ESPN, Inc. – Industry-Leading 57 Sports Emmy Nominations

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ESPN, Inc. – Industry-Leading 57 Sports Emmy Nominations

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E:60, SportsCenter, FIFA World Cup, NFL Lead the Way; First Nominations for WatchESPN, SEC Network

 

ESPN, Inc. led the industry with 57 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2014 across its platforms – ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPN.com, ESPNEWS, espnW, Grantland.com, WatchESPN, and in its first year of eligibility, SEC Network. The announcement was made today by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; the winners will be announced Tuesday, May 5, in New York.

The company’s initiatives in enterprise journalism and storytelling led the way – seven nods each for E:60 and SportsCenter – while the FIFA World Cup from Brazil provided six more. The SEC Network – which just launched in August – garnered three nominations, and WatchESPN earned its first, for the College Football Playoff Championship “Megacast.”

Other highlights:

  • The 57 nominations is the most ever for ESPN, and is up from 46 a year ago.
  • ESPN earned two nods in the Live Special category, for the FIFA World Cup Final on ABC and for the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship in which Ohio State defeated Oregon.
  • Monday Night Football was nominated in Live Series, and its analyst (Jon Gruden) and reporter (Lisa Salters) also received nominations. In addition, the series was nominated in Technical Achievement and Post-Produced Graphic Design (where ESPN has all four nominees).
  • ESPN’s longtime NBA duo – Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy – were each nominated (Play by Play, Event Analyst).
  • The late Stuart Scott was honored with a nomination as Best Studio Host (along with Keith Olbermann).
  • ESPN Deportes garnered four nods, two in the Studio Show category and two in On-Air Personality
  • ESPN garnered nominations in 30 of the 40 categories for 2014.
  • ESPN has won 160 Sports Emmy Awards in 27 years of eligibility. ABC Sports won 160 from 1980 – 2008.

In addition, as previously announced, George Bodenheimer, former ESPN President and Executive Chairman, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

ESPN’s nominations by category (all are ESPN, except as noted):

Live Special                                   2014 FIFA World Cup Final (ABC)

College Football Playoff National Championship

Live Series                                     College Football (ABC/ESPN/SEC Network)

Monday Night Football

Playoff Coverage                            NASCAR Chase for the Cup

Edited Special                                E:60 – Dream On: Stories of Boston’s Finest (ESPN2)

Sports Documentary                      SEC Storied: It’s Time (SEC Network)                                  

                                                      We Could be King (ESPNEWS)

Sports Documentary Series           30 for 30                             

Studio Show/weekly                       College GameDay (football)

                                                      Sunday NFL Countdown

Studio Show/daily                          NFL Live(ESPN2)

Pardon the Interruption

                                                      SportsCenter

News Anthology                             E:60 (ESPN2)

                                                      Outside the Lines

                                                      SC Featured

Short Feature                                 E:60 – Loud and Proud (ESPN2)

                                                      Sunday NFL Countdown – Danny’s Day

Long Feature                                  E:60 – Catching Kayla (ESPN2)

                                                      E:60 – Owen and Haatchi (ESPN2)

                                                      SportsCenter Featured – Pete’s Challenge

                                                      SportsCenter Featured – Lauren Hill: One More Game

Open/Tease                                    E:60 – Dream On: Stories of Boston’s Finest (ESPN2)

New Approaches –                         College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN/WatchESPN)

Sports Event Coverage                  ESPN Sport Science – X Games

New Approaches –                         Anatomy of a Pitch (ESPN.com)

Sports Programming                    Enduring Guilt (ESPN.com)

New Approaches – Short Format    Putt Putt Perfection (Grantland.com)

Studio Host                                    Keith Olbermann (ESPN2)

                                                      Stuart Scott

Play by Play                                   Mike Breen (ABC/ESPN)

Event Analyst                                 Kirk Herbstreit (ABC/ESPN)

Jon Gruden

Jeff Van Gundy (ABC/ESPN)

Reporter                                         Lisa Salters

                                                      Holly Rowe (ESPN/espnW)

Technical Team Remote                 College Football

Camerawork                                   FIFA World Cup (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

Writing                                           E:60 – Owen and Haatchi (ESPN2)

Music Composition/Direction         FIFA World Cup – Six Degrees (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

/Lyrics                                           SEC Storied: It’s Time (SEC Network)                         

Live Graphic Design                       FIFA World Cup (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

SportsCenter

Post-Produced Graphic Design      2014 NBA Draft

                                                      Monday Night Football

                                                      Sport Science (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

                                                      The Grantland Basketball Hour

Studio Design/Art Direction            SportsCenter

ESPN Studio W (NFL programming) in Digital Center 2

Technical Achievement                  Monday Night Football – VFX

Digital Center 2 – SportsCenter/NFL PrimeTime/NFL Countdown

(ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNEWS)

Promotional Announcement          FIFA World Cup – Big Event/Time Zone/I Believe (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2)

Studio Show in Spanish                Fuera de Juego (ESPN Deportes)

SportsCenter (ESPN Deportes)

On-Air Personality in Spanish        Jose Ramon Fernandez (ESPN Deportes)

Ernesto Jerez (ESPN Deportes)

 

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As I write this on 11-11-21, it's now 35 years for me at ESPN, the only real job I’ve ever had. I joined merely to help with the upcoming America’s Cup in Australia. I was told it would be for three months at all of $5.50 per hour. I like to say I simply kept showing up. I’ve worked on almost every sport, plus answered viewer calls and letters (people used to write!), given tours, written the company newsletter and once drove NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon to the local airport. My travels have been varied…I’ve been to Martinsville, Darlington, Indy and Super Bowls; the America’s Cup (all 3) in San Diego and College GameDay in the sport’s meccas such as Eugene, Auburn, Lubbock, Stillwater and more; the NBA Finals, Wimbledon (16 times and counting) and the “other Bristol,” the one with a race track in Tennessee. These days, my main areas are tennis, UFC, boxing, network-wide ratings (by month/quarter/year), and corporate communications documents, including fact sheets, chronologies, lists and nearly 35 of the Year in Review press releases. UPDATE EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER: Today, November 11, 2022, I am retiring from ESPN -- 36 years to the day I began. As I ride off into the sunset – top down and E Street Radio blaring – I do so with so many wonderful memories, proud of my contributions and a heart full of gratitude for the opportunity. 
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