2022 Sports Emmys: ESPN’s Lee Fitting on the Rapid Growth and Industry-Wide Impact of Monday Night Football With Peyton & Eli
The show nicknamed ‘ManningCast’ received the Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Series
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During the 2021 NFL season, ESPN took the concept of the alternative game-viewing experience to the next level when the “ManningCast” took sports media by storm. Now Monday Night Football With Peyton & Eli has been celebrated for its impact by swooping in and grabbing the 2022 Sports Emmy for Outstanding Live Series.
At the Sports Emmys ceremony Tuesday night in New York City, ESPN SVP, Production, Lee Fitting reflected on taking risks with the project, the media prowess of the Manning brothers, and how this style of broadcast is changing live sports.
Those credited on the project included:
Executive Producers
Stephanie Druley, Lee Fitting, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning
Senior Coordinating Producers
Steve Ackels, Ed Placey
Senior Producer
Bryan Ryder
Producers
Jen Aiello, Matthew Bernabeo, Ashley Braband, Dave Chamberlin
Field Producer
Dominick Vargas
Senior Coordinating Director
Lorenzo Lamadrid
Senior Director
Tom Lucas
Directors
Brian Girardin, Lucas Nickerson, Alex Tyner
Senior Associate Producers
Elle Hebel, Steven Kim, Amanda Paschal, Bryan Rourke
Associate Producers
Jeremy Drummond, Tim Langlois, Brian Meek, Emily Osman, Lou Russo, Brett Thompson, Sterling Xie
Operations Producers
Shea Byram, Diane MacLeod, Elle Ramaglia, William Weeks
Associate Director
Kaley Lamarca
Editors
Brian Creason, Alisha Fonseca, Marcus Fremont, Anthony Monteleone, Carlos Rivera, Sean Rosales, Ben Whitmire
Stage Manager
Mike Black