2024 Sports Emmy Nominations: ESPN Leads the Way With 58 Nominations; CBS Sports Nabs Four Nods for Outstanding Live Special

George Wensel Technical Achievement Nominees are in The Masters (CBS), MLB Home Run Derby StatCast Edition (ESPN), MNF With Peyton & Eli (ESPN), Thursday Night Football (Prime Video), and Toy Story Funday Football (ESPN)

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) announced the nominees for the 45th Annual Sports Emmy Awards on Tuesday. ESPN led all network groups with 58 total nominations, while FOX Sports also pulled in an impressive 31 nods. CBS Sports also received 30 selections and NBC Sports (24), TNT Sports (17), Prime Video (12), and HBO (10) all registered double-digit nomination totals. In addition, NFL Network, NFL Films and the NFL league office combined for a whopping 29 nods, as NFL content dominated the nominations overall.

Among the leaders by program, NFL 360 from NFL Network received 11 nominations, while CBS Sports and Nickelodeon’s coverage of Super Bowl LVIII pulled in 10, and ESPN’s E60 and Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football both netted nine. FOX’s NFL coverage and NBC’s Sunday Night Football saw six nominations, while ESPN’s SportsCenter nabbed five. In addition, Fox’s MLB coverage, HBO Sports/NFL Films’ Hard Knocks, HBO’s Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, and ESPN’s Toy Story Funday Football were nominated for four statues, respectively.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) will announce the winners at an in-person ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall on May 21.

“This year’s sports broadcasting nominees produced thrilling and captivating television,” Adam Sharp, President & CEO, NATAS said in the official nominations announcement. “We look forward to welcoming these exceptional professionals to the 45th Annual Sports Emmy Awards in May.”

NATAS announced nominations in 46 categories including Outstanding Live Special, Live Series, and Playoff Coverage, along with Outstanding Technical Team Remote and Technical Team Studio, and the prestigious George Wensel Technical Achievement Award.

Check out this year’s full list of nominees below:

OUTSTANDING LIVE SPECIAL

• The Masters — CBS
• The 105th PGA Championship — CBS
• Super Bowl LVIII, Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers — CBS
• Super Bowl LVIII, Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers — Nickelodeon/Nickelodeon Productions/CBS Sports/NFL Films
• The 119th World Series, Texas Rangers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks — FOX

OUTSTANDING LIVE SERIES

• FOX CFB — FOX/FS1
• FOX NFL — FOX
• Monday Night Football — ABC/ESPN
• Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli — ESPN2/Omaha Productions
• Sunday Night Football — NBC/Peacock

OUTSTANDING PLAYOFF COVERAGE

• American League Championship Series, Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers — FOX/FS1
• College Football Playoff Semifinals, Rose Bowl & Sugar Bowl — ESPN
• MLB Postseason on tbs — tbs
• NFC Championship, Detroit Lions vs. San Francisco 49ers — FOX
• NFL Playoffs on NBC — NBC/Peacock

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM EVENT

• The Masters — CBS
• NASCAR on NBC, Chicago Street Race — NBC
• Super Bowl LVIII —CBS
• Thursday Night Football — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios
• 2023 US Open — ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN+/ABC

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO

• FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 — FOX/FS1
• FOX NFL, Stage A — FOX
• NFL Draft — ESPN/ABC
• The NFL Today, Super Bowl LVIII — CBS
• Thursday Night Football — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios

THE GEORGE WENSEL TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• The Masters, TFC Compound Connect — CBS
• 2023 MLB Home Run Derby, StatCast Edition: Live Virtual 3D Event Coverage — ESPN2
• Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli, Peyton Manning’s AR Table — ESPN2/Omaha Productions
• Thursday Night Football, TNF Table Talk — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios/Girraphic
• Toy Story Funday Football, DragonFly Tech — DISNEY+/ESPN+/NFL/Next Gen Stats/Beyond Sports/Hawk-Eye

OUTSTANDING AUDIO/SOUND – LIVE EVENT

• FOX MLB — FOX/FS1
• FOX NASCAR — FOX/FS1
• Little League World Series — ESPN/ESPN2/ABC
• NASCAR on NBC — NBC/USA
• Sunday Night Baseball — ESPN/ESPN2
• Sunday Night Football — NBC/Peacock
• Super Bowl LVIII — CBS

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – WEEKLY

• College GameDay — ESPN
• FOX CFB: Big Noon Kickoff — FOX/FS1
• FOX NFL Sunday — FOX
• Inside the NBA on TNT — TNT
• The NFL Today — CBS

 OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – DAILY

• MLB Tonight — MLB Network
• NBA Countdown — ESPN/ESPN2
• NFL Live — ESPN/ESPN2
• Pardon The Interruption — ESPN/Rydholm Projects
• SportsCenter — ESPN

