2023 Sports Emmys: NBC Olympics' Molly Solomon on Telling Athletes' Stories, Overcoming Obstacles to Win Outstanding Live Special

2023 Sports Emmys: NBC Olympics' Molly Solomon on Telling Athletes' Stories, Overcoming Obstacles to Win Outstanding Live Special NBC Sports was honored with Outstanding Live Special on Monday night By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 12:45 pm

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From a production perspective, the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Special is the biggest honor of the night. Many noteworthy productions were nominated, but NBC Sports' presentation of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics came out on top.

At the ceremony, NBC Olympics' Executive Producer Molly Solomon explains the logistical and operational hurdles that needed to be navigated in order to produce a successful event and how the network continues to come up with fresh ideas every two to four years.

Those credited on the project included:

Executive Producer

Peter Bevacqua, Molly Solomon

Coordinating Producers

Rebecca Chatman, Richard Cordella, Joe Gesue, Robert Hyland, Mark Lazarus, Mark Levy, Brian Orentreich, James Thompson

Senior Producers

John Barnes, Mark Bellotti, Marissa Boyajian, Ryan Burke, Kelly Campbell, Thomas Davidson, John Felling, Daniel Fleschner, Sam Flood, David Gabel, Joe Gallin, John Gilmartin, Brian Gilmore, Stephen Greenberg, David Grindley, Lee Ann Gschwind, Vivian Kim, William Kunz, Matthew Marvin, William Matthews Jr., Daniel McColl, John McGuinness, Kaare Numme Iii, Phil Parrish, David Patterson, David Picker, Jaime Sasso, Tracy Snyder, Ron Vaccaro, Gary Zenkel

Producers

Michelle Acevedo, Chris Alexopoulos, Paul Aspan, Todd Benjaminson, Shane Bishop, Matthew Boline, Charles Bottitta Jr., Wallace Bruckner, Kerry Byrnes, Tim Canary, James Carr, Brett Castelluccio, Darren Chiappetta, Michelle Cho, Aaron Cohen, Liz Collins, Mark Condron, Nancy Devaney, Richard Diamond, Shanshan Dong, Robert Dustin, William Ebersol, Duane Evans, Yiannis Exarchos, Aaron Feldstein, Joel Felicio, Joshua Freedenberg, Neil Gallow, Rene Hatlelid, Darryl Jefferson, Scott Karpen, Scott Keith, Kristen King, Colleen Kragh, Susan La Salla, Terri Leopold, Steven Louie, Christopher Maguire, Brittany Mania, Alexa Maremaa, Agata Michalak, Jaime Necrason, Elyse Noonan, Richard O'Connor, William O'Reilly, Atila Ozkaplan, Nicholas Pace, Diane Penny, Alexa Pritting, Stephanie Purcell, Xavier Rangel, Tom Roche, Lauren Ruderman, Susan Saladino, Olivia Santini, Lindsay Schanzer, Michael Shames, Lana Sherman, Lyndsay Signor, Donald Slouffman, Kevin Soldani, Peter Steep, Daniel Steir, Jennifer Storms, Shane Swinnerton, Gino Tanasescu, Jennie Thompson, Kaitlin Urka, Patricia Vega, David Wilke, Amy Zimmerman

Videotape Producers

Alex Budish, Cynthia Castanares, Drew Devine, Marissa Havens, Maeve Kelly, Kenneth Pivor, Carly Santiago, Andrew Schutzman, Paige Shepperly, Michelle West

Feature Producers

Tina Cerbone, Jennifer Chiogioji, Scott Cohen, Stacy Gitlin, Rachel Goodman, Paul Hawkins, Whitney Loehr, Justin Masse, Valentine Moossa, Stephen Palgon, Max Rahamin, Rahul Rohatgi, Alexandra Shaule, Kathryn Walsh, Laurie White, Elinore Wright

Field Producers

Kate Anderson, Savannah Brotherton, Claire Brown, Joanne Deherrera, Jeffrey Fabian, Robert Kistner Iii, Gregory Magruder, Christene Martin, Billy Rapaport, Margaret Ryan, Mason Seay, Robin Sherman, Jackie Smith, Devan Valoroso

Highlight Producers

William Boland, Jean Casimir, Julie Frahm, Eric Hamilton

Coordinating Director

Michael Sheehan

Senior Director

Glenn Morris

Directors

Kelly Atkinson Jr., Corey T Boudreau, Charles Dammeyer, Elizabeth Donovan, Douglas Grabert, Scott Katz, Susan King, Robert Lanning, Steven Lawrence, Terry Lingner, Joseph Martin, Jennifer Morrison, Timothy Nelson, Sean Owens, Sean Page, James Pritting, Michael Torello

Associate Producers

Amelia Acosta, Alexis Aurigemma, Marina Ayuso, Victoria Balarezo, Colin Bane, Joseph Bartozzi, Evan Baughman, Gabriella Beltrami, Eleanor Bering, Will Bjarnar, Alex Boccard, Lauren Boone, Benjamin Bouma, Nicholas Bruce, Robert Calamari, Hallie Carmen, Hannah Caso, James Castelluccio, Daniel Charlip, Lisa Chisholm, Michael Cloonan, Julia Clukey, Alexis Coble, David Cook, Miles Coplin, Carolyn Costa, John Coyle, Harvey Creasey, Daniel Cuthbert, Lauren De La Rosa, Caroline Delfin, Anthony Devita, Rachel Dibartolo, Adam Discko, Andrew Dougherty, Monica Downer, Benjamin Drabik, Christopher Dupre, Arthur Durazo, Michelle Ellis, Elizabeth Eng, Patricia Ennis, Brian Fahey, Micki Fahner, Lauren Fein, Adam Feldfogel, Patricia Fiske, Robert Fitzgerald, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Matthew Ford, Josh Fowler, Quinn Frankel, Evan Frondorf, Daniel Fumano, John Furlong, Nicole Gaddie, James Gallagher, John Gallagher, Kelly Garcia, Alexander Ginnis, Brandon Glass, Daryel Gonzalez, Philip Guidry, Frederick Haas, Brian Halligan, Casey Halpern, Megan Hart, Paul Herlihey, Courtney Holt, Jedidiah Hopkins, Cindy Hsieh, Matthew Hubbard, Sarah Hughes, Catherine Hunt, Michelle Hurni, John Jarrett, Madison Jones, Michael Kaas, Elliott Kalb, Bryce Kerr, Charles Kiernan, Carol Ko, Kellie Krake, Meghan Kuebler, Phil Lavanco, Larry Lazo, Patrick Leemann, Euan Leith, Kyle Levasseur, Jay Levin, Alex Levine, Andrew Lief, Charrissa Lin, Tyler Loiselle, Grant Lokken, Abigail Lorge, Alex Loschiavo, Kyle Lynch, Scott Lyons, Michael Macesich, Paul Marmaro, Leslie Mazvinsky, Matthew McCollough, Kiara McIver, Alex Metzman, Kirk Meyer, Eric Mirlis, Kat Misko, Deanne Mollema, Erin Moskalczak, David Mueller, Katherine Munro, Stacey Nash, Fallon Oeser, Sean O'Gara, Nicholas Olczyk, Alex Olsen, Olivia Ormond, Sara Oromchi, Patrick O'Rourke, Maria Pagano, Jeff Paris, Jessica Parratto, James Patton, Glenn Petraitis, Caroline Pineda, Jim Piscitelli, Marvin Pittman, Barbara Poskanzer, Jonathan Quartuccio, Daniel Radov, Ana Ramos, Matt Ramundo, Marisa Rauwald, Brian Reilly, Harrison Root, Matt Rosenf

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