Outstanding Live Sports Series

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 coverage (CBS)
• 1977-78: The NFL Today/NFL coverage (CBS)
• 1978-79: Monday Night Football (ABC)
• 1979-80: ABC's college football coverage (ABC)
• 1980-81: CBS's PGA Tour coverage (titled PGA Golf Tour) (CBS)
• 1981-82: CBS's NFL coverage (CBS)
• 1982-83: CBS's NFL coverage (CBS)
• 1983-84: no award was given
• 1984-85: no award was given
• 1985-86: no award was given
• 1986-87: CBS's NFL coverage (CBS)
• 1987-88: Monday Night Football (ABC)
• 1988: CBS's coverage of the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (CBS)
• 1989: Monday Night Football (ABC)
• 1990: CBS's coverage of the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (CBS)
• 1991: CBS's coverage of the 1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (CBS)
• 1992: CBS's coverage of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I 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: FOX's coverage of the 1999 Major League Baseball regular season (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)

Multiple wins

8 wins

• Monday Night Football
• NBC Sunday Night Football

5 wins

• NFL on CBS

4 wins

• CBS's coverage of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• NASCAR on Fox

2 wins

• ESPN SpeedWorld
• ESPN Sunday Night Football
• The NFL Today