58th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

|+ {{sronly|Programs}}

• The XX Olympic Winter Games – Opening Ceremony (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 78th Annual Academy Awards (ABC)
• Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (HBO)
• George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (HBO)
• McCartney in St. Petersburg (A&E)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Special Class Program (Area)}}

• Dance in America: Swan Lake with American Ballet Theatre (Great Performances) (PBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Jazz at Lincoln Center – Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (Live from Lincoln Center) (PBS)
• A Lincoln Center Special: 30 Years of Live from Lincoln Center (PBS)
• South Pacific in Concert from Carnegie Hall (Great Performances) (PBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Children's Program (Area)}}

• High School Musical (Disney){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Classical Baby 2 (HBO)
• Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Do Something! Caring for the Kids of Katrina (Nickelodeon)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More) (Area)}}

• Before the Dinosaurs (Discovery Channel){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Escape from Cluster Prime (Nickelodeon)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Nonfiction Special (Area)}}

• Rome: Engineering an Empire (The History Channel){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise (HBO)
• How William Shatner Changed the World (The History Channel)
• Inside 9/11 (National Geographic)
• Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (TCM)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television (Juried)}}

• TiVo{{efn|For Outstanding Achievement for Program Specific Enhanced or Interactive Television}}{{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• ABC.com's full-episode streaming player{{efn|For Outstanding Achievement for Non-Program Specific Enhanced or Interactive Television for a Channel, Network or Service}}{{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

|+ {{sronly|Performing}}

• Leslie Jordan – Will & Grace as Beverley Leslie (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Alec Baldwin – Will & Grace as Malcolm (NBC)
• Martin Sheen – Two and a Half Men as Harvey (CBS)
• Patrick Stewart – Extras as himself (HBO)
• Ben Stiller – Extras as himself (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series}}

• Cloris Leachman – Malcolm in the Middle as Ida (Fox){{double dagger|alt=Winner}} (Episodes: “Bride of Ida” and “Graduation”)
• Blythe Danner – Will & Grace as Marilyn Truman (NBC)
• Shirley Knight – Desperate Housewives as Phyllis Van de Kamp (ABC)
• Laurie Metcalf – Monk as Cora (USA)
• Kate Winslet – Extras as herself (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series}}

• Patricia Clarkson – Six Feet Under as Aunt Sarah (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Kate Burton – Grey's Anatomy as Ellis Grey (ABC)
• Joanna Cassidy – Six Feet Under as Margaret Chenowith (HBO)
• Swoosie Kurtz – Huff as Madeline Sullivan (Showtime)
• Christina Ricci – Grey's Anatomy as Hannah (ABC)

|+ {{sronly|Animation}}

• Classical Baby 2: "The Hippo Dance" – Jarek Szyszko (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Escape from Cluster Prime – Bryan Arnett (Nickelodeon){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: "Go Goo Go" – Shannon Tindle (Cartoon Network){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy – Mike Diederich (Cartoon Network){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee: "Adventures in Babysitting" – Frederick Gardner (Cartoon Network){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Robot Chicken: "Easter Basket" – Sarah E. Meyer (Cartoon Network){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}

|+ {{sronly|Art Direction}}

• How I Met Your Mother: "Pilot" – Stephan Olson and Richard C. Walker (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Stacked: "iPod" – Bernard Vyzga and Mark Johnson (Fox)
• Will & Grace: "I Love L. Gay" – Glenda Rovello and Melinda Ritz (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series}}

• Rome: "Caesarion" / "Triumph" / "Kalends of February" – Joseph Bennett, Domenico Sica, and Cristina Onori (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Desperate Housewives: "There's Something About a War" – Thomas A. Walsh, P. Erik Carlson, and Erica Rogalla (ABC)
• House: "Autopsy" / "Distractions" / "Skin Deep" – Derek R. Hill and Danielle Berman (Fox)
• Nip/Tuck: "Ben White" – Liz Kay and Ellen Brill (FX)
• Six Feet Under: "Hold My Hand" / "Singing for Our Lives" / "Everyone's Waiting" – Suzuki Ingerslev, Kristan Andrews, and Rusty Lipscomb (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety, Music Program, or Special (Area)}}

