Betty White is coming to ESPN to open a holiday edition of Monday Night FootballIn a press release from the network, it was announced that White will open the Monday December 26th game between the Falcons and Saints. The boxing day edition is also the season finale of the football series.
In the aptly named A White Christmas, White will have some festive way to open the game. No real details have been announced yet.
The network wanted a grandmother type for the opening of the game and White seems just right for the part. She currently stars in the TV Land series Hot In Cleveland.
NBC has Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl set to air on January 16th and it will include a sneak peek at her new hidden camera show called Betty White's Off Their Rockers.
At the televised events, guests will include big names like Mary Tyler Moore, Joel McHale and Amy Poehler.
White wants just one thing for her birthday and that is, "Just to keep things going as they're going now," she said. "It's one of the highest spots of my life."
