Overview
- ESPN and ABC announced on Wednesday, June 3, that Marcello Hernández will host the 2026 ESPY Awards, which will air live on Wednesday, July 15 at 8 p.m. ET from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York.
- The broadcast will run on ABC and stream live on the ESPN App/ESPN+, with next‑day on‑demand availability on Disney+, Hulu, the ESPN App and ABC Video on Demand.
- ESPN named Full Day Productions (Words + Pictures) and Fanatics Studios as co‑producers and listed executive producers Connor Schell, Dave Chamberlin, Jennifer Aiello, Michael D. Ratner, Kfir Goldberg and Camille Maratchi on the project.
- Hernández joins the ESPYs after closing his fourth season on Saturday Night Live and releasing the Netflix special Marcello Hernández: American Boy in January 2026, which reached Netflix’s global Top 10, and ESPN highlighted his background playing college soccer at John Carroll University.
- The return to New York restores the ceremony to its original market and aligns the event with other July sports festivals and fixtures, a scheduling move that could raise attendance and cross‑platform audience attention while fundraising ties to the V Foundation remain part of the ESPYs’ legacy.