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Football fans, get excited for an exclusive peek into NFL magic in this illuminating conversation between Fred Gaudelli, Emmy Award-winning executive producer of NBC's celebrated NFL coverage, and ESPN legend Jeremy Schaap!
Join us at The Westport Library for a special evening that will take you behind the scenes into the extensive production that brings the NFL to your home every week.
Few — if any — individuals have had as indelible an impact on the look and feel of NFL broadcasts over the past three decades as Fred Gaudelli. The producer of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, ABC’s Monday Night Football, and ESPN’s Sunday Night Football has reimagined how viewers watch pro football, deploying groundbreaking technical innovations, inimitable storytelling tactics, and an impeccable sense of style to bring the game into the modern age for millions of fans. Over the course of his illustrious career, Gaudelli has amassed 24 Emmy Awards, produced seven Super Bowls, and was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
“There’s no one better than Fred Gaudelli,” says Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer John Madden. “He’s the hardest-working person in TV, and he’s a great coach.”
Adds Sports Broadcasting Hall of Famer Dick Ebersol: “Fred is unquestionably the finest and most honored NFL Television producer in history."
One of ESPN’s most respected and longest-tenured personalities, Jeremy Schaap has been with the network since 1994. He hosts both E:60 and Outside the Lines, ESPN’s showcase journalism shows, as well as the award-winning weekly radio show and podcast The Sporting Life. Schaap has covered most major sports and sporting events, including the Summer and Winter Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, Tour de France, European soccer championship, World Series, Super Bowl, the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, the French Open, the Men’s Final Four, and even chess boxing.
Schaap is best known for his reporting on sports issues around the world, particularly those at the intersection of sports and society at large. Honored by the United Nations, and with accolades ranging from the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Award, two national Edward R. Murrow Awards, a Peabody Award, two National Headliner Awards, 13 national Sports Emmy Awards, and many more, Schaap is conceded for his vast and impressive reporting of human rights and social justice issues.
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