New England's Oldest Regional Sports Network Earns Four Nominations
BURLINGTON, MA – FSN New England's Boston Celtics coverage continued its excellence, earning its 14th consecutive Boston/New England Emmy nomination, a streak that extends to 1993. FSN's Boston Celtics telecasts, featuring Mike Gorman on play-by-play and Tommy Heinsohn as color analyst, took home the Emmy in the Sports Play-by-Play category in 1997, 1999 and 2002.
Gorman and Heinsohn recently completed their 25th season as the voices of the Boston Celtics, and FSN New England's relationship with the Boston Celtics is the longest running partnership between a Boston professional sports team and a Boston TV outlet. The FSN-Celtics relationship pre-dates any regional sports network-team relationship in America with the exception of MSG and FSN New York's relationships with the Rangers, Knicks, and Islanders.
"We are tremendously honored that our Boston Celtics telecasts have once again been recognized for this honor," said FSN New England Senior Vice President and General Manager David Woodman. "Mike and Tommy would agree that the team behind the camera and in the production truck make the telecasts world-class. We commend them and all of those nominated at FSN for their efforts."
Along with its Celtics coverage, FSN was nominated in the following categories: Program-Campaign, Graphics or Animation-Program and Editor-Program. The 29th Boston/New England Emmy Awards Ceremony will be presented at the Boston Convention Center, on Saturday, June 3, 2006.
FSN New England Emmy Nominations include:
Program-Campaign (1)
Mohegan Sun's Sports Tonight: "Keeping it Real"
Jason Levine, Producer/Editor
Michael Sylvia, Creative Producer
Sporting Event or Game (1)
Boston Celtics Basketball
Stevan Reagan, Executive Producer
Paul Lucey, Producer
Jim Edmonds, Director
Andrew Levine, Associate Producer
Jim Burgoyne, Director of Production
Jeff Grice, Editor
Mike Gorman, Talent
Tom Heinsohn, Talent
Greg Dickerson, Talent
Graphics or Animation-Program (1)
Destination Dynasty
Orrin Zucker, Designer
Jason Levine, Producer
Editor-Program (1)
Composite
Jeff Grice, Editor
FSN New England reaches more than 3.7 million households in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Rainbow Sports Networks is a division of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC). FSN New England's programming includes Boston Celtics, Mohegan Sun's New England Sports Tonight, Mohegan Sun's New England Tailgate, New England Revolution, The Best Damn Sports Show Period and NASCAR. Visit www.fsnnewengland.com for more information.
FSN reaches more than 82 million homes through its network of 20 regional sports channels. FSN, based in Los Angeles, serves as the cable TV home to 62 of the 81 MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States, and produces over 4,600 live events each year. In addition to home team games, FSN telecasts a wide variety of national sports events and programming, including Best Damn Sports Show Period, Sports List and Beyond the Glory.