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) 2025: Ernie Johnson, Jr. (8) (TNT/CBS)
Winners and nominees + Table key Indicates the winner Year Personalities Network 2017 (39th) Bob Ley ESPN Rece Davis ESPN Ernie Johnson Jr. TBS/CBS/TNT/truTV Curt Menefee FOX Dan Patrick NBC 2018 (40th) Ernie Johnson Jr. TNT Rece Davis ESPN Bob Ley ESPN Curt Menefee FOX Mike Tirico NBC/Golf Channel Scott Van Pelt ESPN 2019 (41st) Ernie Johnson Jr. TNT James Brown CBS/Showtime Brian Kenny MLB Network Mike Tirico NBC/NBCSN Scott Van Pelt ESPN 2020 (42nd) Ernie Johnson Jr. TNT Rich Eisen NFL Network/Peacock/NBCSN/DirecTV/ Rachel Nichols ESPN Mike Tirico NBC/NBCSN/Golf Channel Scott Van Pelt ESPN
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