Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program
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The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program is awarded to one reality series each year. Prior to 2023, nonfiction programs and reality programs competed together. From 2019 to 2022, nominations were proportional to the number of submissions of each. They were split in 2023 with Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program becoming its own category.
Winners and nominations
2000s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Survivor | "Episode 1" | Terrance Dwyer | CBS |
| The Beatles Revolution | Ken Hahn, David Jaunai, Ashley Howe | ABC | ||
| Behind the Music | "John Lennon: The Last Years" | Earl Martin, Richard Gray | VH1 | |
| Jazz | "Dedicated to Chaos" | Dominick Tavella | PBS | |
| Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen | John McCormick, Mitch Dorf | HBO | ||
| 2002 | 9/11 | Grant Maxwell, Ken Hahn, Danny Caccavo | CBS | |
| The Blue Planet | "The Deep" | Graham Wild | Discovery | |
| In Memoriam: New York City | Larry Rock, Ken Hahn | HBO | ||
| Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks (Great Performances) | Peter Miller, Roger Phenix, Lee Dichter | PBS | ||
| The True Story of Black Hawk Down | Marcus Pardo | History | ||
| 2003 | American Masters | "Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind" | Peter Waggoner | PBS |
| American Idol | "Finale" | Klaus Landsberg, Brian Riordan | Fox | |
| The Day the Towers Fell | Sammy Jackson, Scott Delaney | History | ||
| Expedition: Bismarck | Ben Zarai, Ken Skoglund, Eric Reuveni, Aaron F. Quirk, Buck Robinson | Discovery | ||
| Journeys with George | Coll Anderson | HBO | ||
| 2004 | Dinosaur Planet | "Pod's Travels" / "Alpha's Egg" | Mike Olman, Ken Kobett | Discovery |
| The Amazing Race | "I Could Never Have Been Prepared for What I'm Looking at Right Now" | Troy Smith | CBS | |
| American Masters | "Judy Garland: By Myself" | Ed Campbell | PBS | |
| Failure Is Not an Option | Greg McCleary | History | ||
| Survivor | "They're Back" | Terrance Dwyer, Jeremy Ireland, Heron Alencar, Roger Arguello, Rick Armstrong, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Christina Chin, Dan Foster, Richard Hill, Matthias Hoffman, Tony Jensen, Chris Kelly, Drew Levinson, Terry Meehan, Robert MacKay, Mike Ormsby, Rob Rosales, Bram Tulloch, Jim Ursulak | CBS | |
| 2005 | Broadway: The American Musical | "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" | Ed Campbell | PBS |
| The Amazing Race | "We're Moving Up the Food Chain" | Troy Smith, Jim Ursulak, Heron Alencar, Gary Azzinaro, Tyler Bender, Stephen Crawley, Dean Gaveau, Brian Johnson, Peter Jones, William Minchin, Gustavo Gama Rodrigues, Kris Bagley, Barry Weissman | CBS | |
| American Idol | "Episode 401/402" | Brian Riordan | Fox | |
| America's Deadliest Season: Alaskan Crab Fishing | "The Clock's Ticking" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Survivor | "Love Is in the Air, Rats Are Everywhere" | Terrance Dwyer, Jeremy Ireland, Christina Chin, Tony Jensen, Robert MacKay, Terry Meehan, Chris Kelly, Molefi J. Chabane, Dan Foster, Mike Ormsby, Steve Guercio, Scott Hanlon, Michael St. Hilaire, Colette Stewart, Jonathan Andrews, Drew Levinson | CBS | |
| 2006 | American Masters | "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan" | Tom Fleischman | PBS |
| The Amazing Race | "Here Comes the Bedouin!" | Troy Smith, Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Peter Jones | CBS | |
| Baghdad ER | Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill, Paul Hsu | HBO | ||
| Deadliest Catch | "The Clock's Ticking" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Survivor | "Big Trek, Big Trouble, Big Surprise" | Terrance Dwyer, Jeremy Ireland, Matthias Hoffman, Tony Jensen | CBS | |
| 2007 | American Masters | "Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built" | Ed Campbell | PBS |
| The Amazing Race | "I Know Phil, Little Ol' Gorgeous Thing" | Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Dean Gaveau, Barry Weissman, Peter Wong, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| Deadliest Catch | "The Unforgiving Sea" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Planet Earth | "Pole to Pole" | Graham Wild | ||
| When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Ken Ishii, Stuart Deutsch, Charles R. Hunt, Bo Walker, Bob Chefalas, Douglas Murray | HBO | ||
| 2008 | American Masters | "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends" | Jason King | PBS |
| The Amazing Race | "Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something" | Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Dean Gaveau, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| Deadliest Catch | "No Mercy" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| The War | "When Things Get Tough" | Dominick Tavella | PBS | |
