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Deadliest Catch is a reality television series that showcases the trials and tribulations of crab fishermen in the Bering Sea. It is produced by Original Productions, and debuted on the Discovery Channel in 2005. Each season over 30,000 hours of footage is filmed. The series has featured a number of vessels with the F/V Northwestern, captained by Sig and Edgar Hansen being the only one to be in every season. It has garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its editing, sound mixing, and cinematography.

As of Season 15, the series has received 51 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards nominations, winning 16. Six of these in the Outstanding Cinematography For Reality Programming category, five for Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming, and two each for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program and Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming. In 2011, it won the Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television at the Producers Guild of America Awards. From 2009 to 2012, the series garnered consecutive wins for Television Non-Fiction, Variety or Music Series or Specials at the Cinema Audio Society Awards. For its editing, it has received 11 nominations from the American Cinema Editors, winning one in 2010.

Sound-mixer Bob Bronow has won the most awards for his work on the series with nine from 33 nominations. Thom Beers has won six awards for producing the series.