34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards Nominations Announced

Just received this from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the full press release of the nominations for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy Awards.

NBC Sports Group received the most nominations with 58 followed by ESPN with 43 and Turner in third with 27.

Bob Costas was nominated yet again for Outstanding Studio Host along with Dan Patrick, James Brown, Ernie Johnson and Rich Eisen.

There were only four nominees for Outstanding Play-by-play, Mike Breen, Mike Emrick, Al Michaels and Jim Nantz.

Cris Collinsworth received another nomination for Outstanding Event Analyst. He’s joined by Ato Boldon of NBC Olympics, Jon Gruden, Jim Kaat and Mike Mayock.

Studio Analyst was full with Charles Barkley of TNT, Tony Dungy of NBC’s Football Night in America, CBS’ Boomer Esiason, MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds, Bill Ripken also from MLB Network and Kurt Warner of NFL Network.

Let us take a look at the full list. We need a jump break in here as well. Let’s go. Lots of things to read through. Get ready to scroll.

Emmy AwardTHE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES FOR THE 34th ANNUAL SPORTS EMMY® AWARDS

Winners to be Honored During the May 7th Ceremony At Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center

New York, NY – March 20, 2013 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 34th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards.

More than 170 nominees were announced in 34 categories including Outstanding Live Sports Special, Live Series, Sports Documentary, Studio Show, Promotional Announcements, Play-by-Play Personality and Studio Analyst. The Awards will be given out at the prestigious Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center located in the Time Warner Center on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 in New York City.

“What a world we live in,” said Malachy Wienges, Chair, NATAS. “The Olympics, NASCAR, the Super Bowl, the Final Four, the World Series, The Stanley Cup, The NBA, the US Open, the Masters…it just goes on and on! This is another outstanding year for the sports community and for The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The entries received in this year’s Sports Emmy Awards illustrate the high-water mark of quality each of us gets to enjoy every time we turn on our favorite program. With so much talent vying for the prestigious Emmy Award and with many of the today’s leading sports broadcasters, personalities, and television professionals in attendance, it promises to be an exciting evening.”

The networks of NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel nbcolympics.com, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, nbcsports.com, & Telemundo) lead the nomination totals with 58, ESPN (ESPN, ESPN2, grantland.com, ABC, ESPN3D, ESPNU & ESPNews), garnered 43, and Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, NBA TV, NCAA.com & truTV) garnered 27. A complete list of all Networks and individual show nominations follows below.

A complete list of all nominees is attached and also available at www.emmyonline.tv/sports

34th Annual Sports Emmy Award Nominations by Network Group
Network or Network Group Nominations

NBC Sports Group (NBC, NBC Sports Network, Golf Channel, nbcolympics.com, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, nbcsports.com, Telemundo) — 58
ESPN (ESPN, ESPN 2, grantland.com, ABC, ESPN 3D, ESPNU, ESPNews) — 43
Turner Sports (TNT, TBS, NBA TV, truTV, NCAA.com) — 27
FOX Sports Media Group (FOX, SPEED, FOX Soccer Channel) — 17
HBO Sports — 17
NFL Network (NFL Network, NFL Media, NFL.com) — 16
CBS (CBS, Showtime, CBS Sports Network) — 15
MLB Network — 9
DIRECTV — 1
YouTube — 1

34th Annual Sports Emmy Award Nominations by Network

NETWORK — NOMINATIONS

NBC — 36
ESPN — 23
HBO Sports — 17
FOX — 13
NFL Network — 13
TNT — 13
CBS — 10
ESPN2 — 10
MLB Network — 9
NBC Sports Network — 9
TBS — 5
NBA TV — 4
Showtime — 4
truTV — 4
grantland.com — 3
NBCOlympics.com — 3
Speed — 3
ABC — 2
Bravo — 2
ESPN3D — 2
ESPNU — 2
Golf Channel — 2
MSNBC — 2
NFL Media — 2
Telemundo — 2
CBS Sports Network — 1
CNBC — 1
DIRECTV — 1
ESPNews — 1
FOX Soccer Channel — 1
nbcsports.com — 1
NCAA.com — 1
NFL.com — 1
YouTube — 1