• 78th Annual Academy Awards – Roy Christopher and Greg Richman (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• American Idol: "Episode 519" – Andy Walmsley and James Yarnell (Fox)
• Dancing with the Stars: "Episode 206" – Patrick Doherty and James Yarnell (ABC)
• MADtv: "Episode 1115" – John Sabato, D Martyn Bookwalter, and Daryn Reid Goodall (Fox)
• Rome: Engineering an Empire – Vincent Kralyevich (The History Channel)

|+ {{sronly|Casting}}

• My Name Is Earl – Dava Waite Peaslee (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Desperate Housewives – Junie Lowry Johnson and Scott Genkinger (ABC)
• Entourage – Sheila Jaffe, Georgianne Walken, and Meredith Tucker (HBO)
• Weeds – Amy McIntyre Britt and Anya Colloff (Showtime)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series}}

• Grey's Anatomy – Linda Lowy and John Brace (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Big Love – Junie Lowry Johnson and Libby Goldstein (HBO)
• Boston Legal – Ken Miller and Nikki Valko (ABC)
• House – Amy Lippens and Stephanie Laffin (Fox)
• Lost – April Webster, Veronica Collins Rooney, and Mandy Sherman (ABC)

|+ {{sronly|Choreography}}

• High School Musical – Kenny Ortega, Charles Klapow, and Bonnie Story (Disney){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Dancing with the Stars: "Episode #204" – Nick Kosovich and Cheryl Burke (ABC)
• Dancing with the Stars: "Episode #208" – Cheryl Burke (ABC)
• Dancing with the Stars: "Episode #208" – Tony Dovolani (ABC)
• Malcolm in the Middle: "Bomb Shelter" – Fred Tallaksen (Fox)
• The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: "Commercial Breaks" – Travis Payne (Disney)

|+ {{sronly|Cinematography}}

• How I Met Your Mother: "The Limo" – Christian La Fountaine (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• According to Jim: "Mr. Right" – George Mooradian (ABC)
• The New Adventures of Old Christine: "Open Water" – Gregg Heschong (CBS)
• Reba: "The Goodbye Guy" – Bryan Hays (WB)
• Two and a Half Men: "Carpet Burns and a Bite Mark" – Steven V. Silver (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series}}

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: "Gum Drops" – Michael Slovis (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Everybody Hates Chris: "Everybody Hates Funerals" – Mark Doering-Powell (UPN)
• Lost: "Man of Science, Man of Faith" – Michael Bonvillain (ABC)
• The Sopranos: "The Ride" – Phil Abraham (HBO)
• 24: "9:00 PM – 10:00 PM" – Rodney Charters (Fox)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming (Single-Camera Productions)}}

• Baghdad ER – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise – Maryse Alberti, Sandra Chandler, and Beth Wichterich (HBO)
• Children of Beslan – Dirk Nel (HBO)
• I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me – Buddy Squires (HBO)
• Rome: Engineering an Empire – Jeremiah Crowell (The History Channel)

|+ {{sronly|Commercial}}

• "Required Reading" – The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness and Leo Burnett Chicago (Hallmark){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• "Stick" – Partizan and BBDO New York (FedEx){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• "Clydesdale American Dream" – PYTKA and DDB Chicago (Budweiser)
• "Concert" – MJZ and DDB Los Angeles (Ameriquest)

|+ {{sronly|Costumes}}

• Rome: "Triumph" – April Ferry and Augusto Grassi (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Battlestar Galactica: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2" – Glenne Campbell, Glenna Owen, and Cali Newcomen (Sci Fi Channel)
• Desperate Housewives: "Next" – Catherine Adair, Joyce Goodwin, and Karo Vartanian (ABC)
• Everybody Hates Chris: "Everybody Hates the Pilot" – Darryle Johnson and Shirlene Williams (UPN)
• The Sopranos: "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." – Juliet Polcsa, Joseph La Corte, and Elizabeth Feldbauer (HBO)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special}}

