Overview
- Organizers confirmed that the 2026 ESPY Awards will be hosted by Marcello Hernández and will air live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
- Hernández, 28, recently finished his fourth season on Saturday Night Live and released his debut Netflix special, Marcello Hernández: American Boy; he is also an avid sports fan who played college soccer at John Carroll University.
- The ceremony will stream on the ESPN App in pattern with the ABC broadcast and will be available the next day on Disney+, Hulu, the ESPN App, and ABC Video on Demand, offering multi-platform, on-demand access.
- The ESPYS Presented by Capital One is co-produced by ESPN, Full Day Productions (the live arm of Words + Pictures) and Fanatics Studios, with named executive producers from each company overseeing the show.
- The event marks a return to New York City, where the ESPYS began in 1993 and were last held there in 2021, a move that could refresh the ceremony’s local energy and aim to draw younger viewers through Hernández’s profile and streaming reach.