BREAKDOWN OF MULTIPLE PROGRAM — SERIES NOMINATIONS

Program/Network/Nominations
Games of the XXX Olympiad (NBC/Bravo/CNBC/MSNBC/NBC SportsNetwork/NBCOlympics.com/Telemundo) — 14
NBA on TNT (TNT) — 6
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (TNT) — 6
E:60 (ESPN2) — 5
24/7 (HBO) — 4
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins (HBO) — 4
MLB on FOX (FOX) — 4
Outside the Lines (ESPN) — 4
Sunday Night Football (NBC) — 4
NASCAR on FOX (FOX) — 3
NFL Films Presents (NFL Network) — 3
30 for 30 (ESPN) — 2
A Football Life (NFL Network) — 2
College Gameday (ESPN) — 2
The Dream Team (NBA TV) — 2
Inside the NBA (NBA TV) — 2
Inside the NFL (Showtime) –2
MLB Network Division Series (MLB Network) — 2
MLB Tonight (MLB Network) — 2
Namath (HBO) — 2
NCAA March Madness (TBS) — 2
NFL on FOX (FOX) — 2
SportsCenter (ESPN) — 2
Sport Science (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNews) — 2
UEFA Euro 2012 (ESPN) — 2

The nominations are coming after a jump break.

The 34th Annual Emmy Awards for Sports

Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL

The 96th Indianapolis 500 — ABC
The 108th World Series — FOX
The Army-Navy Game — CBS
The Masters — CBS
Super Bowl XLVI — NBC

Outstanding LIVE SPORTS SERIES

ESPN Monday Night Football — ESPN
NASCAR on FOX — FOX/SPEED
NBA on TNT — TNT
NFL on FOX — FOX
Sunday Night Football — NBC

Outstanding LIVE EVENT TURNAROUND

Down the Stretch:The Honda Classic — Golf Channel/[PGA Tour Entertainment]
Games of the XXX Olympiad — NBC
Inside the Headsets: 28th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star Race — SPEED/[NASCAR Media Group]
Monster Energy SuperCross: Salt Lake City — CBS/[Feld Motor Sports]
USA Pro Challenge: The Race of Truth — NBC/[Blink Productions]

Outstanding PLAYOFF COVERAGE

National League Championship Series: Cardinals vs. Giants — FOX
NBA Playoffs — TNT
NFC Divisional Playoff: 49ers vs. Saints — FOX
NFL Wild Card Saturday: Bengals vs. Texans; Lions vs. Saints — NBC
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament — CBS/tbs/TNT/truTV

Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL

Michael Waltrip Racing All Access: Inside Michael Waltrip Racing: A Championship Quest — SPEED/[NASCAR Media Group]
One Heartbeat — CBS Sports Network/[CBS Sports]
Outside the Lines: Believe — ESPN
Still Standing: The Earl Campbell Story — NBC Sports Network/[NFL Films]
Tecmo Super Bowl — NFL Network/[NFL Films]

Outstanding SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

26 Years: The Dewey Bozella Story — ESPN2
Dream Team — NBA TV/[NBA Entertainment]
Klitschko — HBO/[Broadview Pictures]
Namath — HBO
The Announcement — ESPN

Outstanding EDITED SPORTS SERIES/Anthology

30 for 30 — ESPN
A Football Life — NFL Network/[NFL Films]
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins — HBO/[NFL Films]
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — HBO
The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins — Showtime/[MLB Productions]

Outstanding STUDIO SHOW — WEEKLY

College Gameday — ESPN
Football Night in America — NBC
Inside the NBA — TNT
Inside the NFL — Showtime/[CBS Sports/NFL Films]

Outstanding STUDIO SHOW — DAILY

Inside the NBA — TNT
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
NFL Live — ESPN2
NFL Total Access –NFL Network
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN/[Rydholm Projects]

Outstanding SPORTS JOURNALISM

E: 60:Beitar Jerusalem — ESPN2
E: 60: Busted — ESPN2
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Hockey’s Darkest Day — HBO
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Your Brain on Football — HBO

