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  • Disney+ “Ramping Up Production” Across Europe

    Disney+ “Ramping Up Production” Across Europe

    Disney+ is “ramping up production” across Europe, increasing commissioning for both scripted and non-scripted content, including a high-profile documentary on Welsh soul singer Duffy, a murder mystery set in Italy and a Turkish comedy featuring a 350-year-old vampire virgin.

    The streamer’s head of content for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Angela Jain, speaking at the Series Mania TV festival on Wednesday, said Disney+ would be boosting regional production across Europe.

    Jain outlined several regional highlights, including a feature documentary on Duffy, the Welsh soul singer who rocketed to global fame with the success of her hit single “Mercy” before dropping out of the public eye. Years later, Duffy posted on social media that she had been abducted and assaulted. The Disney+ documentary from Rare TV and Stellify Media will be the first time she has spoken publicly about her story.

    In Italy, Disney+ has commissioned what Jain called “a classic whodunit” — Murder on Lake Garda —based on the best-selling book by Tom Hindle about a murder on the eve of a glamorous wedding. Fremantle label The Apartment will be producing.

    More on the odd side of the spectrum is The Strange Story of Gustav Maier, a supernatural comedy from Turkey, which Jain pitched as “a hilarious love story about a 350-year-old virgin vampire who falls in love with a human.” MGX is producing in Turkey.

    In Spain, the streamer has ordered the documentary series Abandoned, which will tell the real-life story of three children who were found abandoned at a city train station. Forty years later they set out to uncover the truth about their parents and why they abandoned them. Luminol Media is producing.

    Prominent in its absence from Jain’s commissioning list was Europe’s largest TV territory, Germany, where Disney+ has put multiple planned productions on hold as it reassesses its local strategy there.

  • Josh Johnson to Host 2026 Webby Awards (Exclusive)

    Josh Johnson to Host 2026 Webby Awards (Exclusive)

    Comedian and Daily Show host Josh Johnson is set to host the 2026 Webby Awards, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

    The 30th edition of the celebration of the best of the internet is set to take place on Monday, May 11 at the ceremony’s longtime home of Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

    “The internet and social media we have can be pretty devastating sometimes, so to come together and celebrate more of the internet we want is a dream,” Johnson said in part in a statement in which he noted he was “honored” to be hosting the show.

    Johnson started out as a writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, making his late-night debut in 2017. Since then, he’s worked at The Daily Show as a writer and correspondent and currently a rotating host (he’s hosting Tuesday-Thursday of this week). He’s also an actor and stand-up comedian who recently wrapped up his sold-out Flowers tour.

    “We couldn’t be more excited to have Josh Johnson host this year’s 30th Annual Webby Awards,” Webby Media Group executive director Jesse Feister said in a separate statement. “Josh continues to push boundaries and earn acclaim for himself, combining sharp wit with an empathetic instinct for championing the voices in our community. His point of view and humor come from a real understanding of the Internet and everything that comes with it.”

    The Webby Awards, known for its signature five-word acceptance speeches, celebrates the best of the internet across websites, podcasts, AI, social media, games, apps, creators, ads, software, video and film. Nominees for this year’s Webby Awards will be announced on Tuesday, March 31.

    Past Webby Awards hosts have included Ilana Glazer, Amber Ruffin, Roy Wood Jr., Patton Oswalt, Jenny Slate and Nick Offerman.

  • Woman convicted of manslaughter for administering illegal gluteal injections to Kim Kardashian lookalike

    A Florida woman was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Monday for administering illegal gluteal injections to a woman — cultivating a career as a Kim Kardashian lookalike — who then died the next day due to complications from the procedure, prosecutors said.

    Vivian Alexandra Gomez, 53, was also convicted of practicing medicine without a license and enhancements for causing great bodily injury related to the procedure that caused the death of Christina Gourkani, 34, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.

    Gourkani, who had nearly 140,000 followers on Instagram and more than 200,000 on Twitter, posted photos of herself as a Kardashian lookalike and was open about her passion for plastic surgery. Shortly after her death, her father told Bay Area News Group that she had worked for a Walnut Creek-based cosmetic surgeon, where she underwent procedures to amplify her natural resemblance to the reality TV star.

    “This is one where we don’t have a lot of experience. We’ve done involuntary manslaughters loads of times, but one like this was new for us,” said San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe. “We weren’t confident which way the jury would go, but the jury clearly had no trouble with it. They deliberated for just three hours and arrived at their guilty verdicts.”

    “The bottom line to it was that, this time (Gomez) injected not silicone, but a drug into a human being, and that human being immediately reacted and was dead the next day,” he added. “A human being lost their life.”

    Geoff Carr and May Mar, Gomez’s defense attorneys, said that Gomez took the news of her conviction “stoically.” Carr added that Gomez feels “sad” and “personally responsible.”

    During the trial, they argued that there were “interesting issues about causation” – whether the gluteal injections of a product called Biosil directly caused the medical issues that killed Gourkani, Carr said.

    “The question was, what exactly had killed the woman?” Carr said. “Not whether our client did something, but whether what our client did actually kill her.”

