The nominees are out. A few interesting developments for this year’s Emmys.
In the play-by-play category, Al Michaels is noticeably absent. Marv Albert, Mike Breen, Joe Buck, Bob Costas (?) and Mike Emrick are nominees. I guess the Academy decided to put Bob in this category in addition to his customary Studio Host nomination.
For Studio Host, James Brown, Costas, David Feherty, Greg Gumbel and Dan Patrick are the noms.
There are six men in the studio analyst category, Cris Collinsworth, Al Leiter of MLB Network, first-timer Rick Neuheisel of Pac-12 Networks, Harold Raynolds, Michael Strahan and Tom Verducci.
Game analyst has only four nominees and consist of Collinsworth, Gary Danielson, Kirk Herbstreit and Tim McCarver in his final year.
Sports reporter nominees are Pierre McGuire (?), Ken Rosenthal, Lisa Salters, Michele Tafoya and Verducci.
Olbermann is a first-time nominee in the Daily Studio Show category joining Inside the NBA Playoff Edition, MLB Tonight, Pardon the Interruption and SportsCenter. This category is all over the place with highlights shows, talk and postgame.
Weekly Studio Show includes College GameDay (football), Fox NFL Sunday, Inside the NBA, Monday Night Countdown and NFL GameDay Morning.
Here are the nominations by network and website:
ESPN — 30
FOX — 18
HBO Sports — 15
NBC — 14
NBCSN — 14
MLB Network — 13
CBS — 11
NFL Network — 10
TNT — 9
ESPN2 — 8
Showtime — 8
ABC — 6
Telemundo — 6
TBS — 5
ESPN Deportes — 4
Golf Channel — 4
DIRECTV — 3
FS1 — 3
NFL.com — 3
Univision — 3
grantland.com — 2
Pac-12 — 2
SI.com — 2
truTV — 2
America’s Cup Event Authority — 1
Big 10 Network — 1
Casualties of the Gridiron,com — 1
CBS Sports Network — 1
collegeinsider.com — 1
ESPNU — 1
espnw.com — 1
FOX Soccer Channel — 1
FUEL — 1
Hulu — 1
NBA TV — 1
NCAA.com — 1
Speed — 1
Time Warner Cable Deportes — 1
togetherwemakefootball.com — 1
And here are the nominations via network group (ESPN Family of Networks, NBC Sports Group, Fox Sports Media Group, Turner Sports, etc.)
ESPN (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN Deportes, grantland.com, ESPNU, espnw.com) — 46
NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBCSN, Telemundo, Golf Channel) — 33
FOX Sports Media Group (FOX, FS1, Big 10 Network, FOX Soccer Channel, FUEL, SPEED) — 22
CBS (CBS, Showtime, CBS Sports Network) — 18
HBO Sports — 15
NFL Media (NFL Network, NFL.com, togetherwemakefootball.com) — 14
Turner Sports (TNT, tbs, truTV, NBA TV, NCAA.com) — 14
MLB Network — 13
DIRECTV — 3
Univision — 3
Pac?12 — 2
SI.com — 2
America’s Cup Event Authority — 1
Casualties of the Gridiron — 1
collegeinsider.com — 1
Hulu — 1
Time Warner Cable Desportes — 1
In the list above, if an entry is credited to multiple network groups, then each network is given credit for a nomination (e.g. CBS/TNT equals 1 nomination for CBS and 1 nomination for TNT). If all credited networks are from the same corporate entity, then the network group gets credit for 1 Emmy® nomination. (e.g. ABC/ESPN equals 1 nomination)
Now to the list of nominees. Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated the 35th Sports Emmys will be handed out in a lavish ceremony to be seen by those in the audience at Federick P. Rose Hall at the Time Warner Center on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in New York.
Outstanding Live Sports Special
2013 NBA Finals: Heat vs. Spurs — ABC/ESPN
The Championships, Wimbledon — ABC/ESPN
The 55th Annual Daytona 500 — FOX
The 109th World Series: Red Sox vs. Cardinals — FOX
The 34th America’s Cup — NBCSN
Outstanding Live Sports Series
ESPN College Football — ABC/ESPN
ESPN Monday Night Football — ESPN
HBO Boxing — HBO
SEC on CBS — CBS
Sunday Night Football — NBC
Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage
2013 Ironman World Championship — NBC/Texas Crew Productions
All Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo Epilogue — Showtime
Keep Climbing: The 2013 Elite 11 — ESPNU/First Row Films
NFL Turning Point — NBCSN/NFL Films
Sound FX: Super Bowl XLVII — NFL Network/NFL Films
Outstanding Playoff Coverage
American League Championship Series: Red Sox vs. Tigers — FOX
MLB Postseason on tbs — tbs
NBA Playoffs on TNT — TNT
NFC Championship: Falcons vs. 49ers — FOX
NFC Wild Card: Seahawks vs. Redskins — FOX
Outstanding Sports Documentary
First: The Official Film of the London Olympic Games — NBC
LT: The Life and Times — Showtime/CBS Sports/NFL Films
The Doctor — NBA TV
UFC Presents Ronda Rousey: Breaking Ground — FS1/A. Smith & Co.
