Little League Baseball World Series Coverage Receives Two Emmy Nominations
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The ABC/ESPN presentation of the 2005 Little League Baseball World Series has received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Live Sports Special, and ABC's coverage of the Little League World Series was nominated in the Outstanding Open/Tease category. The awards ceremony will take place May 1 in New York City.
“Throughout its proud partnership with ABC and ESPN, the Little
League World Series has served as a stage to showcase the values of
the Little League program to millions of people,” said Stephen D.
Keener, president and chief executive officer of Little League
Baseball and
Softball. “The creativity and dedication of these two
networks helps to convey Little League’s message of teamwork,
sportsmanship and fair play, even as the coverage focuses on the
outstanding athleticism we see each year here in Williamsport. We
congratulate ABC and ESPN on being nominated, and wish them best of
luck this May at the awards ceremony.”
Last year, more than 40 games in Little League Baseball and Softball were televised nationally on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. Dozens of Little League Baseball and Softball games also were televised regionally and locally. (More information on the procedure for televising games locally is available from the Regional Offices.)
The Sports Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in sports television coverage. For over a quarter century, the National Television Academy has presented the Emmy as a reward for excellence in Sports broadcasting and as an incentive for its continued pursuit.
The list of nominees for the Emmy Awards in which Little League Baseball World Series Coverage was nominated is below. In addition, Harold Reynolds, an analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight as well as for the Little League Baseball World Series, received a nomination in the Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Analyst category.
| National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 2005-06 Emmy Nominations |
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| OUTSTANDING LIVE SPORTS SPECIAL | |
| Little League World Series - ABC / ESPN MLB On FOX: World Series - FOX The Masters - CBS The 134th British Open Golf Championship - TNT The 130th Preakness Stakes - NBC |
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| OUTSTANDING OPEN / TEASE | |
| Little League World Series (U.S. Championship Tease) - ABC NFL on FOX: Super Bowl XXXIX (Game Open) - FOX Winter Gravity Games (Tease Octagon) - OLN World Figure Skating Championships (Show 1 Tease) - ESPN |
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