ESPN earned an industry-leading 59 nominations for the 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, as announced Tuesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). This is the 10th straight year that ESPN has led the industry. ESPN’s 59 nominations include work presented on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, SEC Network and the ESPN App.
The 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards will be held live and in-person on Monday, May 22, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall.
Leading ESPN nominations include:
- ESPN storytelling: including three forE60, plus three features via SC Featured, one College GameDay and one Sunday NFL Countdown
- Studio shows: College GameDay, Monday Night Countdown, NFL Live, Pardon the Interruption, SportsCenter and Postseason NFL Countdown
- NFL programming: nine in numerous categories, including four for studio shows, plus Monday Night Football in Live Series and multiple individual commentators
- College programming: seven, highlighted by Saturday Night College Football in Live Series plus multiple individual commentators
- ESPN Deportes: Six, including three for feature stories, one for studio show and two commentators
- Technical, Interactive and Innovation – a wide range of innovative achievements across multiple categories, including:
- CFP National Championship MegaCast (outstanding interactive experience-event coverage)
- NHL on ESPN Ovechkin 800 (outstanding interactive experience-original programming)
- Monday Night Football (outstanding technical team event)
- College GameDay and NFL Draft (outstanding technical team studio)
- McEnroe vs. McEnroe (digital innovation)
- NHL Broadcasts – Digitally Enhanced Dasher Boards (George Wensel technical achievement award)
On-air Personality nominations include:
- Hosts: SportsCenter’s Scott Van Pelt and College GameDay’s Rece Davis
- Play-by-Play: NBA on ESPN and ABC’s Mike Breen, MNF’s Joe Buck and Tennis/College Football’s Chris Fowler
- Analysts: Jay Bilas (Studio), Ryan Clark (Studio) and Peyton Manning (Event)
- Reporters: Holly Rowe, Lisa Salters and Molly McGrath
- Emerging On-Air Talent: Andraya Carter, Robert Griffin III, Eli Manning and JJ Redick.
- On-Air Personality in Spanish: ESPN Deportes’ Carolina Guillén and Pilar Pérez
ESPN’s nominees for the 44th Annual Sports Emmy Awards, by Category:
| Live Series | Monday Night Football (ESPN) |
| Saturday Night College Football (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) | |
| Edited Event Coverage | Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL – The 2022 NFL Draft (ESPN)* |
| Welcome to the NHL: 2022 NHL Draft (ESPN+, NHL Network)* | |
| Edited Special | SC Featured: White Men Can’t Jump – 30th Anniversary Special (ESPN+) |
| Hosted Edited Series | E60 (ESPN) |
| Eli’s Places (ESPN+)* | |
| Studio Show – Weekly | College GameDay (ESPN) |
| Monday Night Countdown (ESPN) | |
| Studio Show – Daily | NFL Live (ESPN) |
| Pardon the Interruption (ESPN) | |
| SportsCenter (ESPN) | |
| Studio Show – Limited Run | Postseason NFL Countdown (ESPN) |
| Outstanding Journalism | E60 Qatar’s World Cup (ESPN) |
| E60 Remember the Blue and Yellow (ESPN, ESPN+) | |
| E60 The Survivor: The Remarkable Life of Shaul Ladany (ESPN) | |
| Short Feature | College Game Day (ESPN) |
| Sunday NFL Countdown (ESPN) | |
| Long Feature | Betsy & Irv (ESPN+) |
| SC Featured: Mind Over Matter (ESPN) | |
| SC Featured: Seams to Heal (ESPN) | |
| Open/Tease | 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship – Of Grit and Glory (ESPN) |
| US Open – I was Here (ESPN | |
| Interactive Experience – Event Coverage | College Football Playoff National Championship MegaCast (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, SEC Network, ESPN Deportes, ESPN App, ABC) |
| Interactive Experience – Original Programming | NHL on ESPN – Ovechkin 800 (ESPN.com) |
| Digital Innovation | McEnroe vs. McEnroe (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+)* |
| Personality/Studio Host | Rece Davis (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) |
| Scott Van Pelt (ESPN) | |
| Personality/Play-by-Play | Mike Breen (ABC) |
| Joe Buck (ESPN) | |
| Chris Fowler (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) | |
| Personality/Studio Analyst | Jay Bilas (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) |
| Ryan Clark (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) | |
| Personality/Event Analyst | Peyton Manning (ESPN2, ESPN+) |
| Personality/Reporter | Molly McGrath (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) |
| Holly Rowe (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) | |
| Lisa Salters (ESPN, ABC) | |
| Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent | Andraya Carter (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, SEC Network) |
| Robert Griffin III (ESPN) | |
| Eli Manning (ESPN2, ESPN+) | |
| JJ Redick (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC) | |
| Technical Team Event | Monday Night Football (ESPN) |
| Technical Team Studio | College GameDay (ESPN) |
| NFL Draft (ESPN, ABC) | |
| Editing Short – Form | Monday Night Football Teases (ESPN, ABC) |
| Outside The Lines – Without You (ESPN) | |
| Writing – Short Form | Outside The Lines – Without You (ESPN) |
| Writing – Long Form | E60 – The Survivor: The Remarkable Life of Shaul Ladany (ESPN) |
| Yankees-Dodgers: An Uncivil War (ESPN)* | |
| Music Direction | 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship – Of Grit and Glory (ESPN) |
| Audio/Sound – Live Event | US Open (ESPN) |
| Graphic Design – Event/Show | NBA on ESPN (ESPN, ABC) |
| George Wensel Technical Achievement Award | NHL Broadcasts – Digitally Enhanced Dasher Boards (ESPN, ABC, TNT, tbs, NHL Network)* |
| Studio Show in Spanish | SportsCenter (ESPN Deportes) |
| Feature Story in Spanish | SC Reportajes: Arraigado (ESPN Deportes) |
| SC Reportajes: The Real Deal (ESPN Deportes) | |
| Un Tren A Qatar (ESPN Deportes) | |
| On-Air Personality in Spanish | Carolina Guillén (ESPN Deportes) |
| Pilar Pérez (ESPN Deportes) |
*External entry airing on an ESPN network.
