The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Series has been awarded since 1976. Unlike the award for Outstanding Live Sports Special, this award is given to networks for a weekly series in which a specific sport is televised live.

List of winners

• 2007 NASCAR on FOX
• 2006 NASCAR on NBC/NASCAR on TNT
• 2005 NASCAR on FOX
• 2004 ABC's Monday Night Football
• 2003 ESPN's Sunday Night Football
• 2002 The NBA on NBC
• 2001 NASCAR on FOX
• 2000 ESPN's Sunday Night Football
• 1999 Fox for their coverage of the 1999 Major League Baseball regular season
• 1998 NBC's NBC Golf Tour
• 1997 ABC's Monday Night Football
• 1996 ESPN's ESPN Speedworld
• 1995 ESPN's ESPN Speedworld
• 1994 ABC's Monday Night Football
• 1993 ABC's Monday Night Football
• 1992 CBS's coverage of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1991 CBS's coverage of the 1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1990 CBS's coverage of the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1989 ABC's Monday Night Football
• 1988 CBS's coverage of the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1987-88 ABC's Monday Night Football
• 1986-87 CBS's NFL coverage
• 1985-86 no award was given
• 1984-85 no award was given
• 1983-84 no award was given
• 1982-83 CBS's NFL coverage
• 1981-82 CBS's NFL coverage
• 1980-81 CBS's PGA Tour coverage (titled PGA Golf Tour)
• 1979-80 ABC's college football coverage
• 1978-79 ABC's Monday Night Football
• 1977-78 CBS's The NFL Today/NFL coverage
• 1976-77 CBS's The NFL Today/NFL coverage
• 1975-76 ABC's Monday Night Football