Outstanding Sports Documentary Series
24/7: Red Wings ? Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO
30 for 30 — ESPN
A Football Life — NFL Network/NFL Films
Casualties of the Gridiron — CasualtiesoftheGridiron.com/Conde Nast Entertainment
The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2013 — Big Ten Network
MLS Insider — NBCSN
Nine for IX — ESPN
Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly
College Gameday: Football — ESPN
FOX NFL Sunday — FOX
Inside the NBA on TNT — TNT
Monday Night Countdown — ESPN
NFL GameDay Morning — NFL Network
Outstanding Studio Show – Daily
Inside The NBA on TNT: Playoffs — TNT
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
Olbermann — ESPN2
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN/Rydholm Projects
SportsCenter — ESPN
Outstanding Sports News Anthology
60 Minutes Sports — Showtime/CBS News
E: 60 — ESPN2
NFL Films Presents — NFL Network/NFL Films
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — HBO
Outstanding Sports Journalism
60 Minutes Sports: The Fall of Lance Armstrong — Showtime/CBS News
E:60: Children of the Ring — ESPN2
In Play with Jimmy Roberts: Valentino Dixon — Golf Channel=
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Putin’s Olympics: Cronyism and Corruption in Russia — HBO
Outstanding Short Feature
E:60: Shear Will — ESPN2
Ironman World Championship: Peace, Love, Grace — NBC/Texas Crew Productions
SportsCenter: Richie Parker: Drive — ESPN
Sunday NFL Countdown: O.J. Brigance: Heart of the Ravens — ESPN
The Super Bowl Today: Chuck Pagano: A Season of Family — CBS
Outstanding Long Feature
30 for 30 Shorts: The Irrelevant Giant — grantland.com/ESPN Films
30 for 30 Shorts: Cutthroat — grantland.com/ESPN Films
60 Minutes Sports: Great Falls — Showtime/CBS News
SportsCenter: The Lady Jags: Losing to Win — ESPN
SportsCenter: Carry On — ESPN
Outstanding Open/Tease
2013 Open Championship: Fish on Tartan — ESPN
24/7: Red Wings ? Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO
MLB Network Divisional Playoffs: A Field of Dreamers — MLB Network
Super Bowl XLVII: A Field of Dreamers — CBS
Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Event Coverage
2013 NCAA March Madness Live — NCAA.com/Turner Sports
The 34th America’s Cup: Official App– America’s Cup Event Authority
NFL Sunday Ticket Experience on DIRECTV: Mobile/Web Applications — DIRECTV
The PGA TOUR Experience on DIRECTV — DIRECTV/PGA TOUR Entertainment
Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming
Behind the Mask — Hulu/Occupant Entertainment
FOX Sports Live: Social Highlight — FS1
Nine for IX: Coach — espnw.com/ESPN Films
Sports Illustrated: A Boy Helps a Town Heal — SI.com
Together We Make Football: The Contest — togetherwemakefootball.com/NFL Films
Underdogs — SI.com
Outstanding New Approaches – Sports Programming Short Format
CollegeInsider.com All?Access: Anatomy of a Game Winner ? The 2013 CIT Final — collegeinsider.com/312 Media
JFK: The Untold NFL History of That Day in Dallas — NFL.com/NFL Digital Media
NFL Films Drawn: Between Takes with Wynton Marsalis — NFL.com/NFL Films
NFL UP! — NFL.com/NFL Digital Media
Numbers Never Lie Whiteboard: LeBron James Can Surpass Michael Jordan
— ESPN2
Outstanding Sports Personality — Studio Host
James Brown — CBS/Showtime
Bob Costas — NBC
David Feherty — Golf Channel
Greg Gumbel — CBS
Dan Patrick — NBC/NBCSN/DIRECTV
Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play
Marv Albert — TNT/tbs/TruTV/CBS
Mike Breen — ABC/ESPN
Joe Buck — FOX
Bob Costas — MLB Network
Mike Emrick — NBC/NBCSN
Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Analyst
Cris Collinsworth — Showtime
Al Leiter — MLB Network
Rick Neuheisel — PAC?12 Network
Harold Reynolds — MLB Network/FOX
Michael Strahan — FOX
Tom Verducci — tbs/MLB Network=
Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst
Cris Collinsworth — NBC
Gary Danielson — CBS
Kirk Herbstreit — ESPN
Tim McCarver — FOX
Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter
Pierre McGuire — NBC/NBCSN
Ken Rosenthal — FOX
Lisa Salters — ESPN
Michele Tafoya — NBC
Tom Verducci — MLB Network
Outstanding Technical Team Remote
ESPN Monday Night Football — ESPN
Golf Channel on NBC — NBC/Golf Channel
MLB on FOX — FOX
NASCAR on FOX — FOX
The 34th America’s Cup — NBCSN