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – LIMITED RUN

• College GameDay: College Football Playoff — ESPN
• FOX MLB: The Postseason — FOX/FS1
• Inside the NBA Playoffs on TNT — TNT
• Postseason NFL Countdown — ESPN
• Road to the Final Four — CBS/TNT

OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW IN SPANISH

• Ahora o Nunca — ESPN Deportes
• 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup — Telemundo
• Fuera de Juego — ESPN+
• Futbol Central, Verano de Campeones — Univision/TUDN
• Republica Deportiva — Univision/TUDN
• Sunday Night Football — Telemundo

OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE

• College Football Playoff MegaCast: Rose Bowl Game — ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN Deportes/ESPNU/ESPNews/SEC Network/ESPN App/ABC/LHN
• Fan Controlled Racing Watch Party — Twitch/Kick Fan Controlled Sports & Entertainment
• The Magic and Mastery of US Open Champion: Carlos Alcaraz — ESPN.com
• NCAA March Madness Live — March Madness Live
• Thursday Night Football: Black Friday Football Studio —Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios
• Thursday Night Football: Event Coverage Optionality/Customization — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL INNOVATION

• Big City Greens Classic: Fully Animated Live Sporting Event With Integrated Real-Time Animated Talent — ESPN+/Disney Channel/Disney XD/Disney+/Beyond Sports/Silver Spoon Animation/Disney Television Animation
• Dreamcaster — MSG Network/MSG+ Weber Shandwick/Helo
• MLB Next: AR App — MLB
• Red Bull Erzbergrodeo: Cross-Platform Storytelling with Broadcast, Web Widgets and AR App — Red Bull TV/Red Bull Media House/ProteGear/TeraVolt/Girraphic]
• Thursday Night Football: Machine Learning on Prime Vision — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN – EVENT/SHOW

• FOX NFL — FOX
• Monday Night Football — ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN+/ABC/Elastic Creative
• NBA Finals — ESPN/ABC/Two Fresh Creative/Panoply
• Super Bowl LVIII — CBS
• Toy Story Funday Football — DISNEY+/ESPN+/BIG Studios/Beyond Sports/Silver Spoon Animation/PIXAR

OUTSTANDING STUDIO OR PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION

• The 155th Belmont Stakes, 31 Lengths: Secretariat — FOX
• FOX NFL, Stage A — FOX
• Super Bowl LVIII, My Way — CBS
• Thursday Night Football, Black Friday Football Tradition Tease; TNF Show — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios
• Toy Story Funday Football — DISNEY+/ESPN+/BIG Studios/Beyond Sports/Silver Spoon Animation/PIXAR

OUTSTANDING ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP COVERAGE

• BLAST.tv, Paris Major 2023 — BLAST.tv/BLAST
• 2023 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend, New York Subliners vs. Toronto Ultra — Twitch/YouTube/Esports Engine/Activision Blizzard
• Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 Grand Finals, ENCE vs. G2 — Twitch/YouTube/ESL FACEIT Group
• League of Legends Worlds 2023 Final, T1 vs. Weibo Gaming — LoLEsports.com/Twitch/YouTube/Riot Games
• VALORANT Champions 2023 Grand Final, Paper Rex vs. Evil Geniuses — ValorantEsports.com/Twitch/YouTube/Riot Games

OUTSTANDING EDITED EVENT COVERAGE

• All Access, Davis vs. Garcia: Epilogue — Showtime
• NFL Draft: The Pick Is In — NFL Films/The Roku Channel/Skydance Sports]
• NFL Game Day All Access
• Super Bowl LVIII — YouTube/NFL Films
• Road To The Super Bowl — CBS/NFL Films
• 2023 Special Olympic World Games — ABC

OUTSTANDING EDITED SPECIAL

• Chasing Greatness: Coach K x LeBron — TNT
• Crown — CBS Sports Network
• E60, The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports — ESPN/ESPN Films
• GR8TNESS — ESPN
• You Are Looking Live! — CBS/NFL Films

OUTSTANDING HOSTED EDITED SERIES

• E60 — ESPN
• Kickin’ It — Paramount+/Golazo Network
• The Pivot Podcast — YouTube
• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — HBO/Max
• The Shop UNINTERRUPTED — YouTube/UNINTERRUPTED

OUTSTANDING SHORT DOCUMENTARY

• Dreamcaster — MSG Network/MSG+/456 Studios/Lord + Thomas/DaHouse Audio/Citizen Music/Vicaps/Helo
• Extraordinary Stories, One-Armed Wonder: The Extraordinary Story of Jimmy Hasty — UEFA.tv/Noah Media Group
• NFL 360, Gone — NFL Network
• NFL Films Presents, Lahainaluna High — FS1/NFL Films
• SC Featured, Nothing Else Matters — ESPN+

