Fred R. Gaudelli is an American television producer. He is best known for his 33-year run as a producer for NFL football games.
Career
editGaudelli was hired by ESPN in March 1983 in their remote production department. He worked on several different sports, including college football, college basketball and college baseball, the USFL, the U.S. Olympic Festival and the NFL Draft. In 1986 he produced Thursday Night college football for ESPN. He introduced live tracking pitch speed during the 1988 College World Series.[1] He produced ESPN's Sunday Night Football telecasts from 1990-2000.[citation needed]
From 2006-2023, he served as executive producer for Sunday Night Football on NBC. During his career, he was producer for seven Super Bowls, (XXXVII, XL, XLIII, XLVI, XLIX, LII, and LVI. In 2017, he produced the first game with coverage from "skycam".
Awards and Honors
editGaudelli won 24 Emmy Awards for his work producing NFL games, and in August 2020 was elected to the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.[2]
In 2023, he received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Fred Gaudelli". nbcsports.com. NBC Universal. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "NBC Sports Executive Producer Fred Gaudelli to receive Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award". profootballhof.com. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 July 2024.