Outstanding Technical Team Studio
College Gameday — ESPN
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
Road to the Final Four — CBS/TNT/tbs/TruTV
The Premier League — NBCSN
Outstanding Camera Work
24/7: Red Wings ? Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO
E:60: Children of the Ring — ESPN2
FOX Sports Live: West, TX — FS1
NFL Films Presents — NFL Network/NFL Films
Tour de France — NBCSN
Outstanding Editing
2013 PGA Tour: Teases — Golf Channel
24/7: Pacquiao?Rios — HBO
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals — HBO/NFL Films
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti?Ward — HBO
NBA on TNT: Teases — TNT
The Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award
24/7: Red Wings ? Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO
E:60: The Ballad of Bushwacker — ESPN2
ESPN Grand Slam Tennis: Wimbledon & US Open — ABC/ESPN
Football Night In America: Redskins Name Commentary — NBC
NFL Films Presents: Yours Truly, Dr. Z — NFL Network/NFL Films
Outstanding Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics
Against The Tide — Showtime/Ross Greenburg Productions
College Football on CBS: The Army?Navy Game — CBS
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals — HBO/NFL Films
Nine for IX: The Diplomat — ESPN/Cherry Sky Films
Road To The Super Bowl — NFL Network/NFL Films
Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound
MLB on FOX — FOX
NASCAR on ESPN — ABC/ESPN
NASCAR on FOX — FOX
The 34th America’s Cup — NBCSN
Outstanding Post-Produced Audio/Sound
24/7: Red Wings ? Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO
ESPN Sport Science — ESPN/BASE Productions
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals — HBO/NFL Films
Sound FX: Super Bowl XLVII — NFL Network/NFL Films
Outstanding Live Event Graphic Design
ESPN Monday Night Football — ESPN
Intentional Talk — MLB Network
NBA on TNT: NBA All?Star Weekend — TNT
NBA on TNT — TNT
X Games — ESPN
Outstanding Post-Produced Graphic Design
2013 Heisman Trophy Presentation — ESPN
E:60 — ESPN2
ESPN Sport Science — ESPN/BASE Productions
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
The NFL Today — CBS
Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction
MLB Postseason on tbs — tbs
NBA Playoffs on TNT — TNT
Super Bowl XLVII — CBS/CBS Sports Network
Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction
NASCAR on FOX: Hangar Shoot — FOX
NFL Draft — ESPN
Sunday Night Football — NBC
The Division Series On MLB Network: A Field of Dreamers — MLB Network
The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
NASCAR on FOX and SPEED: NASCAR ? Gyrocam — FOX/SPEED
Pac?12 Networks: Multicam MI/O — PAC?12 Network
The 34th America’s Cup: AC LIVELINE ? “WINGWASH” — NBCSN
The Division Series On MLB Network: A Field of Dreamers — MLB Network
The Premier League: Goal Line Technology — NBCSN
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement – Institutional
Formula 1: Rockstar/Shaken and Stirred vs. Drivers/Austin — NBC/NBCSN
HBO Boxing: Fall Boxing Image — HBO
MLB Network Prime Time Line Up: Here’s To Us — MLB Network
NBA Playoffs: will.i.am Playoff Promo — ESPN
NFL Draft: Leon Sandcastle — NFL Network/Grey, NY
Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement — Episodic
24/7: Red Wings ? Maple Leafs: Road to the Winter Classic — HBO
A Football Life: Life Story — NFL Network/NFL Films
NASCAR on FOX: NASCAR DOG FIGHT — FOX/FOX SOCCER/FUEL
NHL on NBCSN: Wednesday Night Rivalry — NBCSN
Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish
Futbol Estelar: La Gran Final: Leon vs. America — Telemundo
Futbol Estelar: Super Clasico: Guadalajara vs. America — Telemundo
Liga MX Clausura 2013 season: Final ? 2nd Leg America vs Cruz Azul — UNIVISION
Rumbo Al Mundial: Costa Rica vs. Mexico — Telemundo
Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish
Futbol Picante — ESPN Deportes
Lakers en Vivo — Time Warner Cable Deportes
Nacion — ESPN Deportes
SportsCenter — ESPN Deportes
Titulares Telemundo — Telemundo
Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish
Lindsay Casinelli — UNIVISION
Andres Cantor — Telemundo
Jose Ramon Fernandez — ESPN Deportes
Ivan Kasanzew — UNIVISION
Sammy Sadovnik — Telemundo
There you have it. Congratulations to all of the nominees. Best of luck on May 6.
