
2023 Sports Emmys: ESPN's Phil Dean, Jimmy Platt on Enhancing Monday Night Football With the Addition of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman New-look broadcast booth earns the network the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Series By Kristian Hern ndez, Senior Editor
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 12:23 pm
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After numerous years together at Fox Sports, the broadcast duo of play-by-play commentator Joe Buck and analyst Troy Aikman made the jump to ESPN to join the team with Monday Night Football. Their remarkable debut season led them to winning the 2023 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Series.
At the ceremony, the front bench of ESPN's 2022-23 Monday Night Football slate - Director Jimmy Platt and Producer Phil Dean - took some time to explain the positive impact of their new team in the booth and the individuals behind the scenes that make each week's show a stunning success.
Executive Producers
Steve Ackels, Stephanie Druley, Julie McGlone, Jimmy Pitaro
Supervising Producer
Aimee Stokes
Producers
Phil Dean, Amanda Paschal
Feature Producer
Rico Labbe
Field Producer
Eric Lundsten
Replay Producer
Kyle Brown
Director
Jimmy Platt
Associate Producers
Brian Arnold, Brandon Barrad, Jodi Brits, Kaila Burns-Heffner, Tyler Churchill, Lauren Collins, Colleen Douglass, Joe Durante, Bill Garrity, Tony Granieri, Johnny Gutierrez, Ryan Hoff, Steve Horn, Curt Johnson, Martin Khodabakhshian, Steven Kim, Jess Kraus, Audra Leimberg, Trey Liburd, Michael Logan, David Moulton, John Parolin, Olivia Powers, Jason Rickel, Melany Rivera, Jacob Roen, Bryan Rourke, Lou Russo, Jeff Sarokin, Ed Sfida, Richard Shafter, Sammy Silver, Steven Stetz
Operations Producers
Steven Carter, Dustin Epstein, Kelsey Hahn, Matthew Kwok, Samantha Majewski, James Munn, Joe Rainey, Jayne Weathersby, Kevin Wendling
Associate Director
Madeline Kassell
Editors
Todd Anderson, Dan Kocse, Diego Martini, Mark Maynard, Melvin Royster, Natacha Trisri
Stage Manager
Jacqueline Jamison
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