Keeping Up With All The Industry Press Releases
ESPN Re-Signs Jonathan Vilma; Former First-Team All-American Moves to ABC Studio for College Football Saturdays
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ESPN and ABC will be home to the 2018 NBA Playoffs from the opening tip to the raising of the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Action begins this weekend with five first round Game 1’s, including a quadrupleheader this Saturday, April 14, starting at 3:30 p.m. ET when the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors and Kevin Durant host the San Antonio Spurs. On Sunday, April 15, the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James host the Indiana Pacers. Mike Breen, analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, and reporter Lisa Salters will call both broadcasts.
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ESPN adds College GameDay Built by The Home Depot and a Saturday Simulcast on ABC to its 2018 NFL Draft plans at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas
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ESPN’s Greenberg, Tessitore, Hubbarth & Champion to Serve as Commentators
MMA Champion Ronda Rousey and Super Bowl Champion DeMarcus Ware are Permanent Coaches
Beginning in May 2017, ESPN will host official Street League Skateboarding event recap shows on ESPN2 and ABC. Throughout the 2017 and 2018 seasons, Street League Skateboarding recap shows will air as part of the World of X Games programming. The ESPN2 shows will feature 90 minutes of event coverage, while the ABC shows will feature an hour of the best moments from each event.
With the nation on edge in the immediate aftermath of horrific events in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas, Disney Media Networks will host a landmark town hall discussion with President Barack Obama and Americans who have been directly affected by recent events. “World News Tonight” Anchor David Muir will moderate a frank and intimate conversation about race relations, justice, policing and equality, produced by ABC News. It will include many of the people whose lives have been changed forever in the last week as the nation sees these issues play out through their eyes. “The President and The People: A National Conversation,” airs Thursday, July 14 (8:00 – 9:00 pm ET/PT), simulcast commercial-free on ABC, ESPN, FREEFORM, ABC News Digital, FREEFORM Digital, WATCH ABC, WatchESPN, Yahoo, ABC News’ Facebook page and YouTube channel and ABC Radio.
ESPN2 will televise live World of X Games: KRob Flips Providence, the Guinness World Record attempt for the longest ramp-to-ramp, no-handed backflip on a BMX bike on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 11:30 p.m. ET. The backflip – from Kennedy Plaza in Providence, R.I. – will also be part of the World of X Games series on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 4 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT on ABC.
30 for 30, College Football, E:60 and SportsCenter Lead the Way
ESPN, Inc. led the industry with 57 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2015, matching its record set a year ago. Leading the way was:
Of note, ESPN’s “Storytelling Unit” – a group within production – contributed 14 of the nominations. They aired on E:60, SportsCenter, College GameDay and Outside the Lines.
The winners will be announced Tuesday, May 10, in New York. ESPN has won 171 Sports Emmy Awards in 28 years of eligibility. ABC Sports won 160 from 1980 – 2008.
ESPN’s nominations by category (all are ESPN, except as noted):
| Live Series | College Football (ESPN, ABC) |
| Short Sports Documentary | 30 for 30 Shorts – Brave in the Attempt |
| 30 for 30 Shorts – First Pitch | |
| 30 for 30 Shorts – Unhittable – Sidd Finch and the Tibetan Fastball | |
| SC Featured – No Excuses | |
| Long Sports Documentary | 30 for 30 – Four Falls of Buffalo |
| 30 for 30 – I Hate Christian Laettner | |
| 30 for 30 – Of Miracles and Men | |
| Studio Show/weekly | College GameDay (football) |
| News Anthology | E:60 (ESPN2) |
| Outside the Lines (ESPN, ESPN2) | |
| SC Featured | |
| Sports Journalism | E:60 – Sepp Blatter’s FIFA |
| E:60 – The Turf War | |
| Short Feature | College GameDay – Adam Griffith: Family Ties |
| E:60 – Made in Dietrich | |
| Long Feature | E:60 – Ernie Johnson |
| E:60 – Silent Night Lights | |
| SC Featured – Miraculous: The Austin Hatch Story | |
| Open/Tease | Jimmy V Classic open |
| Trans-Media Sports Coverage | 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN GoalLine) |
| Digital Innovation | ESPN on Snapchat Discover |
| Social TV Experience | 30 for 30 – I Hate Christian Laettner |
| Studio Host | Hannah Storm |
| Scott Van Pelt | |
| Studio Analyst | Jay Bilas |
