Sports Emmy Award Nominations: ESPN Networks Lead the Way With 54 Nods

Sports Emmy Award Nominations: ESPN Networks Lead the Way With 54 Nods CBSs 118th Army-Navy Game and ESPNs E:60 and SC Featured led all programs with eight nods each By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 3:33 pm

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ESPN's stable of networks leads the way with 54 nominations, as the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. ESPN's 54 nods were the most of any network group, followed by CBS and Fox with 31 apiece and NBC with 28. CBS's 118th Army-Navy Game along with ESPN's E:60 and SC Featured topped all individual programs with eight nominations apiece, followed by CBS's AFC Championship Game and the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney on CBS/TBS/TNT/TruTV/NCAA.com.

The world of sports television grows larger with each passing year and this year was no exception, NATAS Chairman Chuck Dages said in the announcement. The 39th Sports Emmy Awards encompassed a record-setting number of entries across multiple categories and the level of quality continues to show the growth and seemingly, unlimited potential of what is available for the sports viewing audience.

This looks to be a wide-open competition this year, said Steve Ulrich, Senior Vice President, Sports Emmy Awards. There are newcomers in many categories, and coupled with content creator extraordinaire Barry Frank receiving the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, it should be an exciting evening.

Winners in all 40 categories, along with Lifetime Achievement Award winner Barry Frank, will be honored on Tuesday, May 8 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P Rose Hall.

CLICK HERE for the full list of 2018 Sports Emmy Award nominees and stay tuned here at sportsvideo.org for more in-depth breakdown of the awards nominees.

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