Outstanding SHORT FEATURE

College Gameday: Fist Bump: A Brotherly Bond — ESPN
E:60: Perfect — ESPN2
Inside the NFL: One Last Wish: The Danny Webber Story — Showtime
MLB on FOX: Negro Leagues — FOX
NFL Films Presents: Slackliner — NFL Network/[NFL Films]
NFL GameDay Morning: Immaculate Remembrance — NFL Network
SportsCenter: Kick of Hope — ESPN
SportsCenter: Run With Me — ESPN

Outstanding LONG FEATURE

E:60: Mike Powell: In Relentless Pursuit — ESPN2
Games of the XXX Olympiad: Olga Korbut — NBC
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Chancellor Lee Adams: The Fighter — HBO
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Steve Gleason: Tragic Hero — HBO
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: Two of a Kind — HBO

Outstanding OPEN/TEASE

Games of the XXX Olympiad: Measure & Motion — NBC
MLB Network Division Series: The Scrapbook — MLB Network
NBA on TNT: All-Star Game Tease — TNT
NBA on TNT: Brooklyn Nets/New York Knicks Spike Lee Tease — TNT
NCAA March Madness: Brackets Everywhere — truTV/[CBS Sports/ Turner Sports]
Red Bull Signature Series: Show Open — NBC/[Red Bull Media House]
Sunday Night Football: Opening Tease — NBC

Outstanding NEW APPROACHES SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE

Games of the XXX Olympiad:Live from London — NBCOlympics.com
March Madness Live — NCAA.com
NFL RedZone — NFL Network
Red Bull Stratos: Space Jump — YouTube/[Red Bull Media House]
Super Bowl XLVI Extra — NBCSports.com

Outstanding NEW APPROACHES SPORTS PROGRAMMING

ESPNU Unite — ESPNU
Everything to Prove — NFL.com/[NFL Films]
Games of the XXX Olympiad: Countdown to London — NBCOlympics.com
Royce White Battles Anxiety on Draft Day — grantland.com
The Arnold Palmer — grantland.com
The NFL Season: A Biography — NFL Media

Outstanding NEW APPROACHES SPORTS PROGRAMMING SHORT FORMAT

ESPNU Unite Social Highlight — ESPNU
Story Time with Jalen Rose: Jalen Rose Steals Patrick Ewing’s TV — grantland.com
Numbers Never Lie Whiteboard — ESPN2
Speaking Out — NFL Media
Sport Science — ESPN/[Base Productions]

Outstanding Sports Personality — STUDIO HOST

James Brown — CBS/Showtime
Bob Costas — NBC/NBC Sports Network
Rich Eisen — NFL Network
Ernie Johnson — TNT/NBA TV
Dan Patrick — NBC/NBC Sports Network/DirecTV

Outstanding Sports Personality — PLAY-BY-PLAY

Mike Breen — ABC
Mike Emrick — NBC/NBC Sports Network
Al Michaels — NBC
Jim Nantz — CBS

Outstanding Sports Personality — STUDIO ANALYST

Charles Barkley — TNT/NBA TV
Tony Dungy — NBC
Boomer Esiason — CBS
Harold Reynolds — MLB Network
Bill Ripken — MLB Network
Kurt Warner — NFL Network

Outstanding Sports Personality — SPORTS EVENT ANALYST

Ato Boldon — NBC
Cris Collinsworth — NBC
Jon Gruden — ESPN
Jim Kaat — MLB Network
Mike Mayock — NFL Network/NBC

Outstanding Sports Personality — SPORTS REPORTER

Andrea Joyce — NBC/NBC Sports Network
Pierre McGuire — NBC/NBC Sports Network
Lisa Salters — ESPN
Michele Tafoya — NBC
Tom Verducci — MLB Network/TBS

Outstanding TECHNICAL TEAM REMOTE

America’s Cup World Series — NBC/[America’s Cup Event Authority]
Games of the XXX Olympiad — NBC
MLB on FOX — FOX
The Masters — ESPN3D/CBS
Winter X Games 2012 — ESPN3D