OUTSTANDING LONG DOCUMENTARY

• The Deepest Breath — Netflix/A24/Motive Films/Ventureland
• Full Circle — Vimeo On Demand/Level 1 Productions
• Kelce — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios/Skydance/Very Y Productions/9.14 Pictures
• The Saint of Second Chances — Netflix/Tremolo/Stampede Ventures
• Stand — Showtime/SHOWTIME Sports Documentary Films/MSM

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

• Catching Lightning — Showtime/Bat Bridge Entertainment
• Goliath — Showtime/Village Roadshow Television/Religion of Sports
• ·Super League: The War for Football — Apple TV+/Words + Pictures/All Rise Films
• Untold — Netflix/Propagate/Stardust Frames/RAW/The Players’ Tribune

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY SERIES – SERIALIZED

• Football Must Go On — Paramount+
• Formula 1: Drive to Survive — Netflix/Box to Box Films
• Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The New York Jets — HBO/Max/NFL Films
• Monster Factory — Apple TV+/Vox Media Studios/Public Record
• Quarterback — Netflix/NFL Films/Omaha Productions/2PM Productions

OUTSTANDING JOURNALISM

• CNN FlashDocs: Blindsided — CNN
• E60: Peace of Mind: Psychedelics in Sports — ESPN
• E60: The Perfect Machine — ESPN
• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: A Blind Eye: Switzerland and the Corruption of World Sport — HBO/Max
• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Call of Duty: How War is Destroying Ukrainian Sport — HBO/Max

OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE

• College GameDay: The Legacy of Tyler Trent — ESPN
• NFL 360: The Chief Who Walked The Sea — NFL Network
• NFL 360: Heroes — NFL Network
• NFL 360: Miracle — NFL Network
• The NFL Today: Super Bowl LVIII: Just Win Baby! — CBS
• Sunday Night Football: Madden & Stingley – NBC | Peacock
• Thursday Night Football: Marshawn Lynch ‘N Yo City: Intercourse, PA (Yes, this is a real place) – Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios

OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE

• Outside The Lines: Jordan McNair: The Freedom Within — ESPN
• Playing Fields: Ornella: Knocking Down Social Prejudices Pursuing Her Olympic Dream — Olympic Channel
• Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: No Surrender: One Man’s Battle with ALS — HBO/Max
• SportsCenter: SC Featured: Dear Mrs. Reid — ESPN
• SportsCenter: SC Featured: Running for Martin — ESPN
• Unredeemable — Golf Channel

OUTSTANDING FEATURE STORY IN SPANISH

• E60, Mayra — ESPN/ESPN+
• Mundo NFL Originals, El Sueño de Cieneguitas — Mundo NFL/Sway/Mundo NFL
• SportsCenter, In Her Shoes: Wang Shuang — ESPN Deportes
• SportsCenter, SC Reportajes: Do Bronx – Charles Oliveria — ESPN Deportes

OUTSTANDING OPEN/TEASE

• The 149th Kentucky Derby: Timeless — NBC/Peacock
• Monday Night Football: In the Air Tonight — ESPN/ABC
• NHL Winter Classic on TNT: If This Wall Could Talk — TNT
• Sunday Night Football: Heidi — NBC/Peacock
• Super Bowl LVIII: My Way — CBS

OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK – SHORT FORM

• The 155th Belmont Stakes, 31 Lengths: Secretariat — FOX
• NFL 360, Heroes — NFL Network
• NFL Films Presents, Optex Lens — FS1/NFL Films
• The NFL Today: Super Bowl LVIII, Just Win Baby! — CBS
• Super Bowl LVIII, My Way — CBS

OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK – LONG FORM

• E60, Sacred Dog —ESPN
• Freeride Skiing, Descendance — YouTube/Legs of Steel
• Hard Knocks, Training Camp With The New York Jets — HBO/Max/NFL Films
• Unredeemable — Golf Channel
• Vamos Vegas — YouTube

OUTSTANDING EDITING – SHORT FORM

• The 149th Kentucky Derby, Timeless — NBC/Peacock
• NFL 360, The Chief Who Walked The Sea — NFL Network
• NFL 360, Heroes — NFL Network
• NHL on TNT, Show and Tell — TNT
• Auper Bowl LVIII, My Way — CBS

OUTSTANDING EDITING – LONG FORM

• Freeride Skiing, Descendance — YouTube/Legs of Steel
• Hard Knocks, Training Camp With The New York Jets — HBO/Max/NFL Films
• Kelce — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios/Skydance/Very Y Productions/9.14 Pictures
• nder Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team — Netflix/Words + Pictures/FIFA/Time Studios
• Unredeemable — Golf Channel

THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD – SHORT FORM

• FOX CFB: Big Noon Kickoff, J.J. McCarthy “47” — FOX
• NFL 360, The Chief Who Walked The Sea — NFL Network
• NFL 360, Still Here — NFL Network
• The NFL Today, Kyle Brandt Series — CBS
• Sunday Night Football — NBC/Peacock