• Elizabeth I: "Part 2" – Mike O'Neill and Samantha Horn (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Bleak House (Masterpiece Theatre): "Episode 1" – Andrea Galer and Charlotte Morris (PBS)
• Into the West: "Hell on Wheels" – Michael T. Boyd and Joe McCloskey (TNT)
• Mrs. Harris – Julie Weiss and Elaine Ramires (HBO)
• Once Upon a Mattress – Bob Mackie, Chris Hargadon, and Dawn Leigh Climie (ABC)

|+ {{sronly|Directing}}

• Baghdad ER – Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise – Shari Cookson (HBO)
• American Masters: "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home" – Martin Scorsese (PBS)
• American Masters: "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend" – Sam Pollard (PBS)
• Children of Beslan – Ewa Ewart and Leslie Woodhead (HBO)

|+ {{sronly|Hairstyling}}

• Rome: "Stealing from Saturn" – Aldo Signoretti, Ferdinando Merolla, Stefano Ceccarelli, and Gaetano Panico (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Alias: "There's Only One Sydney Bristow" – Michael Reitz, Katherine Rees, and Shimmy Osman (ABC)
• Desperate Housewives: "Remember" – Dena Green, Gabor Heiligenberg, Nicole Frank, and James Dunham (ABC)
• Six Feet Under: "Everyone's Waiting" – Randy Sayer, Miia Kovero, Karl Wesson, and Daphne Lawson (HBO)
• Will & Grace: "The Finale" – Luke O'Connor and Tim Burke (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special}}

• Elizabeth I: "Part 2" – Fae Hammond and Su Westwood (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Into the West: "Casualties of War" – Mary Lampert and Jennifer Santiago (TNT)
• Into the West: "Manifest Destiny" – Iloe Flewelling (TNT)
• Mrs. Harris – Bunny Parker, Susan Schuler, and Elle Elliot (HBO)

|+ {{sronly|Lighting Direction}}

• 2005 American Music Awards – Olin Younger and Harry Sangmeister (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 78th Annual Academy Awards – Robert A. Dickinson, Robert Barnhart, and Andy O'Reilly (ABC)
• American Idol: "American Classics Songbook with Rod Stewart" – Kieran Healy, Eli McKinney, and George Harvey (Fox)
• American Idol: "Finale" – Kieran Healy, Harry Sangmeister, and George Harvey (Fox)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: "Episode #2226" – Fred Bock (NBC)

|+ {{sronly|Main Title Design}}

• 78th Annual Academy Awards – Alen Petkovic, Jon Teschner, Renato Grgic, and Kristijan Petrovic (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Big Love – Angus Wall, Maurice Marable, Kirk Baxter, and Larry Ewing (HBO)
• Ghost Whisperer – Paul Matthaeus, Erin Sarofsky, Anthony Vitagliano, and Shangyu Yin (CBS)
• Rome – Angus Wall, Kirks Balden, Brad Waskewich, and Andrew Hall (HBO)
• The Triangle – Garson Yu, Yolanda Santosa, Robert Cribbett, and Nate Homan (Sci Fi Channel)
• Weeds – Thomas Cobb and Robert Bradley (Showtime)

|+ {{sronly|Makeup}}

• Black. White.: "Hour One" – Brian Sipe, Keith VanderLaan, and Will Huff (FX){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• CSI: NY: "Wasted" – Perri Sorel, Rela Martine-Gray, James MacKinnon, and John Goodwin (CBS)
• Grey's Anatomy: "Owner of a Lonely Heart" – Norman Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Tom Burman, and Bari Dreiband-Burman (ABC)
• MADtv: "Episode 1109" – Jennifer Aspinall, Nathalie Fratti, Heather Mages, and David Williams (Fox)
• Nip/Tuck: "Quentin Costa" – Eryn Krueger, Stephanie Fowler, Debbie Zoller, and Michele Tyminski (FX)
• Rome: "Caesarion" – Maurizio Silvi, Federico Laurenti, Francesco Nardi, and Laura Tonello (HBO)
• Will & Grace: "The Finale" – Patty Bunch, Karen Kawahara, Farah Bunch, and Greg Cannom (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic)}}