Outstanding TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO

Games of the XXX Olympiad — NBC/Bravo/MSNBC/NBC Sports Network/Telemundo
MLB Tonight — MLB Network
UEFA Euro 2012 — ESPN

Outstanding CAMERA WORK

24/7: Pacquiao-Marquez 4 — HBO
E:60: Remember Bluffton — ESPN2
Games of the XXX Olympiad: Measure & Motion — NBC
Ironman World Championship — NBC/[Ironman Productions]
NFL Films Presents — NFL Network/[NFL Films]
Outside the Lines: Breaking the Silence — ESPN

Outstanding EDITING

24/7: Pacquiao-Marquez 4 — HBO
Being: Liverpool — FOX/FOX Soccer Channel
Games of the XXX Olympiad: Profiles of the London Games — NBC
Grand Slam Tennis: Australian Open, Wimbledon & US Open — ESPN2
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins — HBO/[NFL Films]
NBA on TNT — TNT
Outside the Lines: Breaking the Silence — ESPN

The Dick Schaap WRITING AWARD

24/7: Pacquiao-Marquez 4 — HBO
30 for 30: Ghosts of Ole Miss — ESPN
Games of the XXX Olympiad: Measure & Motion — NBC
NFL Films Presents:Like a Rose — NFL Network/[NFL Films]
The Open Championship: Old — ESPN
The Open Championship: Essays — ESPN

Outstanding MUSIC COMPOSITION/DIRECTION/LYRICS

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins — HBO/[NFL Films]
Namath — HBO/[NFL Films]
Road to the Super Bowl — NFL Network/[NFL Films]

Outstanding Live Event AUDIO/SOUND

MLB Network Spring Training Game: Indians vs. Diamondbacks All Audio — MLB Network
MLB on FOX — FOX
NASCAR on FOX — FOX

Outstanding Post Produced AUDIO/SOUND

24/7: Pacquiao-Marquez 4 — HBO
Games of the XXX Olympiad — NBC
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins — HBO/[NFL Films]
NBA on TNT — TNT

Outstanding GRAPHIC DESIGN

Games of the XXX Olympiad — NBC/NBC Sports Network
MLB Network Division Series: The Scrapbook — MLB Network
Sport Science — ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNews/[Base Productions]
Sunday Night Football — NBC
UEFA Euro 2012 — ESPN

Outstanding PRODUCTION DESIGN/ART DIRECTION

MLB Postseason on TBS: Studio ORAD — tbs
NCAA March Madness: Brackets Everywhere — truTV
Outside the Lines: Defiance: The Story of FC Start — ESPN
Sunday Night Football: Defiance: Open — NBC

The George Wensel TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Games of the XXX Olympiad: The Multi-Screen Olympics — NBC/Bravo/CNBC/MSNBC/NBC Sports Network/NBCOlympics.com/Telemundo
Games of the XXX Olympiad/NBC Golf Tour: 360 Cam — NBC
MLB on FOX: Phantom Camera — FOX
NASCAR on FOX: Phantom Camera — FOX
NFL on FOX: Phantom Camera — FOX

Outstanding SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT — INSTITUTIONAL

It’s Not Crazy, It’s Sports: Shake On It, The Name, Born Into It — ESPN/[Wieden & Kennedy]
MLB Postseason on TBS: Bruce Springsteen – Land of Dreams — tbs
NBA on TNT: John Turturro ‘Claude X: Street Artist’: Intro, Prolific, Struggle — TNT
NCAA March Madness: Brackets Everywhere — tbs/CBS/TNT/truTV
Nothing Beats First Place: Worse, Painful, Scary — ESPN/[Wieden & Kennedy]
The Voice of Golf: Confessions, Navigation, Costumes — CBS/[Concentrate Films]

Outstanding SPORTS PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT — EPISODIC

A Football Life: Life Story — NFL Network/[NFL Films]
Feherty Live from Ryder Cup: Life Story — Golf Channel/[NBC Sports Agency]
Games of the XXX Olympiad: Britain Just Got Great — NBC
The Dream Team: Trailer — NBA TV/[NBA Entertainment]
The Triple Crown: Trailer — NBC

Those are all of the nominations. That does it.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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