    Carr added that there was also not further investigation into what was actually in what Gomez injected. She believed it was Biosil, which is at times marketed as being made with silicone and at times marketed as not being made with silicone. Gomez “may have been injecting silicone not knowing about it,” or the product may have not been what it was represented as, he said.

    The drug that Gomez injected was “something in the silicon family,” Wagstaffe said.

    The procedure is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration due to its health danger, prosecutors said.

    “She had no license at all to do it,” Wagstaffe added.

    Carr said that Gomez learned to do the procedure in Colombia, where it is legal, and had been offering it on and off for about ten years.

    Gomez could face up to seven years in prison pending her sentencing, prosecutors said.

    The jury came to its verdict after a 15 day trial, prosecutors said. The trial was overseen by San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Leland Davis.

    Gomez, a resident of Palm Beach, Florida, ran an unlicensed cosmetology business in her home state, prosecutors said. On April 19, 2023, Gomez flew to San Francisco International Airport to meet Gourkani, who hired her to administer the gluteal injections.

    Gomez, Gourkani and Gourkani’s fiancé met at a hotel in Burlingame, where Gomez administered the injections, prosecutors said.

    Gourkani “quickly fell very ill,” prosecutors added, prompting her fiancé to call 911. Gourkani was taken to the Mills Peninsula Hospital, where she died one day later due to a pulmonary embolism and respiratory failure.

    Gomez left California and returned to Florida, where she was soon arrested and extradited to San Mateo County.

    Wagstaffe said that other women Gomez had previously done the procedure on complained that it made them “feel poorly.” Carr added that previous clients of the procedure developed infections and lumpiness at the site of the injections.

    Gomez will next appear in court May 5 for her sentencing. She remains in custody on no bail status. She was previously out on $200,000 bail.

    Wagstaffe said that Davis’ decision to remand Gomez into custody is indicative that he “equally views this as a very serious conviction.”

  • ‘Morning Joe’ Duo Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Inks New Long-Term Deal With MS NOW

    ‘Morning Joe’ Duo Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Inks New Long-Term Deal With MS NOW

    MS NOW is sticking with Morning Joe.

    The cable channel has inked new long-term deals with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

    Axios, which first reported on the deal, says the contracts will run through the end of 2029.

    The new deal keeps the power duo, and arguably two of its most powerful on-air personalities, on the channel past the 2028 election. Not bad for a show that was originally a fill-in program when it launched on MSNBC nearly 20 years ago in 2007. That temporary show has since become a flagship of MS NOW’s lineup.

    Last week MS NOW president Rebecca Kutler announced a significant overhaul of its lineup, including trimming Morning Joe from four hours back to its original three.

    But Scarborough has also begun to push beyond the TV, launching a newsletter called The Tea, which expands the show’s reach to the afternoons.

    Scarborough told THR last year that he wants to do more than just the show, and that MS NOW’s new home within Versant will enable them to do that faster. Cutting back on the on-air hours will allow them to develop more ideas.

    “When you’re in General Electric or Comcast, there’s layer after layer after layer,” Scarborough said. “What CEO Mark [Lazarus] is so excited about, and what Rebecca is so excited about, and what I’m now really excited about is how entrepreneurial they’re going to be.”

  • British Singer Duffy to Share Kidnap and Sexual Assault Story After Withdrawing From the Public Eye in New Disney+ Doc

    British Singer Duffy to Share Kidnap and Sexual Assault Story After Withdrawing From the Public Eye in New Disney+ Doc

    Welsh singer Duffy, who in 2020 revealed she had been drugged, raped and held hostage over several weeks, will share her story in a new Disney+ documentary.

    Disney+’s EMEA content chief Angela Jain announced the feature-length Hulu Original at Series Mania on Wednesday, saying that the Grammy-winning artist feels finally ready to speak.

    In the late 2000s, Duffy was one of the biggest names in music, with her multi-platinum album Rockferry and its lead single “Mercy” hitting the top of the charts across the globe. Then, she disappeared.

    For 10 years, Duffy vanished from the public eye. And in 2020, in a harrowing Instagram post that shocked Britain, the musician shared that a decade earlier, she had been drugged, kidnapped, and taken to another country, where she was violently and sexually abused.

    “She’s barely been seen or heard from since,” said Disney+. “Until now.”

    “Documenting her life in this way for the first time, the documentary will be a retrospective film traversing Duffy’s life, from her upbringing in Wales, through to her meteoric rise to fame and her withdrawal from public life following her unfathomable experience,” according to the streamer. “The original documentary film will be driven by new, unprecedented access to Duffy, along with a rich and nostalgic archive, and interviews with family, friends and close peers in the music industry.”

    The documentary is executive produced by Fernando De Jesus for Rare TV, who will produce the film in partnership with executive producer Matthew Worthy for Stellify Media. The film was commissioned out of the U.K. for Disney+ by Angela Jain, head of content, and Sean Doyle, vp, unscripted for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It’ll be directed by Gill Callan from Northern Ireland.

    “Fifteen years ago, Duffy was one of the most famous singers in the world. Her voice was distinctly recognizable and powerful. Songs “Mercy” and “Warwick Avenue” from her debut album led to three Brit Awards, a Grammy and Duffy being at the peak of her career. And then she disappeared,” said Doyle. “This film will give Duffy the chance to tell her story in her own words. I am grateful to our collaborators at Rare TV for this unprecedented access, along with Stellify Media for handling this project with sensitivity and care. We set out in a search for impactful, female-led stories in collaboration with Northern Ireland Screen, and it’s a privilege that Duffy’s is the first we’re able to help tell.”