• Bleak House (Masterpiece Theatre) – Daniel Phillips (PBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Into the West: "Ghost Dance" – Tarra Day (TNT)
• Into the West: "Wheel to the Stars" – Gail Kennedy (TNT)
• Mrs. Harris – Tina Roesler Kerwin, Elisa Marsh, Julie Hewett, and Michele Baylis (HBO)
• The Ten Commandments – Michele Baylis, Khalid Alami, Angie Mudge, and Jennifer Harty (ABC)

|+ {{sronly|Music}}

• 24: "6:00 AM – 7:00 AM" – Sean Callery (Fox){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Masters of Horror: "Dreams in the Witch House" – Richard Band (Showtime)
• Rome: "Triumph" – Jeff Beal (HBO)
• Stargate: Atlantis: "Grace Under Pressure" – Joel Goldsmith (Sci Fi Channel)
• Supernatural: "Pilot" – Christopher Lennertz (WB)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)}}

• Into the West – Geoff Zanelli (TNT){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• The Dive from Clausen's Pier – Bruce Broughton (Lifetime)
• Human Trafficking: "Part 1" – Normand Corbeil (Lifetime)
• Sleeper Cell – Paul Haslinger (Showtime)
• The Water Is Wide (Hallmark Hall of Fame Presentation) – Jeff Beal (CBS)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics}}

• MADtv: "Episode 1111" – "A Wonderfully Normal Day" by Greg O'Connor and Jim Wise (Fox){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Gideon's Daughter – "Natasha's Song" by Stephen Poliakoff and Adrian Johnston (BBC America)
• High School Musical – "Breaking Free" by Jamie Houston (Disney)
• High School Musical – "Get'cha Head in the Game" by Ray Cham, Greg Cham, and Andrew Seeley (Disney)
• Once Upon a Mattress – "That Baby of Mine" by Ken Welch and Mitzie Welch (ABC)

|+ {{sronly|Picture Editing}}

• 24: "7:00 AM – 8:00 AM" – David Latham (Fox){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Boston Legal: "Race Ipsa" – Philip Neel (ABC)
• Lost: "Live Together, Die Alone (Part 1 & 2)" – Sue Blainey, Stephen Semel, and Sarah Boyd (ABC)
• Lost: "One of Them" – Sarah Boyd (ABC)
• 24: "9:00 AM – 10:00 AM" – Scott Powell (Fox)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series}}

• My Name Is Earl: "Ruined Joy's Wedding" – Lance Luckey (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Arrested Development: "The Ocean Walker" – Stuart Bass (Fox)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The Ski Lift" – Steve Rasch (HBO)
• Desperate Housewives: "That's Good, That's Bad" – Nancy Morrison (ABC)
• The Office: "Booze Cruise" – Dean Holland (NBC)
• The Office: "Christmas Party" – David Rogers
• Weeds: "Good Shit Lollipop" – David Helfand (Showtime)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series}}

• Two and a Half Men: "That Special Tug" – Joe Bella (CBS){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: "Episode #2198" – Katherine Babiak, Mark Jankeloff, Liz Gross, and Vic Fabilli (NBC)
• Late Show with David Letterman: "Show #2519" – Mark Spada, Andrew Evangelista, Steve Hostomsky, Tom Catusi, James Alkins, and Mona Lu (CBS)
• That '70s Show: "We Will Rock You" – Michael Karlich (Fox)
• Will & Grace: "The Finale" – Peter Chakos (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Small Team Entries)}}

• Rome: Engineering an Empire – Jennifer P. Honn (The History Channel){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes – Tim Preston, Debra Light, and Barry A. O'Brien (CBS)
• American Masters: "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home" – David Tedeschi (PBS)
• American Masters: "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend" – Steven Wechsler (PBS)
• Baghdad ER – Patrick McMahon and Carrie Goldman (HBO)
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: "Prostitution" – Steven Uhlenberg (Showtime)

