FOX Sports Indiana, the television home of the Indiana Pacers, has received an all-time high eight nominations for the 2018 Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards. Seven of those are for its coverage of Pacers basketball throughout the 2017-18 season.
In addition to its telecasts of Pacers basketball — airing all 82 games for the second time in franchise history — FSI received a nomination for its first-ever showing of the Monon Bell Classic, a rivalry local college football game between DePauw and Wabash.
In 2016, FSI was nominated for three Emmys.
The FSI Emmy Nominations are as follows:
Sports-Program Series
- Pacers Live Pregame (Opening Night) – Ken Sothman, Jeremiah Johnson, Eddie Gill
- Pacers Live Pregame (Honoring the 90s Pacers) – Ken Sothman, Jeremiah Johnson, Chris Denari, Quinn Buckner
Sports Event/Game – Live/Unedited
- Monon Bell Classic — Bill Cochran, Larry Mago
- Spurs vs. Pacers – Max Leinwand, Jamie Berns
Director – Live or Live to Tape
- Pacers Live Pregame (Dec. 8) — Jamie Berns
Director – Sports
- Cavs vs. Pacers (Dec. 8) — Jamie Berns
Editor – News/Sports
- Pacers Edit Composition — Chris Felt
Live Sports Producer
- Cavs vs. Pacers (Dec. 8) — Max Leinwand
Click here for a complete list of Lower Great Lakes Emmy nominees. The 49th annual Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards will be handed out June 23 in Indianapolis.
Also of Note:
FSI hosted Basketball Day Indiana for the second annual year on Jan. 6 as it televised nine games over 13 hours. Last month, at the Cynopsis Sports Media Awards in New York, it won the award for “Live Coverage of a Sporting Event (Regional/Local).”