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Millions of NFL fans were left enraged on Monday night after Disney and Google's bitter TV standoff forced them to miss the game between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. The two companies' carriage dispute, centered around the technology giant's call to remove some programming from its YouTube TV service, entered its fourth day on Monday, having already robbed viewers of a jam-packed weekend of sporting action. YouTube TV, the popular streaming service owned by Google, dramatically pulled every channel owned by Disney, including ESPN networks and ABC, late on the night of October 30. Four days later, the dramatic in-fighting is continuing to cost sports fans as 10 million YouTube TV subscribers remain without access to ESPN and ABC for the NFL's Monday Night Football. As the game kicked off, fans took to social media to express their fury that they couldn't watch it at home. One posted: 'Unbelievable that ESPN is still blacked out on YouTube TV. No Monday Night Football. What the actual F?' Another said: 'Crazy I paid for the NFL package and got YouTube TV but I can't watch Monday Night Football...' A third added: 'Paying for YouTube TV and ESPN+ and still not getting to watch MNF. I absolutely hate the streaming era'. 'Even the NFL is not going to solve this YouTube TV-ESPN carriage dispute,' another quipped. One viewer was particularly angry that the blackout cost them a chance to see George W Bush perform the pregame coin toss. They posted: 'Wow can't believe I missed George W Bush at the Cowboys game since @ESPN is anti America and won't cut a deal with @YouTubeTV so hard working Americans can watch football.' A fifth added: 'Multi trillion dollar company arguing with a trillion dollar company over small money and costing millions from watching football. I hate Google and Disney.' One joked: 'Might be the biggest crisis in our nation at the moment.' 'Will see if its back tomorrow or for sure by next Monday Night Game. Definitely gonna take a hit tonight in viewership and ratings for sure its on ESPN/Disney not YouTube TV,' another viewer raged. In order to view the primetime matchup between the Cardinals and Cowboys, football fans would have to sign up to ESPN directly with subscription services starting from $29.99 per month. Millions of YouTube TV subscribers already missed out on a chunk of crucial college football action on Saturday. ABC aired Texas’ thrilling win over Vanderbilt, Georgia’s tight win over rival Florida and Oklahoma’s victory over Tennessee. Meanwhile, SMU’s upset over Miami, Notre Dame’s victory against Boston College and Utah’s win over Cincinnati were shown on ESPN. Fans will be desperately hoping that the blackout ends by next weekend when ABC will show undefeated No. 8 BYU vs. No. 9 Texas Tech at noon, No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 19 Missouri at 3:30pm and No. 4 Alabama vs. LSU at 7:30pm. ESPN will have No. 5 Georgia vs. Mississippi State at noon, No. 18 Miami vs. Syracuse at 3:30pm and No. 12 Virginia vs. Wake Forest at 7pm. It also threatens a slate of enticing NBA matchups midweek, including the New York Knicks' clash against the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Lakers' matchup against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday.