    “But above all, I’m especially in awe of Duffy — for her honesty and courage to share her story,” he added.

  • Democrat captures Florida House seat in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago district

    Democrat captures Florida House seat in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago district

    Emily Gregory’s victory in the previously GOP-held district is the latest Democratic upset before the November midterms.

    Published On 25 Mar 2026

    Democratic candidate Emily Gregory is projected to win a special election for a Florida state House of Representatives seat that includes United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, in the latest sign of strain for Trump’s Republican Party.

    With almost all votes counted from the Tuesday election, Gregory led her Trump-endorsed opponent Jon Maples by 2.4 percentage points, reported the AP news agency.

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    Democrats hailed the victory in the previously Republican-controlled House District 87 as a sign voters are turning against Republicans and Trump before November’s midterm elections. Democrats registered electoral gains in the November 2025 gubernatorial and mayoral elections, with the cost of living cited as a major issue on people’s minds.

    The US decision to join Israel in attacking Iran has driven up oil and gas prices, putting further inflationary pressures on Americans.

    “If Mar-a-Lago is vulnerable, imagine what’s possible this November,” said Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. She said Tuesday’s race was the 29th seat that Democrats have flipped from Republican control since Trump took office.

    “Gas prices are spiking, grocery costs are up, and families can’t get by – it’s clear voters at the polls are fed up with Republicans,” Williams said.

    Gregory grew up north of Palm Beach in Stuart. She’s the owner of a fitness company that works with pregnant and postpartum women, and she has never run for elected office before.

    Speaking to MSNOW after her victory, she said she was “pretty shocked” and “having a fairly out-of-body experience”.

    Gregory’s victory is the latest in a series of improbable special election outcomes across the country since Trump returned to the White House more than a year ago, including several notable Democratic wins in Republican-controlled Florida.

    In December, Eileen Higgins won the race for Miami mayor, the first time a Democrat had led the city in nearly three decades. She defeated a Trump-endorsed Republican in a campaign that leaned heavily into criticism of the president’s immigration crackdown, a message that resonated with the city’s large Hispanic population.

    Further west in Texas, Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in a special election in January.

    Trump immediately distanced himself from the loss in a district he’d won by 17 points in 2024, saying “I’m not involved in that” even though he had endorsed the Republican candidate.

    Trump, who keeps Mar-a-Lago as his official residence, voted by mail in the Tuesday election, and his ballot was counted, Palm Beach County voter records show. He chose a mail ballot despite publicly bashing the voting method as a source of fraud and pushing Congress to curtail the practice.

  • Circle Stock Dives as Rival Tether Secures Big Four Audit, Crypto Bill Threatens Stablecoin Yield

    Circle Stock Dives as Rival Tether Secures Big Four Audit, Crypto Bill Threatens Stablecoin Yield

    In brief

    • Circle’s CRCL shares dropped 20% on Tuesday following a recent surge in value for the firm’s stock.
    • Stablecoin giant Tether announced a long-awaited agreement for an audit from a “Big Four” accounting firm.
    • Lawmakers are reviewing compromise language to the Clarity Act market structure bill that could impact stablecoin yield.

    Stablecoin issuer Circle saw its stock take a 20% dive Tuesday following a double shot of potentially concerning news for the firm behind the prominent USDC stablecoin.

    As of the close of trading, CRCL changed hands for $101.24, falling just over 20% on the day—and it’s ticking down further in after-hours trading thus far, as of this writing. Shares of the closely aligned crypto exchange Coinbase also fell nearly 10% on the day, finishing at $181.04.

    Early Tuesday, stablecoin rival Tether—issuer of the largest stablecoin by market cap, USDT—said that it had agreed to undergo a full audit by an unnamed “Big Four” accounting firm, one of the last potential hurdles to compliance with the U.S. GENIUS Act. That could make Tether a bigger domestic threat to Circle in the future.

    Circle’s share price may also have been impacted by the latest developments with another piece of legislation, the proposed Clarity Act market structure bill that’s still being revised by lawmakers. Crypto lobbyists reviewed compromise language regarding stablecoin yield on Monday, with the banking lobby currently reviewing to see if they’ll get onboard with the version of the language put together by Senators Alsobrooks and Tillis and the White House.

    Speculation over the reported Clarity Act draft has echoed across social media as crypto industry players grapple with the potential impacts if restrictions on stablecoin yield make it into the final version of the bill—and it’s ultimately passed.

    At the time of writing, Coinbase has been offering 3.5% rewards for USDC balances held on its premium Coinbase One platform. The company just ended its USDC rewards program for free exchange users in December. At the time, it had been advertising 4.5% rewards for Coinbase One users, but has since adjusted its rewards rate.

    Coinbase competitor Kraken has been offering up to 5% rewards on USDC balances held on its platform. And Binance, the largest centralized crypto exchange by volume, pays users 5.63% on USDC balances held in its wallets. Binance used to offer its own stablecoin, BUSD, but stopped minting new tokens after its issuing partner Paxos ran afoul of New York regulators, who alleged the firm hadn’t done enough due diligence.

