NBC Sports Group earned 41 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2016, highlighted by 14 nominations for its coverage of the Games of the xxI 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 xxI 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 xxI 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 xxI Olympiad(NBCOlympics.com)
- Outstanding Digital Innovation: Games of the xxI 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 xxI Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Games of the xxI Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Technical Team Studio: Premier League Live (NBC/NBCSN)
- Outstanding Camera Work: Games of the xxI Olympiad (NBC)
- Dick Schaap Outstanding Writing Award: Games of the xxI Olympiad(NBC)
- Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound: Games of the xxI Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Live Event Audio/Sound: NASCAR on NBC (NBC)
- Outstanding Live Graphic Design: Games of the xxI Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Studio Design/Art Direction: Games of the xxI 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 xxI Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Games of the xxI Olympiad (NBC)
- Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement: Games of the xxI 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 xxI 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 at www.emmyonline.org.