The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Series has been awarded since 1976. Unlike the award for Outstanding Live Sports Special, this award is given to networks for a weekly series in which a specific sport is televised live.
List of winners
1975-76: Monday Night Football (ABC) 1976-77: The NFL Today/NFL on CBS (CBS) 1977-78: The NFL Today/NFL on CBS (CBS) 1978-79: Monday Night Football (ABC) 1979-80: College Football on ABC (ABC) 1980-81: PGA Golf Tour (CBS) 1981-82: NFL on CBS (CBS) 1982-83: NFL on CBS (CBS) 1983-84: no award was given 1984-85: no award was given 1985-86: no award was given 1986-87: NFL on CBS (CBS) 1987-88: Monday Night Football (ABC) 1988: CBS's coverage of the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (CBS) 1989: Monday Night Football (ABC) 1990: CBS's coverage of the 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (CBS) 1991: CBS's coverage of the 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (CBS) 1992: CBS's coverage of the 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (CBS) 1993: Monday Night Football (ABC) 1994: Monday Night Football (ABC) 1995: ESPN SpeedWorld (ESPN) 1996: ESPN SpeedWorld (ESPN) 1997: Monday Night Football (ABC) 1998: NBC Golf Tour (NBC) 1999: Major League Baseball on Fox regular season coverage (FOX) 2000: ESPN Sunday Night Football (ESPN) 2001: NASCAR on Fox (FOX) 2002: The NBA on NBC (NBC) 2003: ESPN Sunday Night Football (ESPN) 2004: Monday Night Football (ABC) ESPN Sunday Night Football (ESPN) INDY Racing League (ABC/ESPN) MLB on Fox (FOX) 2005: NASCAR on Fox (FOX) ESPN College Football (ESPN) ESPN Sunday Night Football (ESPN) Monday Night Football (ABC) NFL on CBS (CBS) 2006: NASCAR on NBC / TNT (NBC/TNT) ESPN College Football (ESPN) ESPN Major League Baseball (ESPN) HBO PPV Boxing (HBO) Monday Night Football (ESPN) 2007: NASCAR on Fox (FOX) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NBA on ESPN (ESPN) / NBA on ABC (ABC) NBC Golf Tour (NBC) NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) NFL on Fox (FOX) 2008: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) ESPN College Football (ABC) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NASCAR on Fox (FOX) NASCAR on TNT Summer Series (TNT) 2009: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) College Football on CBS (CBS) Grand Slam Tennis on ESPN (ESPN) NASCAR on TNT Summer Series (TNT) PGA Tour on CBS (CBS) 2010: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) ESPN College Football (ESPN) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NASCAR on Fox (FOX) / NASCAR on Speed (Speed) NFL on Fox (FOX) 2011: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) HBO WCB/PPV Boxing (HBO) MLB on Fox (FOX) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NBA on TNT (TNT) 2012: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NASCAR on Fox (FOX) / NASCAR on Speed (Speed) NBA on TNT (TNT) NFL on Fox (FOX) 2013: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) ESPN College Football (ABC) HBO Boxing (HBO) Monday Night Football (ESPN) SEC on CBS (CBS) 2014: NASCAR on Fox (FOX/Fox Sports 1) ESPN College Football (ABC/ESPN/SEC Network) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) 2015: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) ESPN College Football (ESPN/ABC) NASCAR on Fox (FOX/Fox Sports 1) NFL on Fox (FOX) Thursday Night Football (CBS/NFL Network) 2016: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) ESPN College Football (ESPN/ABC) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NASCAR on Fox (FOX/Fox Sports 1) NFL on Fox (FOX) 2017: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) NASCAR on Fox (FOX/FS1) NBA on TNT (TNT) NFL on Fox (FOX) Thursday Night Football (NBC/NFL Network) 2018: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC) ESPN Major League Baseball (ESPN) Golf Channel on NBC (NBC) NFL on CBS (CBS) SEC on CBS (CBS) 2022: Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli (ESPN2/ESPN+) Fox College Football (FOX/FS1) Fox MLB (FOX/FS1) NFL on CBS (CBS) Sunday Night Football (NBC) 2023: Monday Night Football (ESPN) NFL on CBS (CBS) Saturday Night College Football (ESPN/ESPN2/ABC) Sunday Night Football (NBC) Thursday Night Football (Prime Video) 2024: Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli (ESPN2) Fox College Football (FOX/FS1) NFL on Fox (FOX) Monday Night Football (ESPN/ABC) Sunday Night Football (NBC/Peacock) 2025: SEC on ABC (ABC/ESPN+) College Football on CBS (CBS Sports) Monday Night Football (ESPN) NFL on Fox (FOX) Sunday Night Football (NBC/Peacock)
Multiple wins 10 wins NBC Sunday Night Football
9 wins Monday Night Football
5 wins NFL on CBS
4 wins CBS's coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NASCAR on Fox
2 wins ESPN SpeedWorld ESPN Sunday Night Football Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli The NFL Today
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