    Analysts have otherwise been optimistic about Circle. The company’s shares have gained 170% since early February, far outpacing other crypto stocks and the struggling broader stock market.

    Just last week, Clear Street analyst Owen Lau raised the firm’s price target for CRCL to $152 after noting that Mastercard’s $1.8 billion acquisition of BVNK, a stablecoin payments infrastructure firm, was bullish for the space.

    The CRCL surge had also been driven by a blowout earnings report. Circle announced 72% growth in its USDC stablecoin to $75.3 billion and 77% revenue growth to $770 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, triggering a 35% single-day gain that rippled across crypto markets.

    A higher-for-longer interest-rate outlook, reinforced by geopolitical tensions and rising oil prices, had also boosted Circle’s earnings prospects, since the company earns substantial interest on reserves backing its USDC stablecoin.

    At the time of writing, there’s more than $78 billion worth of USDC tokens in circulation, and an equivalent worth of cash or cash-like investments being held by its issuer to back those stablecoins.

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  • OpenAI to Shut Down Sora Video App, Derailing $1 Billion Deal with Disney

    OpenAI to Shut Down Sora Video App, Derailing $1 Billion Deal with Disney

    In brief

    • OpenAI says it will shut down the Sora AI video-generation app and API.
    • Sora evolved from a text‑to‑video tool tied to ChatGPT into a full‑blown social video platform.
    • The shutdown also appears to end a reported $1 billion Disney investment tied to licensing major characters.

    OpenAI will shut down Sora, its AI video-generation platform that allowed users to create short videos from text prompts, as it pivots to “world simulation research to advance robotics,” the company told Decrypt on Tuesday.

    The decision to end its standalone generative video product appears to also disrupt a planned entertainment partnership with Disney tied to the app.

    “As we continue to focus on our roadmap to AGI and the compute needed to deliver agentic AI capabilities, we’re making the tough decision to discontinue supporting Sora as a consumer app and API offerings,” the company added.

    No changes will be made to the AI Image Generator inside ChatGPT, OpenAI confirmed.

    OpenAI said it will share more information soon, including timelines for shutting down the app and its API and details on how users can preserve their work.

    The fallout from OpenAI’s announcement has been swift.

    A proposed $1 billion investment from Disney connected to Sora is no longer moving forward after OpenAI announced it would shut down the app, according to a report by Deadline.

    OpenAI first introduced Sora in February 2024 as a text‑to‑video model that could turn written prompts into short clips.

    The company later expanded the technology with Sora 2, a more advanced model released alongside a standalone Sora mobile app.

    “When we released Sora, our goal was to teach AI to understand and simulate the physical world in motion,” the company said. “We will continue to prioritize longer-term world simulation research, especially as it pertains to robotics and helping people solve problems that require real-world interaction.

    While OpenAI’s entry into video generation was highly anticipated, it became a consistent money drain for the company, reportedly costing about $15 million per day.

    The Sora iOS app introduced a social-style video feed where users could generate and share AI-created clips.

    It also included “cameos,” a feature that allowed users to insert themselves into AI-generated scenes after recording a short video to capture their likeness and voice.

    Sora quickly drew scrutiny as it became widely available.

    Legal experts warned the system could recreate recognizable characters and copyrighted franchises, raising intellectual property concerns.

    Researchers also warned that Sora could be used to spread misinformation, noting that the system produced realistic-looking news footage depicting events that never happened, including of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wearing a cat suit.

    Critics also argued that tools like Sora, designed to generate and distribute low-quality synthetic media, also known as AI slop, could flood the internet.

    In December, OpenAI and Disney announced a three-year agreement that would have allowed the company to license roughly 250 Disney characters from franchises including Frozen, Star Wars, and Marvel for use in AI-generated videos.

    “This agreement shows how AI companies and creative leaders can work together responsibly to promote innovation that benefits society, respect the importance of creativity, and help works reach vast new audiences,” Altman said in a statement at the time.

    Disney said it respects OpenAI’s decision to exit the video-generation business and will continue exploring other ways to work with generative AI.

    “We appreciate the constructive collaboration between our teams and what we learned from it, and we will continue to engage with AI platforms to find new ways to meet fans where they are while responsibly embracing new technologies that respect IP and the rights of creators,” a Disney spokesperson reportedly said.

    Editor’s note: Adds comments from OpenAI

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  • Duffy to Speak About Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Absence From Music for First Time in Disney+ Documentary

    Duffy to Speak About Sexual Assault, Kidnapping and Absence From Music for First Time in Disney+ Documentary

    Duffy, the Welsh singer-songwriter who had a massive hit with “Mercy” in 2008 and then retreated from the limelight, is set to tell her story in a new Disney+ documentary.

    The announcement was made at Series Mania on Wednesday by Angela Jain, Disney+’s head of content for EMEA, in a keynote address. In 2020, Duffy revealed in a social media post that she had stepped away from music in 2011 after being kidnapped and raped.

    Duffy “disappeared off the face of the earth and hasn’t really spoken about what happened in that time, other than about five or six years ago in a social media post,” Jain said, calling the feature-length doc a “really powerful project.”