| Event Analyst | Jon Gruden |
| Kirk Herbstreit (ABC, ESPN) | |
| Jeff Van Gundy (ABC) | |
| Reporter | Tom Rinaldi |
| Technical Team Remote | US Open Tennis (ESPN, ESPN2) |
| Monday Night Football | |
| Technical Team Studio | College GameDay (football) |
| SportsCenter (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNEWS) | |
| Camerawork | E:60 – First in Flight (ABC) |
| Editing – Short Form | Indianapolis 500 tease |
| Jimmy V Classic tease | |
| Editing – Long Form | 30 for 30 – Sole Man (Grantland.com) |
| 30 for 30 Shorts – Every Day | |
| Writing | E:60 – The Family Business (ESPN2) |
| The Open Championship | |
| Music Interpretation | 30 for 30 – Of Miracles and Men |
| Post-Produced Sound | Indianapolis 500 tease (ABC) |
| Live Graphic Design | College Football (ESPN, ABC, ESPN2) |
| Monday Night Football | |
| Post-Produced Graphic Design | Heisman Trophy Presentation |
| Baseball Tonight – John Kruk #NotPictured | |
| Monday Night Football – Enhanced Content Graphics | |
| Studio Design/Art Direction | SportsCenter – SVP Studio X |
| Production Design/Art Direction | Special Olympics World Games – SC Featured: Smile |
| Technical Achievement | College Football Playoff National Championship / Monday Night Football – ESPN Pylon Cam |
| Promotional Announcement | SportsCenter – This is SportsCenter |
| Studio Show in Spanish | Béisbol Esta Noche (ESPN Deportes) |
| Nación ESPN (ESPN Deportes) | |
| SportsCenter Deportes (ESPN Deportes) | |
| On-Air Personality in Spanish | David Faitelson |
| Ernesto Jerez |
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On Friday, the Golden State Warriors’ 89-83 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on ABC, a rematch of the most-watched NBA Finals in ABC history, was up 22 percent from last year by scoring a 6.7 overnight rating, according to Nielsen. (The 6.7 is up from a 5.5 for Cavaliers-Heat on Christmas Day 2014). Yesterday’s Warriors-Cavaliers telecast is the highest-rated NBA Christmas Day game since 2010 (Lakers-Heat, 7.1) and the third-best NBA regular season overnight rating since 1999.
The five-game Christmas Day slate across ABC and ESPN was up nine percent compared to 2014 (ABC, ESPN combined for three games last year).
NBA Christmas Day on ABC
The NBA doubleheader on ABC averaged a 5.5 overnight rating, which is up 15 percent compared to 2014 (4.8). The 5.5 doubleheader average is the highest-rated ABC doubleheader on Christmas Day since 2012.
ABC game-by-game breakdown:
NBA Christmas Day on ESPN
The NBA on ESPN prime-time doubleheader averaged a 2.3 overnight rating, matching 2013 as the highest-rated Christmas Day prime-time doubleheader ever on ESPN. Additionally, ESPN’s Christmas Day tripleheader, which also averaged a 2.3 overnight rating, matched 2013 as the highest-rated Christmas Day tripleheader ever on ESPN.
ESPN game-by-game breakdown:
NBA Christmas Day on WatchESPN
NBA Countdown on ABC generated a 1.6 overnight rating.
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Media contact: Ben Cafardo at 860-766-3496 or ben.cafardo@espn.com, (@Ben_ESPN).
August 12, 2015
As part of the World of X Games on ABC, X Games introduces Real Moto – the latest addition to the Real Series, an online video competition. All five Real Moto video parts will debut today on XGames.com/RealMoto where fans will be allowed to vote for their favorite video. X Games medal winners will be chosen by the Real Moto riders and their filmer/editors and announced during the World of X Games show on Saturday, August 22 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on ABC. This marks the third Real Series competition out of five this year.
Next weekend’s Real Moto show will feature five of the top freestyle motocross professionals in the world and their individual video parts, behind-the-scenes, athlete interviews and conclude in the selection of the winner for the event. Athletes were given the opportunity to team up with an editor and produce a 90-second video part to showcase their unique riding styles in their own vision.
The five Real Moto athletes invited to compete are from left to right: Drake McElroy, Jeremy Stenberg, Mike Mason, Ronnie Renner and Wes Agee. Photo Credit: ESPN Images
Athletes featured in Real Moto are detailed below:
The World of X Games is a weekly program on ABC and ESPN platforms, which features a variety of X Games and athlete-focused content. For the most updated schedule and information on World of X Games, go to www.xgames.com. Check local listings for additional details.
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Contacts:
Joyce Wang ESPN Communications, 213-405-4403, joyce.wang@espn.com
Crystal Yang Edwards ESPN Communications, 213-405-4401, crystal.j.yang@espn.com