The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) is an award handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Prior to 1983, regular series competed alongside limited series and movies for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:
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Winners and nominations
1970s Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1970(22nd) Mission: Impossible Gordon L. Day, Dominick Gaffey CBS First Tuesday Roger Gary Andrews NBC My Sweet Charlie Roger Heman Jr., Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr., Clarence Self, John Stransky Jr. 1971(23rd) Tribes Theodore Soderberg ABC Mannix Joel Moss, Don Rush CBS San Francisco International Airport Robert Hoyt, Roger Parish NBC Vanished James Z. Flaster, Ronald Pierce 1972(24th) Fireball Forward Richard Overton, Theodore Soderberg ABC Brian's Song William J. Montague, Alfred E. Overton ABC The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau Roy Granville, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter 1973(25th) Surrender at Appomattox: Appointment with Destiny Fred Leroy Granville, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter, Richard J. Wagner CBS That Certain Summer Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr., Thom K. Piper ABC The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau Hoppy Mehterian, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter
Outstanding Achievement in Film or Tape Sound Mixing Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1974(26th) Pueblo Albert A. Gramaglia, Michael Shindler ABC The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Charles T. Knight, Don Minkler CBS The Execution of Private Slovik John K. Kean, Thom K. Piper ABC 1975(27th) The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney Marshall King CBS The Missiles of October Doug Nelson ABC Wide World in Concert Doug Nelson, Norm Schwartz
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1976(28th) Eleanor and Franklin Don Bassman, Donald F. Johnson ABC Sanburg's Lincoln Robert L. Harman, Charles Lewis, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter NBC 1977(29th) The Savage Bees Alan Bernard, Robert L. Harman, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter NBC Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Don MacDougall, Richard Portman, David M. Ronne, Curly ThirlwellABCRoots "Part 1" Richard Portman, David M. Ronne, Don MacDougall, Curly Thirlwell "Part 4" Willie D. Burton, George E. Porter, Eddie J. Nelson, Robert L. Harman "Part 7" Hoppy Mehterian, George E. Porter, Eddie J. Nelson, Arnold Braun "Part 8" George E. Porter, Eddie J. Nelson, Robert L. Harman, Arnold Braun 1978(30th) Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy Robert L. Harman, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter, William Teague ABC Having Babies II Alan Bernard, Hoppy Mehterian, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter ABC In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan Hoppy Mehterian, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter, Tommy Thompson NBC See How She Runs Eddie J. Nelson, J. Robert Pettis, George E. Porter, Cabell Smith CBS A Sensitive, Passionate Man Dean Hodges, Hoppy Mehterian, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter NBC Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Eddie Knowles, Eddie J. Nelson, J. Robert Pettis, George E. Porter CBS 1979(31st) The Winds of Kitty Hawk Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter, Bill Teague, Ray West NBC A Christmas to Remember Stanley P. Gordon, Hoppy Mehterian, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter CBS Ike "Part 2" Hoppy Mehterian, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter, Bill Teague ABC The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal Maury Harris, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter, Ray West NBC
1980s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1980(32nd) The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd Ray Barons, David E. Campbell, Bob Pettis, John T. Reitz CBS Amber Waves Christopher Large, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter, Terry Porter ABC The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story Robert W. Glass Jr., Patrick Mitchell, Robert Thirlwell, John Wilkenson NBC Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones David E. Campbell, Jacque Nosco, Bob Pettis, John T. Reitz CBS Skag "Pilot" David E. Dockendorf, Robert L. Harman, William L. McCaughey, Jack Solomon NBC 1981(33rd) Evita Peron "Part 1" Robert L. Harman, William McCaughey, William R. Teague, Howard Wollman NBC Baby Comes Home Alan Bernard, Robert L. Harman, William McCaughey, Howard WollmanCBS The Bunker Robert L. Harman, Rene Magnol, William McCaughey, Howard Wollman Dial "M" for Murder Stanley P. Gordon, Robert L. Harman, William McCaughey, Lee Minkler NBC Hart to Hart "'Tis the Season to Be Murdered" Robert L. Harman, William L. McCaughey, Blake Wilcox, Howard Wollman ABC The Killing of Randy Webster Robert L. Harman, William L. McCaughey, Richard Raguse, Howard Wollman CBS Nero Wolfe "Gambit" Gary Bourgeois, Nick Gaffey, Lee Minkler, Terry Porter NBC A Rumor of War Harry Alphin, Manuel Topete Blake, Robert L. Harman, William McCaughey CBS A Time for Miracles Joel Fein, George E. Porter, William R. Teague, Howard Wollman ABC Word of Honor Robert L. Harman, John MacLeod, William L. McCaughey, Terry Porter CBS 1982(34th) Hill Street Blues "Personal Foul" Bill Marky, Robert W. Glass Jr., Bill Nicholson, Howard Wilmarth NBC Fire on the MountainThomas Causey, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Ray WestNBC Hill Street Blues "The Second Oldest Profession" Bill Marky, Don Cahn, Jim Cook, Robert L. Harman A Woman Called Golda Eli Yarkoni, Don Cahn, Jim Cook, Robert L. Harman Syndicated World War III Jacques Nosco, Don Cahn, Jim Cook, Robert L. Harman NBC
Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1983(35th) Hill Street Blues "Trial by Fury" Bill Marky, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk NBC The A-Team "Pilot" Jim Cook, Robert L. Harman, John Norman, 'Fast' Eddie Mahler NBC Cagney & Lacey "Recreational Use" Maury Harris, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. PolkCBS Magnum, P.I. "Did You See the Sunrise?" James F. Rogers, T.A. Moore Jr., Earl Madery, B. Tennyson Sebastian II St. Elsewhere "The Count" Dean Vernon, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk NBC Tales of the Gold Monkey "Pilot" Jim Cook, Robert L. Harman, John Norman, 'Fast' Eddie Mahler ABC 1984(36th) Hill Street Blues "Parting Is Such Sweep Sorrow" David Schneiderman, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk NBC The A-Team "Welcome Back Range Rider" 'Fast' Eddie Mahler, Jim Cook, Robert L. Harman, John Norman NBC Cagney & Lacey "Bounty Hunter" Maury Harris, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk CBS Falcon Crest "The Avenger" Eddie Knowles, John L. Anderson, Doug Davey, Chris Haire CBS Hill Street Blues "Praise Dilaudid" Bill Marky, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk NBC 1985(37th) Cagney & Lacey "Heat" Maury Harris, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk CBSHill Street Blues "Queen for a Day" James Pilcher, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. PolkNBC "The Rise and Fall of Paul the Wall" Sunny Meyer, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk St. Elsewhere "Sweet Dreams" Dean Vernon, John Asman, Bill Nicholson, Ken S. Polk
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1986(38th) St. Elsewhere "Time Heals, Part 2" William Gazecki, Andy MacDonald, Bill Nicholson, Blake Wilcox NBC Falcon Crest "The Cataclysm" John Asman, Eddie Knowles, Andy MacDonald, Ken S. Polk CBS Hill Street Blues "Iced Coffey" John 'Pee Wee' Carter, William Gazecki, Andy MacDonald, Bill NicholsonNBC Miami Vice "Florence Italy" Rick Alexander, Anthony Constantini, Daniel J. Leahy, Michael R. Tromer Murder, She Wrote "A Lady in the Lake" James L. Aicholtz, Tim Cooney, Doc Kane, Rocky Moriana Jr. CBS Our Family Honor "Cat and Mouse" John Asman, Tim Philben, Ken S. Polk, John Speak ABC 1987(39th) Max Headroom "Blipverts" Gary Alexander, Joe Kenworthy, Tim Philben, Bill Thiederman ABC Crime Story "Pilot" Alan Bernard, Randy McDonald, Bill Nicholson, Dean OkrandNBC Hill Street Blues "It Ain't Over Till It's Over" William Gazecki, Bill Nicholson, Peter Reale, Dean Vernon L.A. Law "Pilot" Dan Dillon, John Norman, David Schneiderman, Theodore Soderberg Moonlighting "Atomic Shakespeare" Martin Raymond Bolger, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Terry Porter ABC 1988(40th) Tour of Duty "Under Siege" Susan Moore-Chong, Thomas J. Huth, Tim Philben, Sam Black CBS L.A. Law "Leapin' Lizards" David Schneiderman, Sergio Reyes, Robert Appere, David Dockendorf NBC Magnum, P.I. "Resolution" William L. McCaughey, Doug Botnick, Paul Wells, Stan Gordon CBS Miami Vice "Like a Hurricane" Ray West, Joseph D. Citarella, Grover B. Helsley, Joe Foglia NBC Star Trek: The Next Generation "Where No One Has Gone Before" Chris Haire, Doug Davey, Jerry Clemans, Alan Bernard Syndicated 1989(41st) Star Trek: The Next Generation "Q Who" Chris Haire, Doug Davey, Richard L. Morrison, Alan Bernard Syndicated China Beach "Vets" Tim Cooney, Don Cahn, Artie Torgersen, James G. WilliamsABC Mission: Impossible "Spy" Tim Philben, Scott Millan, Clark Conrad, Paul Clark Thirtysomething "Michael Writes a Story" Tim Philben, Scott Millan, Clark Conrad, Will Yarbrough Tour of Duty "I Wish It Would Rain" Thomas J. Huth, Anthony Constantini, Sam Black, Susan Moore-Chong CBS
1990s Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1990(42nd) China Beach "F.N.G." Lowell Harris, Don Cahn, Artie Torgersen, Jim Cook ABC L.A. Law "The Mouse That Soared" David Schneiderman, Sergio Reyes, Robert Appere, Kevin E. Carpenter NBC Star Trek: The Next Generation "Yesterday's Enterprise" Alan Bernard, Doug Davey, Chris Haire, Richard L. Morrison Syndicated Tour of Duty "And Make Death Proud to Take Us" Bud Maffett, Thomas J. Huth, Anthony Constantini, Sam Black CBS 1991(43rd) Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Best of Both Worlds, Part 2" Alan Bernard, Doug Davey, Chris Haire, Richard L. Morrison Syndicated Cop Rock "Oil of Ol'Lay" Mark Server, Robert Appere, Ron Estes, Gary D. Rogers ABC L.A. Law "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman" David Schneiderman, Robert Appere, Ron Estes, Gary D. Rogers NBC Northern Exposure "Aurora Borealis: A Fairy Tale for Big People" Glenn Micallef, Dean Okrand, Bill Thiederman, Mike Getlin CBS Twin Peaks "On the Wings of Love" Don Summer, Gary Alexander, Adam Jenkins ABC
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series