    “She has entrusted us with her story, so we really have a huge responsibility to handle this with care and sensitivity, because she’s speaking about what happened to her for the first time,” she added. Production is starting soon on the documentary.

    After the initial revelation, Duffy shared details of the kidnapping in a 3,000-word post on her website. “It was my birthday, I was drugged at a restaurant, I was drugged then for four weeks and travelled to a foreign country,” she wrote. The perpetrator, whose name she did not reveal, “made veiled confessions of wanting to kill me.”

    Duffy continued: “It didn’t feel safe to go to the police. I felt if anything went wrong, I would be dead, and he would have killed me. I could not risk being mishandled or it being all over the news during my danger. I really had to follow what instincts I had.”

    She eventually did tell the police, but said in the post that she has felt “petrified” ever since. Of a potential return to music, Duffy said at the time: “I’m doing this to be freed, for all of me to be freed. What follows remains to be seen.”

  • Tom Brady, Jason Kelce, Charles Barkley Among 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards Nominees (FULL LIST)

    Tom Brady, Jason Kelce, Charles Barkley Among 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards Nominees (FULL LIST)

    Alex Rodriguez, Tom Brady, Jason Kelce, Richard Sherman, J.J. Watt and Charles Barkley are among the on-screen sports talent landing nominations for the 47th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. The full list of nominees, announced Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, is led by ESPN, which earned 62 nominations (bolstered by programs including “E60”).

    This Sports Emmys eligibility period covers the calendar 2025 year.

    “From the intensity of live competition to the depth of long-form storytelling, this year’s Sports Emmy nominees capture the full spectrum of what makes sports television so powerful,” said Amy Schmelzer, Head of Sports Emmys, in a statement. “These creators are not only advancing the craft through technical and creative excellence, but also deepening the connection between fans and the moments that define our culture. We look forward to celebrating the meaningful impact they continue to have on audiences everywhere.”

    The Sports Emmys’ 47 categories include Outstanding Live Special, Outstanding Studio Host, Event Analyst, and Emerging On-Air Talent, among others.

    “This class of Sports Emmys nominees showcases the dynamic evolution of sports television, pushing creative boundaries and redefining how stories are told on and off the field,” said NATAS president/CEO Adam Sharp. “As sports programming continues to rank among the most popular and valuable content in media — dominating television viewership and driving streaming growth — these nominees represent the best of the industry. Whether through groundbreaking technical innovation or compelling, character-driven storytelling, we are proud to recognize their outstanding achievements at this year’s Sports Emmy Awards.”

    Host and lifetime achievement honoree will be announced later. The Sports Emmys will take place on Tuesday, May 26, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York.

    Here are this year’s nominations:

    Outstanding Live Sports Special: Championship Event
    College Football Playoff: National Championship (ESPN [Two Circles])
    Fox MLB: World Series – Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers (Fox)
    The Masters (CBS)
    NBA Finals (ESPN)
    Super Bowl LX (NBC | Peacock)

    Outstanding Live Sports Special: Non-Championship Event
    Fox MLB: The 95th All-Star Game (Fox)
    151st Kentucky Derby (NBC | Peacock)
    Monsters Funday Football (ESPN [Beyond Sports | Pixar | NFL])
    NHL in ASL: 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series (NHL Productions)
    NHL on ESPN: 4 Nations Face-Off (ESPN)

    Outstanding Live Sports Series
    Fox NFL (Fox)
    Monday Night Football (ESPN | ABC)
    Monday Night Football with Peyton & Eli (ESPN [Omaha Productions])
    Sunday Night Football (NBC | Peacock)
    Thursday Night Football (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios])

    Outstanding Sports Playoff Coverage
    College Football Playoff (ESPN)
    Fox MLB: The American League Playoffs (Fox | FS1)
    Fox NFL: The NFC Playoffs (Fox)
    NBC NFL Playoffs (NBC | Peacock)
    NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (CBS | TNT)

    Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage
    4 Nations Face-Off: Unveiled (NHL Productions [NHL Productions | Radan Films | NHLPA])
    NFL Game Day All Access: Super Bowl LX (YouTube [NFL Films])
    Official Film of the 2025 Masters (CBS)
    Road To The Super Bowl (NBC [NFL Films])
    UFC The Walk: Topuria vs Oliveria (UFC)

    Outstanding Edited Sports Special
    E60: Paid to Play – Understanding College Sports in 2025 (ESPN)
    The Hall of Fame Knocks Class of 2026 (NFL Network)
    The Madhouse – NASCAR’s Return Into Bowman Gray Stadium (FS1 [Fox Sports Films | NASCAR Studios])
    Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special (ESPN)
    Welcome to the NHL: Meet The Prospects (NHL Productions)

    Outstanding Edited Sports Series: Hosted
    E60 (ESPN)
    Eli Manning Presents: The Undercovers – Baker Mayfield | Justin Jefferson | Micah Parsons (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios | Range Media | Ten Till])
    NFL Films Presents (FS1 [NFL Films])
    Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
    TNT Sports Conversations (TruTV)

