The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie is an award handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Award. Limited series and television movies shot on videotape competed alongside variety series and specials for Outstanding Tape Sound Mixing before 1986. They also faced off against regular series for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing before 1983.
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, Melvin M. Metcalfe, Clarence Self, John Stransky Jr. 1971(23rd) Tribes Theodore Soderberg ABC Mannix Joel Moss, Don Rush CBS San Francisco International Airport Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Parish NBC Vanished James Z. Flaster, Ronald K. 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, 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 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, Don Johnson ABC Sanburg's Lincoln Robert L. Harman, Charles Lewis, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter NBC 1977(29th) Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing The Savage Bees Alan Bernard, Robert L. Harman, Eddie J. Nelson, George E. Porter NBC Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Donald W. MacDougall, Richard Portman, David Ronne, Curly ThirlwellABCRoots "Part 1" Willie D. Burton, Robert Litt, Leonard Peterson, Bill Varney "Part 4" Willie D. Burton, George Porter, Eddie Nelson, Robert L. Harman "Part 7" Hoppy Mehterian, George Porter, Eddie Nelson, Arnold Braun "Part 8" George Porter, Eddie Nelson, Robert L. Harman, Arnold Braun Outstanding Individual Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical CraftsAs a juried award, nominees had to garner 50% approval to win the award. The nominees did not meet the benchmark and no award was given. Victory at Entebbe Robert A. Biggart, Patrick Somerset ABC 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 Campbell, Bob Pettis, John Reitz CBS Amber Waves Christopher Large, Eddie Nelson, George E. Porter, Terry Porter ABC The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story Robert Glass, Patrick Mitchell, Robert Thirwell, John Wilkenson NBC Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones David Campbell, Jacque Nosco, Bob Pettis, John 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 L. McCaughey, William R. Teague, Howard Wollman NBC Baby Comes Home Alan Bernard, Robert L. Harman, William L. McCaughey, Howard WollmanCBS The Bunker Robert L. Harman, Rene Magnol, William L. McCaughey, Howard Wollman Dial "M" for Murder Stanley P. Gordon, Robert L. Harman, William L. 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 L. 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 Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie Year Program Episode Nominees Network 1983(35th) The Scarlet and the Black John W. Mitchell, Gordon L. Day, Stan Wetzel, Howard Wilmarth CBS The Executioner's Song Robert W. Glass Jr., David J. Hudson, Ray West, Steve Marlowe NBCThe Winds of War "Cataclysm" Robin Gregory, Robert W. Glass Jr., William L. McCaughey, Allen L. Stone ABC "Defiance" Alan Bernard, Robert W. Glass Jr., William L. McCaughey, Mel Metcalfe "Into the Maelstrom" Robin Gregory, Robert W. Glass Jr., Mel Metcalfe, William L. McCaughey 1984(36th) A Streetcar Named Desire Richard Raguse, William L. McCaughey, Mel Metcalfe, Terry Porter ABC The Day After Charles T. Knight, Gary C. Bourgeois, Kevin F. Cleary, Robert L. Harman ABC The Dollmaker Scott D. Smith, Chris Carpenter, Gordon L. Day, Stan Wetzel Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac William Randall, Mel Metcalfe, Don Minkler, Bill Thiederman NBC Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues Keith A. Wester, Gordon L. Day, Stan Wetzel, Howard Wilmarth CBS 1985(37th) Space "Part 5" Clark King, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Terry Porter CBS Ellis Island "Part 1" Tony Dawe, Dick Alexander, Gordon L. Day, Howard Wilmarth CBS The Jesse Owens Story Alan Bernard, Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, B. Tennyson Sebastian III OPT Malice in Wonderland Keith A. Wester, Dick Alexander, Gordon L. Day, Howard Wilmarth CBS Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Robin Gregory, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Terry Porter NBC 1986(38th) An Early Frost David E. Campbell, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Keith A. Wester NBC Death of a Salesman Tom Fleischman CBS Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Tom Johnson, Randy Thom ABC Mussolini: The Untold Story "Part 1" Thomas J. Huth, Tim Philben, George Stephenson, Howard Wilmarth NBC 1987(39th) Unnatural Causes Joseph D. Citarella, Charles Grenzbach, David Lee, Ray West NBC Amerika "Part 3" Grover B. Helsley, Richard D. Rogers, Keith A. Wester, John Wilkinson ABC LBJ: The Early Years Joseph D. Citarella, Grover B. Helsley, Don Summer, Ray West NBC Out on a Limb "Part 1" Joseph D. Citarella, Grover B. Helsley, John Speak, Ray West ABC The Two Mrs. Grenvilles "Part 1" John Asman, Neil Brody, Ken S. Polk, Peter Sutton NBC 1988(40th) Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami Don MacDougall, Grover B. Helsley, Joseph D. Citarella, Russell Williams II CBS Bluffing It Ray West, John L. Anderson, Joseph D. Citarella, Owen Langevin ABC Earth Star Voyager "Part 1" Ray West, Don MacDougall, Joseph D. Citarella, Eric Batut Foxfire Hank Garfield, Bill Nicholson, William Gazecki, Peter Reale CBS Right to Die Ray West, Joseph D. Citarella, Charles Grenzbach, Walter Hoylman NBC 1989(41st) Lonesome Dove "The Return" Donald F. Johnson, James L. Aicholtz, Michael Herbick, Kevin O'Connell CBS The Great Escape II: The Untold Story "Part 1" John Wilkinson, Richard D. Rogers, Grover B. Helsley, Claude Hitchcock NBC Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North "Part 1" William L. McCaughey, Richard D. Rogers, Grover B. Helsley, Chuck Lewis CBS The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro William L. McCaughey, Doug E. Turner, Grover B. Helsley, Noel Quinn NBC The Karen Carpenter Story William L. McCaughey, Richard D. Rogers, Grover B. Helsley, Charles T. Knight CBS Margaret Bourke-White John Wilkinson, Richard D. Rogers, Grover B. Helsley, Richard Schexnayder TNT
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