Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host

The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host has been awarded since 1993. The award is given to an on-air personality that hosts a pregame or postgame show, or gives news during event coverage, but does not commentate on the event itself. This award is considered to be the most prestigious of all given under the Outstanding Sports Personality category. Before this subcategory was set up, an award was given to either a studio host or an event commentator from 1968 to 1992. See that article for a list of winners (Outstanding Host or Commentator).

List of Winners

Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.

1993: Bob Costas (NBC)
1994: Bob Costas (2) (NBC)
1995: Bob Costas (3) (NBC)
1996: Bob Costas (4) (NBC)
1997: Dan Patrick (ESPN)
1998: James Brown (FOX)
1999: James Brown (2) (FOX)
2000: Bob Costas (5) (NBC)
2001: Bob Costas (6) (HBO) / Ernie Johnson, Jr. (TNT/TBS)
2002: Bob Costas (7) (NBC/HBO)
2003: Bob Costas (8) (NBC/HBO)
2004: Bob Costas (9) (NBC/HBO)
2005: Bob Costas (10) (NBC/HBO)
2006: Ernie Johnson Jr. (2) (TNT)
2007: James Brown (3) (CBS)
2008: Bob Costas (11) (NBC/HBO)
2009: Bob Costas (12) (NBC/MLB Network)
2010: Bob Costas (13) (NBC/MLB Network)
2011: Bob Costas (14) (NBC/MLB Network)
2012: Bob Costas (15) (NBC/NBC Sports Network)
2013: Bob Costas (16) (NBC/MLB Network)
2014: Ernie Johnson Jr. (3) (TNT/TBS) - gave the trophy to the family of the late Stuart Scott
2015: Bob Costas (17) (NBC/MLB Network)
2016: Bob Costas (18) (NBC/MLB Network)
2017: Bob Ley (ESPN)
2018: Ernie Johnson, Jr. (4) (TNT/CBS)
2019: Ernie Johnson, Jr. (5) (TNT/CBS)
2020: Ernie Johnson, Jr. (6) (TNT/CBS)
2021: Mike Tirico (NBC)
2022: Mike Tirico (2) (NBC)
2023: Mike Tirico (3) (NBC)
2024: Ernie Johnson, Jr. (7) (TNT/CBS){{cite web |title=45th Sports Emmy Winners |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/45th-Sports-Emmys-Winners-Release.pdf |website=The Emmys.TV |publisher=NATAS |access-date=May 21, 2024}}

Winners and nominees

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style="background:#bebebe;" !scope="col" style="width:8%;"\| Year !scope="col" style="width:30%;"\| Personalities !scope="col" style="width:10%;"\| Network !scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"\|{{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" \| 2017 (39th) \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| Bob Ley {{double dagger\|alt=Award winner}} \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| ESPN \|{{cite web\|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners of the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_39th_winners_release_v04.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=May 8, 2018 \|location=New York }}
Rece Davis \| ESPN \|rowspan=4\|{{cite web\|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_39th_nominations.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=March 28, 2018 \|location=New York }}
Ernie Johnson Jr. \| TBS/CBS/TNT/truTV
Curt Menefee \| FOX
Dan Patrick \| NBC
scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" \| 2018 (40th) \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| Ernie Johnson Jr. {{double dagger\|alt=Award winner}} \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| TNT \|{{cite web\|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners of the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sports-40th-winners-release-8.13.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=May 20, 2019 \|location=New York }}
Rece Davis \| ESPN \|rowspan=5\|{{cite web\|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports-40th-emmy-nominations.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=April 3, 2019 \|location=New York }}
Bob Ley \| ESPN
Curt Menefee \| FOX
Mike Tirico \| NBC/Golf Channel
Scott Van Pelt \| ESPN
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" \| 2019 (41st) \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| Ernie Johnson Jr. {{double dagger\|alt=Award winner}} \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| TNT \|{{cite web\|title=Winners Announced for the 41st Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sports-41st-winners-v4-1.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=August 11, 2020 \|location=New York }}
James Brown \| CBS/Showtime \|rowspan=4\|{{cite web\|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 41st Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/41st-Sports-Nominations-Release-v2.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=March 26, 2020 \|location=New York }}
Brian Kenny \| MLB Network
Mike Tirico \| NBC/NBCSN
Scott Van Pelt \| ESPN
scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" \| 2020 (42nd) \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| Ernie Johnson Jr. {{double dagger\|alt=Award winner}} \|style="background:#FAEB86"\| TNT \|{{cite web\|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Winners of the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sports-42nd-winners-release-full-v2.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=June 8, 2021 \|location=New York }}
Rich Eisen \| NFL Network/Peacock/NBCSN/DirecTV/{{Nowrap\|B/R Live}} \|rowspan=4\|{{cite web\|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards \|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42nd_Sports_Nominations-v3.pdf \|publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences \|access-date=June 26, 2021 \|date=April 20, 2021 \|location=New York }}
Rachel Nichols \| ESPN
Mike Tirico \| NBC/NBCSN/Golf Channel
Scott Van Pelt \| ESPN

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scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2017
(39th)

|style="background:#FAEB86"| Bob Ley {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

|style="background:#FAEB86"| ESPN

|{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners of the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_39th_winners_release_v04.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=May 8, 2018 |location=New York }}

Rece Davis

| ESPN

|rowspan=4|{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_39th_nominations.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=March 28, 2018 |location=New York }}

Ernie Johnson Jr.

| TBS/CBS/TNT/truTV

Curt Menefee

| FOX

Dan Patrick

| NBC

scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2018
(40th)

|style="background:#FAEB86"| Ernie Johnson Jr. {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

|style="background:#FAEB86"| TNT

|{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners of the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sports-40th-winners-release-8.13.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=May 20, 2019 |location=New York }}

Rece Davis

| ESPN

|rowspan=5|{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports-40th-emmy-nominations.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=April 3, 2019 |location=New York }}

| ESPN

| FOX

| ESPN

scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2019
(41st)

|style="background:#FAEB86"| Ernie Johnson Jr. {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

|style="background:#FAEB86"| TNT

|{{cite web|title=Winners Announced for the 41st Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sports-41st-winners-v4-1.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=August 11, 2020 |location=New York }}

James Brown

| CBS/Showtime

|rowspan=4|{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 41st Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/41st-Sports-Nominations-Release-v2.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=March 26, 2020 |location=New York }}

| NBC/NBCSN

| ESPN

scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2020
(42nd)

|style="background:#FAEB86"| Ernie Johnson Jr. {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}

|style="background:#FAEB86"| TNT

|{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Winners of the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sports-42nd-winners-release-full-v2.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=June 8, 2021 |location=New York }}

Rich Eisen

| NFL Network/Peacock/NBCSN/DirecTV/{{Nowrap|B/R Live}}

|rowspan=4|{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42nd_Sports_Nominations-v3.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=April 20, 2021 |location=New York }}

Rachel Nichols

| ESPN

Mike Tirico

| NBC/NBCSN/Golf Channel

Scott Van Pelt

| ESPN

References

Studio Host