Miller Returning to Perplex Football Fans

January 24 -- It looks like all ABC's rowdy friends are back for Monday night. Dennis Miller and Dan Fouts will both return as announcers on the network's pigskin party.

The pair will still share the booth with veteran sportscaster Al Michaels, according to The Associated Press. Monday Night Football producer Don Ohlmeyer confirmed Miller's and Fouts' renewals at a convention of the National Association of Television Program Executives.

Miller, a former comic with roots in Saturday Night Live and zero sports experience, has simultaneously ruffled feathers and inspired a cult following by using erudite commentary in place of football's typical play-by-play coverage.

For example, the Britannica.com site, which tracks most of Miller's more surreal utterances, features a gem between the comedian and his partner Michaels, who says a ref needs "indisputable visual evidence" to overturn a call. Miller's response? "Nothing in life is indisputable, my friend … I don't want to get existential with you, but how do we know we're even here, Al? … How do you know this whole stadium isn't an electron in another atom?"

Sheer brilliance, we tell ya.

Ohlmeyer said he thought Miller has been a great addition to the program, adding that he knew the rookie announcer was golden when a TV Guide poll rated him No. 1 among the most-liked sportscasters — and No. 1 among the most-hated.

"Miller ended up being the voice of the fan," Ohlmeyer told the AP. "When Michaels said one of the players had minor groin surgery, Miller responded with, 'There's no such thing as minor groin surgery.' Miller was saying what every male viewer watching the telecast was thinking."