    Outstanding ESports Championship Coverage
    2025 Apex Legends Global Series Championship (ESL FACEIT Group)
    2025 Call of Duty League Championship Weekend – OpTic Texas vs Vancouver Surge (ESL FACEIT Group)
    League of Legends Worlds 2025 Final – T1 Esports vs KT Rolster (LoL Esports [Riot Games])
    VALORANT Champions 2025 Grand Final – NRG vs Fnatic (Valorant Esports [Riot Games])

    Outstanding Sports Documentary: Short
    Final Finishers (East 89th St Productions [Tribeca Studios | Bluff Road Films])
    Home Turn (NASCAR Productions [Bluefoot Entertainment])
    NFL Explained: Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show (NFL Media Group)
    NFL Films Presents: The Arctic Challenge (FS1 [NFL Films])
    The Shuffle (HBO Max [NFL Films])

    Outstanding Sports Documentary: Long
    Butterfly in a Blizzard (Bracing For Impact, LLC [Flagship Independent | Big Lift Media])
    Champions Of The Golden Valley (Olympics.com [XTR Studios | Sturgefilm | Tideshift | Optimist | Taleem])
    Clemente (The History Channel [Vinegar Hill | Uninterrupted | Vantage Pictures | Cookie Jar & a Dream Studios | APX Content Ventures | The History Channel])
    E60: Southpaw – The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott (ESPN)
    Elway (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Omaha Productions | MakeMake Productions])
    Surviving Ohio State (HBO Max [Sports Illustrated Studios | 101 Studios | Smokehouse Pictures])

    Outstanding Sports Documentary Series
    Alex vs ARod (HBO Max [Religion of Sports])
    Allen Iv3rson (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios | Unanimous Media | NBA Entertainment | Jersey Legends (a division of Authentic Studios)])
    America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
    Believers: Boston Red Sox (ESPN [Religion of Sports | Artists Equity])
    Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios | Unrealistic Ideas])

    Outstanding Sports Documentary Series: Serialized
    Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues (Whisper TV [Religion of Sports])
    The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (Netflix [One Potato Productions | Boardwalk Pictures])
    Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Netflix [Box to Box])
    Full Court Press (ESPN [ESPN | Omaha Productions | Words + Pictures])
    Quarterback (Netflix [NFL Films | Omaha Productions | 2PM Productions])
    WWE: Unreal (Netflix [Omaha Productions | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | WWE])

    Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Daily
    First Things First (FS1)
    NBA Today (ESPN)
    NFL LIVE (ESPN)
    The Pat McAfee Show (ESPN)
    SportsCenter (ESPN)

    Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Weekly
    College GameDay (ESPN)
    Inside the NBA on TNT (TNT)
    Monday Night Countdown (ESPN)
    The NFL Today (CBS)
    Thursday Night Football (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios])

    Outstanding Sports Studio Show: Limited Run
    College GameDay – College Football Playoff (ESPN)
    Football Night in America: NFL Postseason (NBC | Peacock)
    Fox MLB: The Postseason (Fox | FS1)
    Inside the NBA Playoffs on TNT (TNT)
    Road to the Final Four (CBS | TNT)

    Outstanding Sports Journalism
    Aspiration: Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
    Kobe: The Making of a Legend (CNN Originals)
    Save: The Katie Meyer Story (E60 [ESPN])
    What Is Riley Gaines Hiding?: Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)

    Outstanding Sports Feature: Short Form
    All Heart — Fox CFB: Big Noon Kickoff (Fox)
    Behan Strong — NCAA March Madness (CBS)
    Faces Forever Young — World Figure Skating Championships (NBC | Peacock)
    Just Getting Started — Fox CFB: Big Noon Kickoff (Fox)
    Luckie — College GameDay (ESPN)
    RJ — Fox MLB: The Postseason (Fox)
    A World Away — College GameDay (ESPN)

    Outstanding Sports Feature: Long Form
    Chuskit & Saldon: Frozen Dreams of Ladakh (Olympics.com [XTR Studios])
    Girl Climber (Red Bull Studios [Louder than Eleven])
    Imillaskate: The Cholita Skaters of Bolivia (Optimist [Pachamama Sabia])
    Ride With Me (Golf Central Live from The Open [Golf Channel])
    SC Featured: Love, Abby (SportsCenter [ESPN])
    Tim Green – A Voice Reclaimed (NFL Films Presents [FS1])

    Outstanding Sports Open/Tease
    America’s Game — Super Bowl LX (NBC | Peacock)
    America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
    Brick by Brick — Fox IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
    Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
    The Harder Choice — The 126th Army-Navy Game (CBS)
    Nerves at Augusta National — The Masters (CBS)

    Outstanding Interactive Experience: Sports
    Fan Optionality on Prime Video (Prime Video Sports [Prime Video | Amazon MGM Studios])
    NASCAR Driver Cam on HBO Max (HBO Max)
    The NBA Experience on Peacock (Peacock)
    NHL in ASL (NHL Productions)
    SportsCenter For You (ESPN [WSC Sports | Google])

    Outstanding Digital Innovation: Sports
    MLB App in XR (MLB)
    NFL on NBC Madden NFL Cast (Peacock)
    Prime Insights (Prime Video [Amazon MGM Studios])
    VIP — Yankee Stadium (Apple TV [SoHi Media])
    World of Red Bull in Apple Immersive (Red Bull Media House, NA [Apple])

    Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Event
    College Football Playoff National Championship (ESPN)
    Fox IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox | FS1)
    Fox MLB: World Series – Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Dodgers (Fox | FS1)
    The Masters (CBS)
    Super Bowl LX (NBC | Peacock)

    Outstanding Technical Team: Sports Studio
    College GameDay – College Football (ESPN)
    Fox NFL (Fox)
    NBA on Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios)
    NFL Draft (ESPN)

    Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Short Form
    Brick by Brick — Fox IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
    The Harder Choice (The 126th Army-Navy Game [CBS])
    151st Kentucky Derby (NBC | Peacock)
    A Parisian Rhythm with Omar Sy — Roland-Garros on TNT Sports (TNT | TruTV)
    Silent Super Bowl — NFL Films Presents (FS1 [NFL Films])

    Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Long Form
    America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
    Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
    Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Unrealistic Ideas [Amazon MGM Studios | Unrealistic Ideas])
    I Skied Down Mount Everest (Red Bull Media House GmbH [East Studio])
    Raise The Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football (Heroes & Fables [NFL Films | Skydance Sports | Prime Video Sports | Tampa Bay Buccaneers])
    Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills — Hard Knocks (HBO Max [NFL Films])

    Outstanding Sports Editing: Short Form
    4 Nations Face-Off: For Crest and Country — NHL on ESPN (ESPN)
    The Bay — NBA All-Star on TNT (TNT)
    Brick by Brick — IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
    It’s Time — NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT (TNT)
    A Parisian Rhythm with Omar Sy — Roland-Garros on TNT Sports (TNT | truTV)
    Stanley Cup Playoffs Opening Round: Devils vs Hurricanes – Snap Shot (NHL on ESPN [ESPN])

    Outstanding Sports Editing: Long Form
    American Thunder: NASCAR at Le Mans (NASCAR Studios [Amazon MGM Studios | NASCAR Studios])
    America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix [Skydance Sports | NFL Films | Stardust Frames Productions | Netflix])
    Butterfly in a Blizzard (Bracing For Impact, LLC [Flagship Independent | Big Lift Media])
    Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
    Saquon (NFL Films [Amazon MGM Studios | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | Expanded Media | LBI Entertainment | Vision26 Studios])
    We Beat the Dream Team (TNT | HBO Max [USA Basketball | NBA Entertainment | Blue Ox Films])
    WWE: Unreal (Netflix [Omaha Productions | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | WWE | Netflix])

    The Dick Schaap Outstanding Sports Writing Award: Short Form
    Brick by Brick — IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
    Choices – Lee Corso’s Final Headgear Pick — College GameDay (ESPN)
    It’s Time — NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT (TNT)
    151st Kentucky Derby (NBC | Peacock)
    In Motion and Memory — IndyCar: The 109th Indianapolis 500 (Fox)
    Wimbledon (ESPN)

    Outstanding Sports Writing: Long Form
    Above the Tide: 20 Years After Katrina — E60 (ESPN)
    Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
    Going Inside (TNT)
    In Season with the NFC East — Hard Knocks (HBO Max [NFL Films])
    The Superdome At 50 — NFL Films Presents (FS1 [NFL Films])

    Outstanding Music Direction: Sports
    Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East (HBO Max [NFL Films])
    Home Turn: Daytona Beach, FL (NASCAR Studios [Bluefoot Entertainment])
    Memphis to the Mountain: Acclimatization | Elevation (Andscape [Sender Films])
    NCAA Final Four: San Antonio – Unwritten Reimagined (CBS [Sony Music])
    NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT: It’s Time (TNT)
    Surviving Ohio State (HBO Max [Sports Illustrated Studios | 101 Studios | Smokehouse Pictures])
    Thursday Night Football (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])

    Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Live Event
    Apple TV: Friday Night Baseball (Apple TV [MLB Network])
    Fox MLB (Fox | FS1)
    Fox NASCAR (Fox | FS1)
    Fox NFL (Fox)
    Sunday Night Football (NBC | Peacock)

    Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Post-Produced
    Believers: Boston Red Sox (ESPN [ESPN | Religion of Sports | Artists Equity])
    Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel (Unrealistic Ideas [Amazon MGM Studios | Unrealistic Ideas])
    E60: Above the Tide – 20 Years After Katrina (ESPN)
    Earnhardt: Dale (Imagine Documentaries [Amazon MGM Studios | Imagine Documentaries | Everyone Else | NASCAR Studios | Dirty Mo Media])
    Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills (HBO Max [NFL Films])
    NHL Stanley Cup Final on TNT: It’s Time (TNT)

    Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Event/Show
    Fox NFL (Fox)
    Monsters Funday Football (ESPN [Beyond Sports | Big Studios | Pixar])
    NBA on NBC & Peacock (NBC | Peacock)
    NBA on Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])
    Thursday Night Football (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])

    Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Specialty
    Believers: Boston Red Sox (ESPN [ESPN | Religion of Sports | Artists Equity])
    MLB Now Open (MLB Network)
    NFL on CBS: The Evolution of the Big Head – Merging Human Artistry with AI Innovation (CBS)
    NFL Slimetime (Nickelodeon)
    WWE: Unreal (Netflix [Omaha Productions | NFL Films | Skydance Sports | WWE | Netflix])

