The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the nominees for this year’s Sports Emmy Awards to be given on April 30 at the Time Warner Center in N.Y. The ESPN family of networks lead the way with 55 total nominations, while the NBC Sports Group garnered 32, CBS entries received 26 nominations and Turner Sports networks have 22. ESPN garnered 36 nominations to lead all individual networks, with NBC gaining 22 nominations and HBO receiving 19. The NATAS will give its Lifetime Achievement Award for Sports to commentator/essayist Jack Whitaker (NATAS). The following are the nominees for best studio host and analysts, best game play-by-play announcer and analyst, and best weekly and daily studio show.
| BEST STUDIO HOST |
| James Brown | CBS/Showtime |
| Bob Costas | NBC/MLB Network |
| Bryant Gumbel | HBO |
| Ernie Johnson | TNT/NBA TV |
| Dan Patrick | NBC/DirecTV |
| BEST PLAY-BY-PLAY |
| Marv Albert | CBS/TBS/TNT |
| Joe Buck | Fox |
| Mike Emrick | NBC/Versus |
| Al Michaels | NBC |
| Jim Nantz | CBS |
| BEST STUDIO ANALYST |
| Charles Barkley | CBS/NBA TV/TNT |
| Skip Bayless | ESPN2 |
| Cris Collinsworth | Showtime |
| Trent Dilfer | ESPN |
| Kirk Herbstreit | ESPN |
| Al Leiter | MLB Network |
| Harold Reynolds | MLB Network |
| BEST SPORTS EVENT ANALYST |
| Cris Collinsworth | NBC |
| Gary Danielson | CBS |
| Jon Gruden | ESPN |
| Jim Kaat | MLB Network |
| Mike Maycock | NFL Network |
| BEST WEEKLY STUDIO SHOW |
| "College GameDay" | ESPN |
| "Football Night in America" | NBC |
| "Inside the NBA on TNT" | TNT |
| "Inside the NFL" | Showtime (CBS Sports) |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" | ESPN |
| BEST DAILY STUDIO SHOW |
| "Inside the NBA on TNT" (Playoffs) | TNT |
| "MLB Tonight" | MLB Network |
| "NASCAR Now" | ESPN |
| "Pardon the Interruption" | ESPN (Rydholm Projects) |
| "SportsCenter" | ESPN |
| "SportsNation" | ESPN2 |
TWITTER REAX: The nominees were being discussed on Twitter this morning. CBS'
Tim Brando wrote, "Proud of my colleagues at Raycom Sports. For the 3rd time in 4yrs. Football Saturdays in the South captured an Emmy Award. Happy to Host it!" ESPN's
Ryan McGee wrote, "Congrats to all my friends across the biz for their Sports Emmy noms. And how about that #NASCAR Now?!" Blogger
John Daly wrote, "So, @dpshow not nominated for outstanding daily studio show Sports Emmy..but Sports Nation is! #cutefactor."
