NBC Sports Group Garners 41 Sports Emmy Award Nominations

NBC Sports Group earned 41 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2016, highlighted by 14 nominations for its coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio – the most of any single program this year – and 11 nominations for its NFL coverage.

The announcement was made today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Winners will be announced by the Academy on Tuesday, May 9, at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.

Highlights of NBC Sports Group’s nominations:

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics received 14 nominations, the most for any single program;

Games of the XXXI Olympiad was nominated for Outstanding Live Sports Special;

Sunday Night Football – primetime television’s No. 1 show – was nominated again for Outstanding Live Sports Series, which it has won seven times in the past eight years;

Golf Channel earned a network-record five Sports Emmy nominations;

Telemundo and Universo earned six nominations in the Spanish-language categories;

10 members of NBCUniversal’s on-air sports team were nominated – the most of any media company;

27-time Emmy Award-winner Bob Costas (NBC) received two nominations, including Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host;

David Feherty (Golf Channel/NBC), Dan Patrick (NBC/NBCSN) and Mike Tirico (Golf Channel/NBC) received nominations for Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host;

Mike "Doc" Emrick (NBC/NBCSN), a four-time Emmy Award-winner for Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play, and Al Michaels (NBC), a seven-time Emmy Award-winner, received nominations in the category;

Cris Collinsworth (NBC), who has 16 Sports Emmys, was nominated for Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst;

Michele Tafoya (NBC), a two-time winner of the Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter Emmy, was nominated for the sixth time in the six-year history of the category;

Andres Cantor (Telemundo/NBC Universo) and Sammy Sadovnik (Telemundo/NBC Universo) were nominated for Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish.

All of NBC Sports Group’s national television networks – NBC (28), NBCSN (7), and Golf Channel (5), as well as Spanish-language networks Telemundo (6) and NBCUniverso (3) – received nominations. NBCOlympics.com also received one nomination.

The complete list of NBC Sports Group nominations are as follows:

Outstanding Live Sports Special: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Live Sports Series: Sunday Night Football (NBC)

Outstanding Playoff Coverage: NFL Playoffs (NBC)

Outstanding Edited Sports Coverage: Road To Rio: The 2016 Paralympic Team Trials (NBCSN)

Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly: Football Night in America (NBC)

Outstanding Studio Show – Weekly: Feherty (Golf Channel)

Outstanding Studio Show – Limited Run: Golf Central, Live From The Players (Golf Channel)

Outstanding Short Feature: Golf Central (Golf Channel)

Outstanding Trans-Media Sports Coverage: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBCOlympics.com)

Outstanding Digital Innovation: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Social TV Experience: #NASCARThrowback (NBC)

Outstanding Social TV Experience: 142nd Kentucky Derby (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Bob Costas (MLB Network/NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: David Feherty (Golf Channel/NBC)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Dan Patrick (NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host: Mike Tirico (Golf Channel/NBC)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play: Mike "Doc" Emrick (NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Play-by-Play: Al Michaels (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Event Analyst: Cris Collinsworth (NBC/NFL Network)

Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter: Michele Tafoya (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Team Remote: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Premier League Live (NBC/NBCSN)

Outstanding Camera Work: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound: NASCAR on NBC (NBC)

Outstanding Live Graphic Design: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction: Sunday Night Football (NBC)

Outstanding Production Design/Art Direction: Thursday Night Football (NBC/NFL Network)

The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBC)

Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (NBCSN)

Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Stanley Cup Playoffs (NBCSN)

Outstanding Live Sports Coverage in Spanish: Rumbo Al Mundial (Telemundo)

Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Telemundo/NBC Universo)

Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Titulares Telemundo (Telemundo)

Outstanding Studio Show in Spanish: Titulares Y Más (Telemundo)

Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Andrés Cantor (Telemundo/NBC Universo)

Outstanding On-Air Sports Personality in Spanish: Sammy Sadovnik (Telemundo/NBC Universo)

A complete list of nominees is available here.

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Email: christopher.mccloskey@nbcuni.com

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