Behind the Mic: NBC Sports Names Al Michaels to Emeritus Role; Carlota Vizmanos Joins Telemundo Deportes as Premier League Host By SVG Staff
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Behind the Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week's edition, NBC Sports names Al Michaels to Emeritus role, Carlota Vizmanos joins Telemundo Deportes as Premier League host, and more.
NBC Sports Names Al Michaels to Emeritus Role Iconic broadcaster Al Michaels, who joined NBC Sports in 2006 as the play-by-play voice of Sunday Night Football and played an integral role in the show becoming among the most-watched and most-honored shows in television history. Michaels will continue to broadcast and contribute across NBC Sports' high-profile properties, including the NFL Playoffs and the Olympics.
One of the most renowned sports broadcasters of all time and the commentator called TV's best play-by-play announcer by the Associated Press, Michaels earlier this year completed his 16th season as the voice of NBC's Sunday Night Football - primetime's #1 TV show for an unprecedented 11 consecutive years. In addition, SNF has been honored a Sports Emmy-record 11 times for Outstanding Live Sports Series.
This season, Michaels will call Thursday Night Football for Amazon Prime Video - his record 37th NFL play-by-play campaign in primetime.
In February, Michaels called his 11th Super Bowl - marking the most play-by-play assignments for the event by a television commentator, joining former CBS and FOX announcer Pat Summerall (11).
More than four decades earlier, Michaels made what is widely considered the most iconic call in U.S. sports television history - Do you believe in miracles? Yes! - on the U.S. men's hockey team's dramatic upset victory over the USSR at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Following another historic broadcasting moment in which Michaels deftly demonstrated his expertise and versatility, he became just the second sportscaster in history to receive a News Emmy nomination for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series.
In addition to the 11 Super Bowls, Michaels has worked nine Olympics and called eight World Series.
In December 2020, Michaels was honored with the 2021 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Michaels is one of only five distinguished broadcasters to be recognized with the baseball honor and the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Pete Rozelle Award (Dick Enberg, Lindsey Nelson, Jack Buck, and Curt Gowdy).
One of television's most respected journalists, Michaels has covered more major sports events than any sportscaster, including 20 years as the play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football. He is the only commentator to call the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and host the Stanley Cup Final for network television. In addition, Michaels called the classic 1985 championship boxing match between Thomas Hit Man Hearns and Marvelous Marvin Hagler.
Among his many accolades, Michaels has captured eight Emmy Awards - seven for Outstanding Sports Personality - Play-by-Play and one in 2011 for the Lifetime Achievement Award, and has three times (1980, 1983 and 1986) received the NSSA Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association; he was inducted into the NSSA Hall of Fame in 1998. Michaels was named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters Association, and, in 1991, he was named Sportscaster of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review.
Carlota Vizmanos Joins Telemundo Deportes as Premier League Host Carlota Vizmanos has joined Telemundo Deportes as the network's lead host for Premier League coverage, including the pre- and post-match shows La Liga Premier: Extra and 3er Tiempo, starting this upcoming 2022/23 Premier League season.
Vizmanos has worked on various sports properties for Telemundo Deportes, including the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, Copa Libertadores in Madrid and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. Her new role is highlighted by her main position as the lead Premier League host, but her duties will continue to expand across Telemundo Deportes' roster of premier global events, including FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023.
Prior to joining Telemundo Deportes, Vizmanos served as host for Real Madrid TV's daily newscast for eight years, covering sports news and events for the channel operated by the Spanish football club. Since joining Real Madrid in 2014, she covered UEFA Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup and Copa del Rey as well as special awards events, such as the Best FIFA Football Awards.
In addition to her work with Real Madrid TV, Vizmanos served as the main anchor for TVE's Estadio 1, a Spanish primetime program covering LaLiga, the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. She made her debut in sports broadcasting in 2012 on Al Primer Toque, a nightly sports show on Onda Cero, one of the biggest radio stations in Spain.
Vizmanos hold a master's degree in television from Nebrija University. Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, Vizmanos will relocate to the U.S. for her new role. Her husband, son and two dogs will join her in Miami for this new chapter in her career.
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Behind the Mic: NBC Sports Names Al Michaels to Emeritus Role; Carlota Vizmanos Joins Telemundo Deportes as Premier League Host By SVG Staff 