| 2009 | 102 Minutes That Changed America | Damon Trotta | History | |
| The Amazing Race | "Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me" | Jim Ursulak, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Dean Gaveau, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| American Idol | "Episode 801/802" | Brian Riordan, Adrian Ordonez | Fox | |
| Deadliest Catch | "Stay Focused or Die" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Survivor | "The Poison Apple Needs to Go" | Robert Mackay, Terry Meehan, Christopher Kelly, Terrance Dwyer | CBS |
2010s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Deadliest Catch | "No Second Chances" | Bob Bronow | Discovery |
| The Amazing Race | "I Think We're Fighting the Germans, Right?" | Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| Life | "Challenges of Life" | Graham Wild, John Rigatuso | Discovery | |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | "The Scripture of Nature" | Dominick Tavella | PBS | |
| Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... | "Bruce Springsteen" | Neil Cedar | Sundance Channel | |
| 2011 | Deadliest Catch | "Redemption Day" | Bob Bronow | Discovery |
| The Amazing Race | "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win" | Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| American Idol | "Auditions No. 2: New Orleans" | Brian Riordan, Kamal Humphrey, Phil Valdivia, Chris Tront | Fox | |
| American Masters | "LENNONYC" | Ed Campbell | PBS | |
| Gettysburg | Dieter Keck | History | ||
| 2012 | Paul Simon's Graceland Journey: Under African Skies | Tom Paul | A&E | |
| The Amazing Race | "Let Them Drink Their Haterade" | Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| Deadliest Catch | "I Don't Wanna Die" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Frozen Planet | "Ends of the Earth" | Graham Wild, Archie Moore | ||
| George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Tom Fleischman and Bob Chefalas | HBO | ||
| 2013 | History of the Eagles | Tom Fleischman, Bret Johnson, Richard F.W. Davis, Elliot Scheiner, Mike Harlow | Showtime | |
| The Amazing Race | "Be Safe and Don't Hit a Cow" | Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Myanmar" | Benny Mouthon | CNN | |
| Crossfire Hurricane | Jason W. Jennings, Steve Pederson | HBO | ||
| Deadliest Catch | "Mutiny on the Bering Sea" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Survivor | "Create a Little Chaos" | Terrance Dwyer | CBS | |
| 2014 | American Masters | "Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'" | Eddie Kramer, Steve Crook | PBS |
| The Amazing Race | "Part Like the Red Sea" | Jim Ursulak, Dean Gaveau, Jerry Masanky Chabane, Troy Smith | CBS | |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Tokyo" | Brian Bracken | CNN | |
| Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | "Standing Up in the Milky Way" | Mark Hensley, Joel D. Catalan, Paul Aronoff, David Torres | Fox | |
| Deadliest Catch | "Careful What You Wish For" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| 2015 | Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways | "Seattle" | Fred Stuben, Jeffrey Fuller, Eddie Kim | HBO |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Jamaica" | Brian Bracken | CNN | |
| Deadliest Catch | "Lost at Sea" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief | David Mitlyng, Tony Volante | HBO | ||
| The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst | "Chapter 2: Poor Little Rich Boy" | Tim Hays, Paul Vik Marshall, Coll Anderson | ||
| Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck | Steve Pederson | |||
| 2016 | Vice | "Fighting ISIS" | Erik Schuiten | HBO |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Ethiopia" | Benny Mouthon | CNN | |
| Deadliest Catch | "Carpe Diem" | Bob Bronow | Discovery | |
| Making a Murderer | "Lack of Humanity" | Leslie Shatz | Netflix | |
| What Happened, Miss Simone? | Tony Volante, Tammy Douglas | |||
| 2017 | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years | Chris Jenkins, Cameron Frankley, Nathan Evans, Sam O'Kell | Hulu | |
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Rome" | Brian Bracken | CNN | |
| O.J.: Made in America | "Part 2" | Keith Hodne, Eric Di Stefano | ESPN | |
| Planet Earth II | "Cities" | Graham Wild | BBC America | |
| 13th | Jeffrey Perkins | Netflix | ||
| 2018 | ||||
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Lagos" | Benny Mouthon | CNN | |
| The Defiant Ones | "Episode 1" | Christopher Jenkins, Gabriel Andy Giner | HBO | |
| Jane | David E. Fluhr, Marc Fishman, Lee Smith, Derek Lee | Nat Geo | ||
| The Vietnam War | "Episode 6: Things Fall Apart (January 1968 – July 1968)" | Dominick Tavella | PBS | |
| Wild Wild Country | "Part 1" | Chapman Way | Netflix | |
| 2019 | ||||
| Free Solo | Tom Fleischman, Ric Schnupp, Tyson Lozensky, Jim Hurst | Nat Geo | ||
| Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | "Kenya" | Brian Bracken | CNN | |
| Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened | Tom Paul | Netflix | ||
| Leaving Neverland | Matt Skilton, Marguerite Gaudin | HBO | ||
| Our Planet | "One Planet" | Graham Wild | Netflix |
2020s
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | ||||
| 2020 | ||||
| Apollo 11 | Eric Milano | CNN | ||
| Beastie Boys Story | William Tzouris, Jacob Feinberg and Martyn Zub | Apple TV+ | ||
| Cheer | "Daytona" | Ryan David Adams | Netflix | |
| Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time | Gary A. Rizzo, Stephen Urata, Danielle Dupre and Tony Villaflor | Epix | ||
| RuPaul's Drag Race | "I'm That Bitch" | Glenn Gaines, Ryan Brady, Erik Valenzuela and Sal Ojeda | VH1 | |
| Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness | "The Noble Thing to Do" | Jose Araujo, Royce Sharp, Jack Neu and Ian Cymore | Netflix | |
| 2021 | ||||
| David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Graham Wild | Netflix | ||
| The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | Gary A. Rizzo, Jeff King and John Rampey | HBO | ||
| Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry | Elmo Ponsdomenech, Jason "Frenchie" Gaya, Aron Forbes and Jae Kim | Apple TV+ | ||
| Life Below Zero | "The Other Side" | Tony Crowe | Nat Geo | |
| Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy | "Naples and the Amalfi Coast" | Tom O'Pray and Chris Gibbions | CNN | |
| Tina | Lawrence Everson and Phil McGowan | HBO | ||
| 2022 | ||||
| The Beatles: Get Back | "Part 3: Days 17–22" | Michael Hedges, Brent Burge, Alexis Feodoroff and Giles Martin | Disney+ | |
| George Carlin's American Dream | Earl Martin, Jason Gaya, Brad Bergbom and Kevin Rosen Quan | HBO Max | ||
| Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls | "Becoming 100% That Bitch" | Erik Brena, Ross D'Alessandro, Julianne Kane and Deanna Decenario | Prime Video | |
| McCartney 3,2,1 | "These Things Bring You Together" | Gary A. Rizzo and Laura Cunningham | Hulu | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | "Big Opening #1" | Erik Valenzuela, David Nolte and Glenn Gaines | VH1 | |
| Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy | "Venice" | Tom O'Pray and Renato Ferrari | CNN | |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | ||||
| 2023 | ||||
| Welcome to Wrexham | "Do or Die" | Mark Jensen | FX | |
| The Amazing Race | "The Only Leg That Matters" | Jim Ursulak, Troy Smith and The Amazing Race Production Mixing Team | CBS | |
| Deadliest Catch | "Call of a New Generation" | Jared Robbins | Discovery | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | "Wigloose: The Rusical!" | Erik Valenzuela, Sal Ojeda, David Nolte and Gabe Lopez | MTV | |
| The Voice | "Live Top 10" | Michael Abbott, Randy Faustino, Tim Hatayama and The Voice Production Mixing Team | NBC | |
| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program | ||||
| 2024 | ||||
| Welcome to Wrexham | "Giant Killers" | Mark Jensen | FX | |
| The Amazing Race | Troy Smith, Jim Ursulak, Jim Blank, Emerson Boergadine, Paul Bruno, John Buchanan, Jerry Chabane, Alfredo R. Del Portillo, Freddie DiPasquale, Dean Gaveau, Ryan P. Kelly, Richard Chardy Lopez, Mickey McMullen, Sean Milburn, Simon Paine, John A. Pitron, Jody Stillwater and Jeff Zipp | CBS | ||
| Deadliest Catch | "Nautical Deathtrap" | Jared Robbins | Discovery | |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | Sal Ojeda, Erik Valenzuela, Ryan Brady, David Nolte and Andrew Papastephanou | MTV | ||
| The Voice | "Live Finale" | Michael Abbott, Kenyata Westbrook, Randy Faustino, Christian Schrader, Carlos A. Torres, Andrew Fletcher, Shaun Sebastian, Tim Hatayama, Adrian Ordonez, Barry Weir Jr. and Ryan Young | NBC | |
| 2025 | ||||
| Welcome to Wrexham | "Down to the Wire" | Mark Jensen | FX | |
| The Amazing Race | Jim Ursulak, Allie Boettger, Paul Bruno, John Buchanan, Dean Gaveau, Ryan P. Kelly, Marcus Lominy, Richard Chardy Lopez, Mickey McMullen, Sean Milburn, Paul Orozco, Simon Paine, John Pitron, Jeff Zipp, Troy Smith and Ryan Gerle | CBS | ||
| American Idol | "Grand Finale" | Patrick Smith, Randy Faustino, Michael Parker, Manny Barrajas, Christian Schrader, Jesse Dunham, Barry Weir Jr. and Adrian Ordonez | ABC | |
| Deadliest Catch | "My Brother's Keeper" | Jared Robbins | Discovery | |
| The Voice | "Live Finale, Part 2" | Michael Abbott, Randy Faustino, Tim Hatayama, Christian Schrader, Carlos Torres, Andrew Fletcher, Shaun Sebastian, Kenyata Westbrook, Colin Bonney, Servio Escobedo, John Koster, Robert P. Matthews Jr., Marlon Moore and Ryan Young | NBC |
Programs with multiple awards
| 3 awards Welcome to Wrexham | 2 awards Deadliest Catch |
Programs with multiple nominations
| 14 nominations The Amazing Race 13 nominations Deadliest Catch | 6 nominations Survivor 5 nominations American Idol | 4 nominations RuPaul's Drag Race 3 nominations The Voice Welcome to Wrexham |