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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]]''' <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*1994: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (2) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*1995: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (3) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*1996: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (4) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*1997: '''[[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]]''' <small>([[ESPN]])</small>
*1998: '''[[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]]''' <small>([[FOX Sports|FOX]])</small>
*1999: '''[[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]]''' (2) <small>([[FOX Sports|FOX]])</small>
*2000: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (5) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*2001: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (6) <small>([[HBO]])</small> / '''[[Ernie Johnson, Jr.]]''' <small>([[Turner Sports|TNT/TBS]])</small>
*2002: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (7) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[HBO]])</small>
*2003: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (8) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[HBO]])</small>
*[[26th Sports Emmy Awards|2004]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (9) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[HBO]])</small>
*[[27th Sports Emmy Awards|2005]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (10) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[HBO]])</small>
*[[28th Sports Emmy Awards|2006]]: '''[[Ernie Johnson Jr.]]''' (2) <small>([[Turner Sports|TNT]])</small>
*[[29th Sports Emmy Awards|2007]]: '''[[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]]''' (3) <small>([[CBS Sports|CBS]])</small>
*[[30th Sports Emmy Awards|2008]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (11) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[HBO]])</small>
*[[31st Sports Emmy Awards|2009]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (12) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[MLB Network]])</small>
*[[32nd Sports Emmy Awards|2010]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (13) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[MLB Network]])</small>
*[[33rd Sports Emmy Awards|2011]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (14) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[MLB Network]])</small>
*[[34th Sports Emmy Awards|2012]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (15) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[NBC Sports Network]])</small>
*[[35th Sports Emmy Awards|2013]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (16) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[MLB Network]])</small>
*[[36th Sports Emmy Awards|2014]]: '''[[Ernie Johnson Jr.]]''' (3) <small>([[Turner Sports|TNT/TBS]])</small> - gave the trophy to the family of the late [[Stuart Scott]]
*[[37th Sports Emmy Awards|2015]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (17) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[MLB Network]])</small>
*[[38th Sports Emmy Awards|2016]]: '''[[Bob Costas]]''' (18) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]]/[[MLB Network]])</small>
*[[39th Sports Emmy Awards|2017]]: '''[[Bob Ley]]''' <small>([[ESPN]])</small>
*2018: '''[[Ernie Johnson, Jr.]]''' (4) <small>([[WarnerMedia News & Sports|TNT]]/[[CBS Sports|CBS]])</small>
*2019: '''[[Ernie Johnson, Jr.]]''' (5) <small>([[WarnerMedia News & Sports|TNT]]/[[CBS Sports|CBS]])</small>
*2020: '''[[Ernie Johnson, Jr.]]''' (6) <small>([[WarnerMedia News & Sports|TNT]]/[[CBS Sports|CBS]])</small>
*2021: '''[[Mike Tirico]]''' <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*2022: '''[[Mike Tirico]]''' (2) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*2023: '''[[Mike Tirico]]''' (3) <small>([[NBC Sports|NBC]])</small>
*2024: '''[[Ernie Johnson, Jr.]]''' (7) <small>([[WarnerMedia News & Sports|TNT]]/[[CBS Sports|CBS]])</small><ref name="Emmy 24">{{cite web |title=45th Sports Emmy Winners |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/45th-Sports-Emmys-Winners-Release.pdf |website=The Emmys.TV |publisher=NATAS |access-date=May 21, 2024}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Table key
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86; height:20px; width:20px"|{{double-dagger}}
| Indicates the winner
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{| class="wikitable" rowspan="2"  background: #f6e39c;  style="text-align: center;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
!scope="col" style="width:8%;"| Year
!scope="col" style="width:30%;"| Personalities
!scope="col" style="width:10%;"| Network
!scope="col" style="width:2%;" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2017 <br /><small>(39th)</small>
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[Bob Ley]] {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[ESPN]]
|<ref name="2017winner">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners of the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_39th_winners_release_v04.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=May 8, 2018 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[Rece Davis]]
| [[ESPN]]
|rowspan=4|<ref name="2017nominations">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 39th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports_39th_nominations.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=March 28, 2018 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[Ernie Johnson Jr.]]
| [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]/[[CBS]]/[[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]/[[truTV]]
|-
| [[Curt Menefee]]
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
|-
| [[Dan Patrick (sportscaster)|Dan Patrick]]
| [[NBC]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6 style="text-align:center" | 2018 <br /><small>(40th)</small>
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[Ernie Johnson Jr.]] {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]
|<ref name="2018winner">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners of the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sports-40th-winners-release-8.13.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=May 20, 2019 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[Rece Davis]]
| [[ESPN]]
|rowspan=5|<ref name="2018nominations">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 40th Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/sports-40th-emmy-nominations.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=April 3, 2019 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[Bob Ley]]
| [[ESPN]]
|-
| [[Curt Menefee]]
| [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
|-
| [[Mike Tirico]]
| [[NBC]]/[[Golf Channel]]
|-
| [[Scott Van Pelt]]
| [[ESPN]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2019 <br /><small>(41st)</small>
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[Ernie Johnson Jr.]] {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]
|<ref name="2019winner">{{cite web|title=Winners Announced for the 41st Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sports-41st-winners-v4-1.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=August 11, 2020 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[James Brown (sportscaster)|James Brown]]
| [[CBS]]/[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]
|rowspan=4|<ref name="2019nominations">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 41st Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/41st-Sports-Nominations-Release-v2.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=March 26, 2020 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[Brian Kenny (sportscaster)|Brian Kenny]]
| [[MLB Network]]
|-
| [[Mike Tirico]]
| [[NBC]]/[[NBCSN]]
|-
| [[Scott Van Pelt]]
| [[ESPN]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" | 2020 <br /><small>(42nd)</small>
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[Ernie Johnson Jr.]] {{double dagger|alt=Award winner}}
|style="background:#FAEB86"| [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]
|<ref name="2020winner">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Winners of the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sports-42nd-winners-release-full-v2.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=June 8, 2021 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[Rich Eisen]]
| [[NFL Network]]/[[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]]/[[NBCSN]]/[[DirecTV]]/{{Nowrap|[[B/R Live]]}}
|rowspan=4|<ref name="2020nominations">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces the Nominees for the 42nd Annual Sports Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42nd_Sports_Nominations-v3.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=June 26, 2021 |date=April 20, 2021 |location=New York }}</ref>
|-
| [[Rachel Nichols (journalist)|Rachel Nichols]]
| [[ESPN]]
|-
| [[Mike Tirico]]
| [[NBC]]/[[NBCSN]]/[[Golf Channel]]
|-
| [[Scott Van Pelt]]
| [[ESPN]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Studio Host}}
{{Sports Emmy Award categories}}

[[Category:Sports Emmy Awards|Studio Host]]