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[edit]
- 1975-76: Monday Night Football (ABC)
- 1976-77: The NFL Today/NFL on CBS (CBS)
- 1977-78: The NFL Today/NFL on CBS (CBS)
- 1978-79: Monday Night Football (ABC)
- 1979-80: College Football on ABC (ABC)
- 1980-81: PGA Golf Tour (CBS)
- 1981-82: NFL on CBS (CBS)
- 1982-83: NFL on CBS (CBS)
- 1983-84: no award was given
- 1984-85: no award was given
- 1985-86: no award was given
- 1986-87: NFL on CBS (CBS)
- 1987-88: Monday Night Football (ABC)
- 1988: CBS's coverage of the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (CBS)
- 1989: Monday Night Football (ABC)
- 1990: CBS's coverage of the 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (CBS)
- 1991: CBS's coverage of the 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (CBS)
- 1992: CBS's coverage of the 1992 NCAA Division I men's 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: Major League Baseball on Fox regular season coverage (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)
- 2005: NASCAR on Fox (FOX)
- 2006: NASCAR on NBC / TNT (NBC/TNT)
- 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)
- 2009: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2010: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2011: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2012: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2013: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2014: NASCAR on Fox (FOX/Fox Sports 1)
- 2015: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2016: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2017: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
- 2018: NBC Sunday Night Football (NBC)
Multiple wins[edit]
10 wins
8 wins
5 wins
4 wins
- CBS's coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- NASCAR on Fox
2 wins