The program, the first such series to air on any American television network, premiered on May 10, 2007, with a re-air of the Chicago Bears' Monday Night Football comeback victory over the Arizona Cardinals in 2006.
The NFL is the last United States–based major professional sports league to make such broadcasts available on TV.
1This was not on the original NFLN schedule; it replaced a scheduled telecast of the Las Vegas All-American Classic, which was cancelled2The last minute of the first half (including the Rocky Bleier touchdown reception) was missing from the footage.
This schedule reflects only game re-airs that NFL Network did not show the previous year.
Beginning with this season, NFL Classics is a new series of 2½ to 3 hour programs with opening and closing sequences and some editing.