OUTSTANDING WRITING – LONG FORM

• All Access — Showtime
• Chasing Gold, Farebersviller — NBC
• E60, The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports — ESPN/ESPN Films
• Hard Knocks, Training Camp With The New York Jets —HBO/Max/NFL Films
• The World According to Football — Showtime/SHOWTIME Sports Documentary Films/Religion of Sports/Day Zero Productions/Mainstay Entertainment

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION

• E60, The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports — ESPN/ESPN Films
• E60, Sacred Dog — ESPN/ESPN+/Showtime Singers
• The Golden Boy — HBO/Max/Unrealistic Ideas/ViaMar Productions
• NBA on TNT, 50 Years of Hip Hop — TNT
• Super Bowl LVIII, My Way — CBS

OUTSTANDING AUDIO/SOUND – POST-PRODUCED

• Formula 1: Drive to Survive — Netflix/Box to Box Films
• FOX NASCAR: RACE HUB, The Championship: Radioactive —FS1/NASCAR Studios
• 2023 IRONMAN World Championship — Outside TV/The IRONMAN Group Productions
• McGregor Forever — Netflix/Religion of Sports
• NFL 360, Heroes — NFL Network
• Quarterback — Netflix/NFL Films/Omaha Productions/2PM Productions
• Vamos Vegas — YouTube/TORQ

OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC DESIGN – SPECIALTY

• MLB Network Showcase, This Is What I Live For — MLB Network/Perception
• NFL 360, The Chief Who Walked The Sea — NFL Network
• Super League: The War for Football — Apple TV+/Words + Pictures/All Rise Films
• Thursday Night Football, TNF Show Open/Black Friday Football: Robert Randolph — Prime Video/Amazon MGM Studios
• Toy Story Funday Football, Duke Caboom Daredevil Spectacular — DISNEY+ | ESPN+

 OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT

• FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, USA vs The World — FOX
• The Golden Boy, Who Am I? — HBO/Max/Zealot UK
• 2023 NBA Finals, We Are All in the Finals — NBA Social
• Stanley Cup, First Kiss — NHL Network
• Top Rank Boxing on ESPN, Battle of the Baddest – Rumble — ESPN/ESPN+/Park Pictures

OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE CONTENT

• FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023, Common Goal — FOX/FS1
• Hometown Hopefuls — NBC/NBCSports.com
• NFL on CBS, Football for Everyone — CBS/CBS Sports Network
• Notre Dame Football, What Would You Fight For? — NBC
• Youth Flag Football, Let’s Play — NFL Network

OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY/STUDIO HOST

• Malika Andrews — ESPN/ESPN2/ABC/TNT
• Kevin Burkhardt — FOX/FS1
• Rece Davis — ESPN
• Ernie Johnson —‚ TNT/tbs
• Scott Van Pelt — ESPN/ESPN2/ABC

OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY/PLAY-BY-PLAY

• Mike Breen —ABC
• Joe Buck —ESPN/ABC
• Ian Eagle — CBS/TNT/tbs
• Kevin Harlan — tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV
• Mike Tirico — NBC/Peacock

OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY/STUDIO ANALYST

• Charles Barkley — TNT
• Nate Burleson — CBS
• Ryan Clark — ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN+/ABC
• Kirk Herbstreit — ESPN
• Mina Kimes — ESPN/ESPN2/ABC

OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY/ EVENT ANALYST

• Troy Aikman — ESPN/ABC
• Cris Collinsworth — NBC/Peacock
• Greg Olsen — FOX
• Bill Raftery — CBS/TNT/FOX
• John Smoltz — FOX/FS1
• Tom Verducci — FOX/FS1/MLB Network

OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY/SIDELINE REPORTER

• Erin Andrews —FOX
• Kaylee Hartung — Prime Video/NBC/Peacock
• Tom Rinaldi — FOX/FS1
• Holly Rowe — ESPN/ESPN2/ABC
• Tracy Wolfson — CBS/TNT

OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY/EMERGING ON-AIR TALENT

• Mookie Betts — Bleacher Report/tbs/FOX
• Noah Eagle — NBC/Peacock
• Carli Lloyd — FOX/FS1
• Taylor Rooks — TNT/NBA TV/Bleacher Report/Amazon
• Jay Wright — CBS/CBS Sports Network/TNT

OUTSTANDING ON-AIR PERSONALITY IN SPANISH

• Alejandro Berry — Univision/TUDN
• Andrés Cantor — Telemundo
• Carolina Guillén — ESPN Deportes
• Miguel Gurwitz — Telemundo
• Rebeca Landa — ESPN Deportes
• Valeria Marin — Univision/TUDN

SVG’s Jason Dachman contributed to this story.