+ mobile app. The game will broadcast in its regular form on ESPN, ESPN+, ABC, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.<\/p>\n The game will implement tracking technology to turn the players on the field and ESPN commentators Mina Kimes, Dan Orlovsky and Drew Carter into Simpsons <\/em>characters. Kimes, Orlovsky and Carter will wear Meta Quest Pro headsets to see their virtual environments. The quarterbacks will be transformed into Bart for the Cincinnati Bengals and Homer for the Dallas Cowboys using Sony\u2019s <\/a> AI data analyzer and <\/a> sports tracking and broadcast technology, according to <\/a>.<\/p>\n The game will also feature more characters and pre-animated scenes from the show\u2019s original cast including Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner and Yeardley Smith along with some surprise sports cameos. Characters like Lisa, Krusty the Clown, Carl, Lenny, Moe and Milhouse will be on the sidelines rooting for their respective teams. The announcement doesn\u2019t mention Harry Shearer, so don\u2019t expect Mr. Burns or Smithers to be at the game.<\/p>\n