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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE EARNS RECORD 35 SPORTS EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
‘NFL 360’ Receives Nine Nominations
NFL Network Talent Rich Eisen, Nate Burleson & Andrew Hawkins Receive Nominations
‘Good Morning Football’ & ‘NFL Total Access’ Earn Nominations
NFL Films with 10 Nominations
The National Football League received 35 Sports Emmy Award nominations for its work across NFL Network, NFL Films, NFL.com, the NFL app and the league office, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced today – a record for the League.
NFL Network’s series NFL 360 earned a total of nine nominations across several categories, including three of the five nominations in the Outstanding Long Feature category (Darren Waller – The Other Side, The Gift of Gaba and Sincerely, Q). Additionally, NFL 360 earned two nominations in the Outstanding Edited Sports Special category (Black History Month and Women in Football), a nomination in the Outstanding Sports News/Feature Anthology category (NFL 360), a nomination in the Outstanding Short Feature category (I Love Jags), and nominations in the Outstanding Editing – Long Form (The Gift of Gaba) and Outstanding Post- Produced Graphic Design (Sincerely, Q) categories.
In the Outstanding Short Feature category, the NFL received an additional nomination for NFL Total Access: Reality vs. Perception.
Host Rich Eisen received a nomination in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Host category for his work on NFL Network programs such as NFL GameDay Morning and for his work on The Rich Eisen Show, which streams Monday-Friday at 12 Noon ET on Peacock TV.
NFL Network analysts Nate Burleson and Andrew Hawkins each received nominations as well, with Burleson in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Analyst category and Hawkins in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Emerging On-Air Talent category.
NFL Network received two nominations in the Outstanding Studio Show – Daily category with Good Morning Football and NFL Total Access.
In the Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage category, NFL Films secured three of the five nominations with America’s Game: The 2019 Kansas City Chiefs, Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL – 2020 NFL Draft and NFL Game Day All-Access: Super Bowl LV. In total, NFL Films received 10 nominations.
The NFL Media Group received a nomination in the Outstanding Digital Innovation category honoring its virtual production work.
Following is a complete list of the NFL’s nominations:
OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SERIES FOX NFL (FOX/NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS EVENT COVERAGE America’s Game: The 2019 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL Network/NFL Films) Hey Rookie: Welcome to the NFL – 2020 NFL Draft (ESPN/NFL Films) NFL Game Day All-Access: Super Bowl LV (YouTube/NFL Films)
OUTSTANDING EDITED SPORTS SPECIAL NFL 360: Black History Month (NFL Network) NFL 360: Women in Football (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING SHORT SPORTS DOCUMENTARY NFL Films Presents: The Camden Comeback (FS1/NFL Films)
OUTSTANDING SERIALIZED SPORTS DOCUMENTARY All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur (Amazon/72 Films Limited/Amazon Studios/NFL Films)
OUTSTANDING STUDIO SHOW – DAILY Good Morning Football (NFL Network/Embassy Row/NFL Films) NFL Total Access (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS NEWS/FEATURE ANTHOLOGY NFL 360 (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING SHORT FEATURE NFL 360: I Love Jags (NFL Network) NFL Total Access: Reality vs. Perception (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING LONG FEATURE NFL 360: Darren Waller – The Other Side (NFL Network) NFL 360: The Gift of Gaba (NFL Network) NFL 360: Sincerely, Q (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING DIGITAL INNOVATION NFL Media: Virtual Production (NFL Media Group/Tagboard/SoHi Media)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO HOST Rich Eisen (NFL Network/Peacock/NBCSN/DirecTV/B/R Live)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – PLAY-BY-PLAY Joe Buck (FOX/FS1/NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – STUDIO ANALYST Nate Burleson (CBS/CBS Sports Network/NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – SPORTS REPORTER Erin Andrews (FOX/NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY – EMERGING ON-AIR TALENT Joe Davis (FOX/FS1/NFL Network) Andrew Hawkins (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL TEAM STUDIO 2020 NFL Draft (ESPN/ABC/NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING CAMERA WORK – SHORT FORM Inside the NFL: Super Bowl LV (Showtime/CBS Sports/NFL Films) NFL GameDay Morning: Who Are We (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING EDITING – SHORT FORM NFL GameDay Morning: Who Are We (NFL Network) NFL Total Access: Reality vs. Perception (NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING EDITING – LONG FORM NFL 360: The Gift of Gaba (NFL Network)
THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD – SHORT FORM NFL Total Access: Reality vs. Perception (NFL Network)
THE DICK SCHAAP OUTSTANDING WRITING AWARD – LONG FORM Hard Knocks: Los Angeles (HBO/NFL Films) NFL Films Presents: The Lumberman Quarterback (FS1/NFL Films)
OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED AUDIO/SOUND Hard Knocks: Los Angeles (HBO/NFL Films)
OUTSTANDING LIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN FOX NFL (FOX/NFL Network)
OUTSTANDING POST-PRODUCED GRAPHIC DESIGN NFL 360: Sincerely, Q (NFL Network)
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