    Outstanding Studio Or Production Design/Art Direction: Sports
    Celtics City (HBO Max [Ringer Films | Words + Pictures | Left/Right | NBA Entertainment])
    Fox NFL Sunday: Case of the Missing Best Team | The Dynasty Blueprint | The Waiting Room (Fox)
    Monsters Funday Football (ESPN [Beyond Sports | Big Studios | Pixar])
    NBA on Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios [Amazon MGM Studios])
    NFL Slimetime (Nickelodeon)
    The NFL Today: The Virtual Time Machine – Rebuilding the Legacy of The NFL Today (CBS)

    The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award
    College Football – POVORA Wireless Tilt Control CapCam: Stabilized CapCam with Remote Tilt Control (ESPN [Povora])
    Fox IndyCar: Augmented Reality (Fox | FS1)
    Fox MLB: The Postseason – UmpCam AR Strike Zone System (MLB | Major League Baseball [Fox Sports | Bolt6 | Virtual Eye])
    The Last Crescendo – The 4th Judge: First-Ever AI Power Boxing Judge (DAZN)
    TGL Presented by SoFi: SmartPin Cam (ABC | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPN+)
    2025 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo – AIQ: Where Data Meets Dirt (Teton Ridge)

    Outstanding Promotional Announcement: Sports
    City of Fury – Fatal Fury in Times Square (BigTime Creative Shop [Truffle])
    ESPN Sports Forever (ESPN | ESPN+ [Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners | ESPN Creative Studio | Division7 | The Herd])
    Fastest Racing on Earth — Fox IndyCar (Fox | FS1 | FS2 | Fox News | Fox Business | BTN | Deportes | [Special Group | Biscuit Filmworks | Cabin Edit | Eleven Sound | Ethos | Pariah | New Math])
    Milan-Cortina Olympics on NBC & Peacock (NBC | Peacock)
    NBA on NBC & Peacock (NBC | Peacock)
    Unforgettable Awaits – 2025 NBA Finals (Warner Brothers Discovery)

    Outstanding Public Service Content: Sports
    Champion – Super Bowl LX (National Football League [72andSunny | Morton Jankel Zander, Inc.])
    ESPN Take Back Sports Movement (ESPN)
    Line ‘Em Up (JOAN Creative [JOAN Studios])
    Notre Dame: What Would You Fight For? (NBC | Peacock)

    Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Host
    Rece Davis (ESPN)
    Rich Eisen (NFL Network)
    Ernie Johnson (TNT | CBS)
    Scott Van Pelt (ESPN)
    Laura Rutledge (ESPN)
    Kate Scott (CBS | Paramount+)

    Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Analyst
    Charles Barkley (TNT)
    Clark Kellogg (CBS | TNT)
    Mina Kimes (ESPN)
    Pedro Martinez (TNT)
    Candace Parker (TNT | TBS)
    Alex Rodriguez (Fox | FS1)

    Outstanding Sports Personality: Play-By-Play
    Joe Buck (ESPN)
    Joe Davis (Fox | FS1 | NFL Network)
    Ian Eagle (CBS | TNT | Netflix | Amazon)
    Jim Nantz (CBS)
    Mike Tirico (NBC | Peacock)

    Outstanding Sports Personality: Event Analyst
    Troy Aikman (ESPN)
    Tom Brady (Fox)
    Cris Collinsworth (NBC | Peacock)
    Greg Olsen (Fox | NFL Network)
    Bill Raftery (CBS | TNT | Fox)

    Outstanding Sports Personality: Sideline Reporter
    Tom Rinaldi (Fox | FS1)
    Holly Rowe (ESPN)
    Laura Rutledge (ESPN)
    Lisa Salters (ESPN)
    Tracy Wolfson (CBS | TNT)

    Outstanding Sports Personality: Emerging On-Air Talent
    Andraya Carter (ESPN)
    Katie George (ESPN)
    Jason Kelce (ESPN)
    Matt Ryan (CBS | Paramount+ | Netflix)
    Richard Sherman (Prime Video)
    J.J. Watt (CBS)

    Outstanding Sports On-Air Personality In Spanish
    Andrés Cantor (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
    Carolina Guillén (ESPN)
    Miguel Gurwitz (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
    Fernando Palomo (ESPN)
    Sammy Sadovnik (MLS Productions)

    Outstanding Sports Studio Show In Spanish
    Ahora o Nunca (ESPN)
    ESPN FC (ESPN)
    Fútbol Picante (ESPN)
    Linea de 4 (Univision | TUDN)
    Premier League Extra (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)
    Rumbo Al Mundial (Telemundo | Universo | Peacock)

    Outstanding Sports Feature Story In Spanish
    Atxa Delgado — Mundo Originals (Mundo NFL [SWAY | Cobra Films])
    Greenland: Venezia (ESPN)
    Los Colores del Istmo — Mundo Originals (Mundo NFL [SWAY | Cobra Films])
    María Llena Eres de Fuerza (ESPN)
    SC Reportajes: Rafael Campos — SportsCenter (ESPN)