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Beautiful original Sports Emmy statuette awarded to NBC producer Nicholas Worth for his work on the television broadcast of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics. The iconic award stands 15″ tall with a base diameter of 7.5″, engraved on the base: “2002 Sports Emmy Awards, Outstanding Live Sports Special, ‘XIX Olympic Winter Games,’ NBC, Nicholas Worth, Feature Producer.” The bottom of the base bears its original R. S. Owens label. In very fine condition.
Since the award’s inception in 1976, the Olympic Games have won a total of six Sports Emmy awards for Outstanding Live Sports Special, including: Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics (ABC), Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics (ABC), Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics (ABC), Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics (NBC), Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics (NBC), and Rio 2016 Summer Olympics (NBC).
In the U.S., the 2002 Winter Olympics were broadcast on NBC-owned networks as the first Winter Games covered under NBC’s long-term rights deal with the IOC, which granted exclusive U.S. broadcast rights for all Olympics from 1996–2008 (except 1998, which CBS still held). NBC also partnered with HDNet to produce eight hours of daily high-definition coverage, aired on HDNet and participating NBC affiliates’ digital channels.
