ESPN, Inc. – 46 Sports Emmy Nominations
E:60, SportsCenter Lead the Way; First Nominations for espnW.com
ESPN, Inc. received 46 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2013 across its platforms (ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPNU, ESPN Deportes, espnW.com and Grantland.com), it was announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The winners will be announced Tuesday, May 6, in New York.
The company’s initiatives in enterprise journalism and storytelling led the way – six nods for E:60, four for SportsCenter, ESPN Films earned three nominations including one for the 30 for 30 documentary series and two for Grantland.com. ESPN Deportes gained four nominations including three for the first-ever Studio Show in Spanish category. Jose Ramon Fernandez is nominated in the first-ever On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish category. espnW.com earned its first three nominations for the Nine for IX series.
ESPN also earned two nods in the Live Special category, for the NBA Finals on ABC and for the Wimbledon Gentleman’s Championship.
ESPN garnered nominations in 29 of the 39 categories for 2013.
Overall, ESPN has won 153 Sports Emmy Awards in 26 years of eligibility. ABC Sports won 160 from 1980 – 2008.
ESPN’s nominations by category (all are ESPN, except as noted):
| Live Special | 2013 NBA Finals (Heat vs. Spurs) (ABC) |
| The Championships, Wimbledon | |
| Live Series | College Football (ABC) |
| Monday Night Football | |
| Edited Special | Keep Climbing – The 2013 Elite 11 |
| Sports Documentary Series | 30 for 30 |
| Nine for IX (espnW.com) | |
| Studio Show/weekly | College Gameday (football) |
| Monday Night Countdown | |
| Studio Show/daily | Olbermann (ESPN2) |
| Pardon the Interruption | |
| SportsCenter | |
| News Anthology | E:60 (ESPN2) |
| Journalism | E:60 – Children of the Ring (ESPN2) |
| Short Feature | E:60 – Shear Will (ESPN2) |
| SportsCenter – Richie Parker: Drive | |
| Sunday NFL Countdown – O.J. Brigance: Heart of the Ravens | |
| Long Feature | 30 for 30 Shorts – The Irrelevant Giant (Grantland.com) |
| 30 for 30 Shorts – Cutthroat (Grantland.com) | |
| SportsCenter – The Lady Jags: Losing to Win | |
| SportsCenter – Carry On | |
| Open/Tease | 2013 Open Championship – Fish on Tartan |
| New Approaches – Sports Programming | Nine for IX – Coach (espnW.com) |
| New Approaches – Short Format | Numbers Never Lie Whiteboard – LeBron James Can Surpass Michael Jordan (ESPN2) |
| Play by Play | Mike Breen (ABC) |
| Event Analyst | Kirk Herbstreit |
| Reporter | Lisa Salters |
| Technical Team Remote | Monday Night Football |
| Technical Team Studio | College Gameday |
| Camerawork | E:60 – Children of the Ring (ESPN2) |
| Writing | E:60 – The Ballard of the Bushwacker (ESPN2) |
| ESPN Grand Slam Tennis – Wimbledon & US Open (ABC) | |
| Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics | Nine for IX – The Diplomat (espnW.com) |
| Live Event Audio/Sound | NASCAR on ESPN (ABC) |
| Post-Produced Audio/Sound | Sport Science |
| Live Graphic Design | Monday Night Football |
| X Games | |
| Post-Produced Graphic Design | 2013 Heisman Trophy Presentation |
| E:60 (ESPN2) | |
| Sport Science | |
| Prod.Design/Art Direction | NFL Draft |
| Promo – Institutional | NBA Playoffs – will.i.am Playoff Promo |
| Studio Show in Spanish | Futbol Picante (ESPN Deportes) |
| Nacion (ESPN Deportes) | |
| SportsCenter (ESPN Deportes) | |
| On-Air Personality in Spanish | Jose Ramon Fernandez |
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