|+ {{sronly|Sound Editing}}

• Smallville: "Arrival" – Michael Lawshe, Timothy Cleveland, Paul Diller, Stuart Calderon, Jason Oliver, Jessica Dickson, David Cowan, Chris McGeary, Casey Crabtree, and Michael Crabtree (WB){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: "A Bullet Runs Through It, Part 1" – Mace Matiosian, Ruth Adelman, David Van Slyke, Jivan Tahmizian, Mark Allen, Troy Hardy, Zane Bruce, and Joseph Sabella (CBS)
• ER: "Two Ships" – Walter Newman, Tom Harris, Darleen Stoker, Rick M. Hromadka, Darren Wright, Kenneth Young, Bruce Honda, Sharyn Tylk-Gersh, Casey Crabtree, and Michael Crabtree (NBC)
• Supernatural: "Pilot" – Michael Lawshe, Timothy Cleveland, Paul Diller, Marc Meyer, David Lynch, Jessica Dickson, Karyn Foster, Chris McGeary, David Lee Fein, and Jody Thomas (WB)
• 24: "9:00 PM – 10:00 PM" – William Dotson, Catherine Speakman, Pembrooke Andrews, Jeffrey Whitcher, Shawn Kennelly, Rick Polanco, Jeffrey Charbonneau, Laura Macias, and Vince Nicastro (Fox)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special}}

• Flight 93 – Harry Snodgrass, Mark Linden, Tara A. Paul, David A. Sharf, Geoff Raffan, Carlos Ramirez, Joan Rowe, and Chris Julian (A&E){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Category 7: The End of the World: "Night 1" – Joseph Melody, Devon Curry, Kevin Fisher, Rick Steele, Anton Holden, Joy Ealy, J. Michael Hooser, Burt Weinstein, Tim Terusa, Mark Steele, Sean Byrne, Peter DiRado, Tim Chilton, and Sharon Michaels (CBS)
• Into the West: "Manifest Destiny" – Michael Graham, Kristi Johns, Bill Bell, Bob Costanza, Mike Dickeson, Gary Macheel, Lou Thomas, Adriane Marfiak, Anton Holden, Burt Weinstein, Tim Terusa, Charles Kolander, Rusty Tinsley, Jim Schultz, Jill Sanders, and Tim Chilton (TNT)
• Sleeper Cell: "Youmud-Din" – Mark Kamps, Todd Murakami, Jane Boegel, Jason Lezama, Patrick Hogan, Bob Newlan, Matt Fausak, and Dale Perry (Showtime)
• Stephen King's Desperation – Richard Taylor, Todd Murakami, Jason Lezama, Andrew Ellerd, Bob Costanza, Brian Thomas Nist, Patrick Hogan, Mark Cookson, Mark Kamps, Robert Ramirez, Fred Judkins, Rick Steele, Sonya Lindsay, and Stan Jones (ABC)

|+ {{sronly|Sound Mixing}}

• Boston Legal: "Finding Nimmo" – Craig Hunter, Peter R. Kelsey, Clark King, and William Butler (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Battlestar Galactica: "Scattered" – Kenneth Kobett, Michael Olman, and Rick Bal (Sci Fi Channel)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: "A Bullet Runs Through It" – Yuri Reese, Bill Smith, and Mick Fowler (CBS)
• House: "Euphoria, Part 1" – Gerry Lentz, Richard Weingart, and Russell C. Fager (Fox)
• Lost: "Live Together, Die Alone (Part 2)" – David Barr Yaffe, Sean Rush, Frank Morrone, and Scott Weber (ABC)
• 24: "7:00 AM – 8:00 AM" – Michael Olman, Kenneth Kobett, and Bill Gocke (Fox)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie}}

• Into the West: "Dreams and Schemes" – George Tarrant, Rick Alexander, and Richard Rogers (TNT){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Elizabeth I: "Part 1" – Ken Campbell and Paul Hamblin (HBO)
• Flight 93 – Mark Linden, Tara A. Paul, Liam Lockhart, and Harry Snodgrass (A&E)
• Into the West: "Hell on Wheels" – Bayard Carey, Rick Alexander, and Richard Rogers (TNT)
• Sleeper Cell: "Youmud-Din" – Elmo Ponsdomenech, Joe Earle, and Roger Pietschmann (Showtime)
• The Ten Commandments: "Part II" – Alistair Crocker, Terry O'Bright, and Keith Rogers (ABC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special or Animation (Area)}}

