"The Hall of Fame Knocks: Class of 2026" nominated for Sports Emmy

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“The Hall of Fame Knocks: Class of 2026” has been nominated in the Outstanding Edited Sports Special category as part of the 2026 Sports Emmy Awards. The show focuses on the Pro Football Hall of Fame's "Knock on the Door" and tells the stories of how each member of the Class of 2026 presented by Visual Edge I.T. found out they were elected into football's most elite fraternity. A group from the Hall of Fame and NFL Network - with help from Hall of Famers at each stop - traveled around the country to share the exciting news with Drew Brees, Roger Craig, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri. Take a look at what transpired below:

NFL Films earned 23 Emmy nominations this year – the most in the 63-year history of the company. Here's a list of those nominations:

Outstanding Live Sports Special: Non-Championship Event

Monsters Funday Football (ESPN/Beyond Sports/Pixar/NFL)

Outstanding Edited Sports Event Coverage

NFL Game Day All Access: Super Bowl LX (YouTube/NFL Films)

Road to the Super Bowl (NBC/NFL Films)

Outstanding Edited Sports Special

The Hall of Fame Knocks: Class of 2026 (NFL Network)

Outstanding Edited Sports Series: Hosted

NFL Films Presents (FS1/NFL Films)

Outstanding Sports Documentary: Short

NFL Explained: Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show (NFL Media Group)

NFL Films Presents: The Arctic Challenge (FS1/NFL Films)

The Shuffle (HBO Max/NFL Films)

Outstanding Sports Documentary: Long

Elway (Netflix/Skydance Sports/NFL Films/Omaha Productions/MakeMake Productions)

Outstanding Sports Documentary Series

America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix/Skydance Sports/NFL Films/Stardust Frames Production)

Outstanding Sports Documentary Series: Serialized

Quarterback (Netflix/NFL Films/Omaha Productions/2PM Productions)

WWE: Unreal (Netflix/Omaha Productions/NFL Films/Skydance Sports/WWE)

Outstanding Sports Feature: Long Form

NFL Films Presents: Tim Green – A Voice Reclaimed (FS1/NFL Films)

Outstanding Sports Open/Tease

America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix/Skydance Sports/NFL Films/Stardust Frames Productions)

Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Short Form

NFL Films Presents: Silent Super Bowl (FS1/NFL Films)

Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Long Form

America’s Team: The Gamble and His Cowboys (Netflix/Skydance Sports/NFL Films/Stardust Frames Productions)

Raise the Flags: 50 Years of Buccaneers Football (HEROES & FABLES/NFL Films/Skydance Sports/Prime Video Sports/Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills (HBO Max/NFL Films)

Outstanding Sports Editing: Long Form

America’s Team: The Gamble and His Cowboys (Netflix/Skydance Sports/NFL Films/Stardust Frames Productions)

Saquon (NFL Films/Amazon MGM Studios/Skydance Sports/Expanded Media/LBI Entertainment/Vision26 Studios)

WWE: Unreal (Netflix/Omaha Productions/NFL Films/Skydance Sports/WWE)

Outstanding Sports Writing: Long Form

Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East (HBO Max/NFL Films)

NFL Films Presents: The Superdome at 50 (FS1/NFL Films)

Outstanding Music Direction: Sports

Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East (HBO Max/NFL Films)

Outstanding Sports Audio/Sound: Post-Produced

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills (HBO Max/NFL Films)

Outstanding Sports Graphic Design: Specialty

WWE: Unreal (Netflix/Omaha Productions/NFL Films/Skydance Sports/WWE)

Outstanding Public Service Content: Sports

Super Bowl LX: Champion (NFL/72andSunny/Morton Jankel Zander, Inc.)

Outstanding Sports Personality: Studio Host

Rich Eisen (NFL Network)

Outstanding Sports Personality: Play-by-Play

Joe Davis (FOX/FS1/NFL Network)

Outstanding Sports Personality: Event Analyst

Greg Olsen (FOX/NFL Network)

Outstanding Sports Feature Story in Spanish

Mundo Originals: Atxa Delgado (Mundo NFL/SWAY/Cobra Films)

Mundo Originals: Los Colores del Istmo (Mundo NFL/SWAY/Cobra Films)

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