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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