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Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

for Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) is an award handed out annually at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Prior to 1976 and between 1979 and 1983, regular series competed with limited series and movies for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing. In 2018, the category was split to separately recognize one-hour and half-hour series. 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: __TOC__

Winners and nominations

Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing

1970s

Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing for a Single Episode of a Regular or Limited Series Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing for a Series

1980s

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Individuals with multiple awards

;8 awards * Casey J. Crabtree ;6 awards * David Klotz * Jeffrey Wilhoit * Bill Wistrom ;5 awards * Jeff Charbonneau * Michael Crabtree * Doug Grindstaff * Thomas A. Harris * Mace Matiosian * Walter Newman * Brett Voss * James Wolvington ;4 awards * Rick Camera * Wilson Dyer * Darleen Stoker * Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit * Darren Wright ;3 awards * Pembrooke Andrews * Michael Baber * James Bailey * Zane D. Bruce * Bradley C. Katona * Timothy A. Cleveland * Benjamin L. Cook * Paul J. Diller * William Dotson *

Paula Fairfield Paula Fairfield is a Canadian American sound designer and sound artist, based in Southern California. She is best known for her work on the series ''Game of Thrones.'' She has a BAFTA Award for House of the Dragon (won 2023); and a total of fourte ...

* Tony Garber * Jessica Goodwin * Tim Hands * Craig Henighan * Rick Hromadka * Al Kajita * Shawn Kennelly * Tim Kimmel * Michael E. Lawshe * Laura Macias * Chris McGeary * Vince Nicastro * Richard Raderman * Joe Sabella * Gerry Sackman * Hank Salerno * Larry Singer * Cathie Speakman * Jeffrey R. Whitcher ;2 awards * William Andrews * Paul Bercovitch * Susan Cahill * Stuart Calderon * Marko A. Costanzo * Thierry J. Couturier * Don Crosby * Mark Dennis * Catherine Flynn * Karyn Foster * George Fredrick * Sharyn Gersh * Tiffany S. Griffth * Eileen Horta * Samuel Horta * Don V. Isaacs * Constance A. Kazmer * Marvin I. Kosberg * Ira Leslie * Maciek Malish * John Matter * James Moriana * Bradley North * Jeffrey A. Pitts * Christopher B. Reeves * Allan K. Rosen * Fred Rosenberg * Debby Ruby-Winsberg * John Stacy * Josef von Stroheim * Tim Tuchrello * Steven Visscher * Bob Weatherford * Susan Welsh * David Werntz * Jordan Wilby * Michael D. Wilhoit

Programs with multiple awards

;4 awards * '' ER'' * '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * ''

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'' ;3 awards * ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'' * '' Hill Street Blues'' * ''

Smallville ''Smallville'' is an American superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produced by Millar Gough ...

'' * '' 24'' ;2 awards * '' Black Sails'' * ''

Boardwalk Empire ''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s and ...

'' * '' The X-Files''

Programs with multiple nominations

Totals combined for programs also nominated for Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation. ;11 nominations * '' ER'' ;8 nominations * ''

'' ;7 nominations * '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * '' 24'' ;6 nominations * ''

'' * '' The X-Files'' ;5 nominations * ''

'' * '' Hill Street Blues'' ;4 nominations * '' Black Sails'' * ''

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'' * '' Gotham'' * '' Lost'' * ''

'' * '' Third Watch'' * '' The Walking Dead'' ;3 nominations * '' Airwolf'' * ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...

'' * '' CSI: Miami'' * ''

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'' * ''

Northern Exposure ''Northern Exposure'' is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It received 57 ...

'' * '' Quantum Leap'' * '' Star Trek: Discovery'' * '' Westworld'' * '' Wiseguy'' ;2 nominations * '' Alias'' * ''

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'' * '' Beauty and the Beast'' * '' Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' * '' Homeland'' * ''

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...

'' * '' MacGyver'' * '' The Mandalorian'' * ''

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'' * '' Miami Vice'' * '' Nikita'' * '' Police Story'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Star Trek: Picard'' * '' Star Trek: Voyager'' * ''

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'' * '' True Blood'' * '' Twin Peaks'' * '' The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau'' * '' Vikings''

Notes

References

{{Primetime Emmy Award categories Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)