• 78th Annual Academy Awards – Edward J. Greene, Tom Vicari, Patrick Baltzell, Robert Douglass, and Jamie Santos (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Eagles Farewell I Tour – Live from Melbourne – Elliot Scheiner and Sue Pelino (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• American Idol: "American Classics Songbook with Rod Stewart" – Edward J. Greene, Andrew Fletcher, Paul Sandweiss, Brian Riordan, and Conner Moore (Fox)
• Barry Manilow: Music and Passion – Tom Davis, John Zvolensky, and Steve Johnson (PBS)
• 48th Annual Grammy Awards – Tom Holmes, John Harris, Eric Schilling, Don Worsham, Mikael Stewart, Ron Reaves, Paul Sandweiss, and Bob La Masney (CBS)

|+ {{sronly|Special Visual Effects}}

• Rome: "The Stolen Eagle" – Barrie Hemsley, James Madigan, Joe Pavlo, Duncan Kinnaird, Dan Pettipher, Michele Sciolette, Charles Darby, Clare Herbert, and Anna Panton (HBO){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Battlestar Galactica: "Resurrection Ship (Part 2)" – Gary Hutzel, Michael Gibson, Doug Drexler, Steve Kullback, Mark Shimer, Chris Zapara, Lane Jolly, Kyle Toucher, and Daniel Osaki (Sci Fi Channel)
• Lost: "Live Together, Die Alone (Part 1 & 2)" – Kevin Blank, Mitch Suskin, Jay Worth, Scott Dewis, Steve Fong, Spencer Levy, Eric Chauvin, Archie Ahuna, and Bob Lloyd (ABC)
• Perfect Disaster: "Super Tornado" – Gareth Edwards and Bob Trevino (Discovery Channel)
• Surface: "Episode #101" – Mitch Suskin, Dave Morton, Eric Hance, John Teska, Pierre Drolet, Eric Chauvin, Steve Fong, and Neal Sopata (NBC)

| style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | {{Award category|#EEDD82|Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special}}

• The Triangle: "Part 1" – Marc Weigert, Volker Engel, Ingo Putze, Robin Graham, Todd Sheridan Perry, Conrad Murrey, Sam Khorshid, Paul Graff, and Ben Grossmann (Sci Fi Channel){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Before the Dinosaurs – Tim Greenwood, Neil Glasbey, Chloe Leland, Nigel Booth, Jeremy Hunt, Daren Horley, Peter Thorn, and Darren Byford (Discovery Channel)
• Into the West: "Hell on Wheels" – Tim McHugh, Craig Weiss, Glenn Campbell, Christopher DeCristo, Christopher Moore, Niel Wray, Don L. McCoy, George Garcia, and Eric Ehemann (TNT)
• Mammoth – Armen Kevorkian, Liz Castro, Matt Scharf, David Morton, Christian Bloch, Stefan Bredereck, Jason Zimmerman, Spencer Levy, and Scott Dewis (Sci Fi Channel)
• The Nightingale (Great Performances) – Hugues Namur, Paul Carteron, Morgan Sagel, Anne Chatelain, Oliver Garcelon, Alexander Gregoire, Guillaume Ho Tsong Fang, Ugo Bimar, and Julien Limouse (PBS)

|+ {{sronly|Stunt Coordination}}

• E-Ring: "Snatch and Grab" – Jimmy Romano (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• Alias: "Reprisal (Part 1)" / "All the Time in the World (Part 2)" – Shauna Duggins (ABC)
• Numb3rs: "Harvest" – Jim Vickers (CBS)
• 24: "9:00 PM – 10:00 PM" – Jeff Cadiente (Fox)
• The Unit: "First Responders" – Norman Howell (CBS)

