Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The last time many Americans will hear from U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain before casting their vote will come at halftime of the ``Monday Night Football'' game Nov. 3.

ESPN's Chris Berman will interview the candidates separately earlier in the day, and the Walt Disney Co. network will air the sessions during halftime of the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. The National Football League game in Washington starts at 8:30 p.m. New York time and the interviews will air around 10:15 p.m.

``This presents a unique opportunity for John McCain and Barack Obama to reflect upon the last few months and address a large primetime audience on the final day of the campaigns,'' Norby Williamson, ESPN executive vice president of production, said in a statement.

Obama leads McCain by seven points in the latest Gallup Daily Election poll, based on a three-day average of at least 1,000 registered voters nationwide. The margin of error is two percentage points.

``Monday Night Football'' has registered nine of the top 10 all-time biggest household audiences in cable history, led by this year's Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys game on Sept. 15, with 13 million homes and 18.6 million viewers, according to ESPN.

The sports network also said it will run election updates and results on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic and ESPNU the evening of the Nov. 4 presidential election.

To contact the reporter on this story: Curtis Eichelberger in Washington at ceichelberge@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: October 30, 2008 16:45 EDT