|+ {{sronly|Technical Direction}}

• Dancing with the Stars: "Episode #204" – John Pritchett, Brian Reason, Hector Ramirez, Dave Levisohn, John Repczynski, Danny Bonilla, Easter Xua, Diane Biederbeck, Suzanne Ebner, James Karidas, and Chris Gray (ABC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• American Idol: "Episode #530" – John Pritchett, Diane Biederbeck, Danny Bonilla, Manny Bonilla, Dave Eastwood, Suzanne Ebner, Bobby Highton, Ed Horton, Steve Martynuik, Ken Patterson, George Prince, John Repczynski, Easter Xua, Diane Biederbeck, Suzanne Ebner, James Karidas, and Mark Sanford (Fox)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: "Episode #2226" – Gregory Aull, Richard S. Carter, Kenneth Decker, Kurt Decker, Eugene Huelsman, Gregory Kasoff, Chris Matott, James Palczewski, James Scurti, Mark Sofil, Eli Clarke, Carl M. Henry III, and Keith Winikoff (NBC)
• Late Show with David Letterman: "Show #2472" – Timothy W. Kennedy, Al Cialino, David J. Dorsett, Karin-Lucie Grzella, Jack W. Young, John Hannel, John Curtin, George Rothweiler, Dan Flaherty, Fred Shimizu, Steven G. Kaufman, John Pry, Kevin Bailey, William J. White, and Daniel L. Campbell (CBS)
• Saturday Night Live: "Host: Jack Black, Musical Guest Neil Young" – Steven Cimino, John Pinto, Richard B. Fox, Brian Phraner, Michael Bennett, Eric A. Eisenstein, John Rosenblatt, Gene Huelsman, Susan Noll, and Frank Grisanti (NBC)

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• The XX Olympic Winter Games – Opening Ceremony – Robert LaMacchia, Cody Alexander, Dan Beard, Joe Debonis, Kenneth Decker, Eric A. Eisenstein, Rick Fox Jr., Sal Guarna, Mike Harvath, Terry Hester, Igor Klobas, Richie Leible Jr., Tore Livia, Jon Mantak, Chris Matott, Robert Mikkelson, Brian Phraner, John Pinto, Marc Tippy, Nick Utley, James Wachter, Harry Weisman, Mike Wimberley, Ken Woo, John Murphy, and Jerrold Hochman (NBC){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• 78th Annual Academy Awards – John B. Field, Kenneth Shapiro, Allan Wells, Ted Ashton, Robert Balton, John Burdick, David Eastwood, Marc Hunter, Charlie Huntley, Dave Levisohn, Jay Millard, Lyn Noland, Rob Palmer, Bill Philbin, David Plakos, Hector Ramirez, Brian Reason, Mark Whitman, Kris Wilson, Bret Crutcher, Aaron Fitzgerald, Dean Hall, Easter Xua, Mark Sanford, Keith Winikoff, and Chuck Reilly (ABC)
• Andrea Bocelli: Amore Under the Desert Sky (Great Performances) – Allan Wells, Randy Baer, Bill Chaikowsky, Ken Dahlquist, Hank Geving, Manny Guitierrez, Larry Heider, Pat Kerby, Ken Patterson, Gordie Saiger, Rob Vuona, Daniel Webb, Easter Xua, Billy Steinberg, and Steve Rice (PBS)
• Elton John: The Red Piano – Chuck Reilly, Barrie Dodd, Andy Watt, James Ramsay, Derek Pennell, Paul Freeman, Tom Geren, Kenny Patterson, David Plakos, Daniel Webb, Ted Ashton, Hector Ramirez, Gordie Saiger, David Eastwood, John Repczynski, Robert Palmer, Harry Skip Eppley, Chris Methven, and Guy Jones (NBC)
• NFL Opening Kickoff 2005 – Eric Becker, Bob Del Russo, Freddy Fredrick, Pat Gleason, Charlie Huntley, Lyn Noland, Mark Whitman, Easter Xua, Jay Kulick, John Meiklejohn, John Kosmaczewski, Chuck Reilly, and Guy Jones (ABC)

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• Stardust: The Bette Davis Story – Peter Jones (TCM){{double dagger|alt=Winner}}
• American Masters: "Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea" – DeWitt Sage (PBS)
• American Masters: "John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend" – Ken Bowser (PBS)
• How William Shatner Changed the World – Alan Handel and Julian Jones (The History Channel)
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit!: "Prostitution" – Penn Jillette, Teller, Cliff Schoenberg, Jon Hotchkiss, Michael Goudeau, and Star Price (Showtime)