MRC EARNS 27 EMMY® NOMINATIONS, A RECORD FOR THE LEADING INDEPENDENT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

MRC Television Achieves Studio Best with 21 Nominations
and dick clark productions Lands Six

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (July 28, 2020) – MRC received a record 27 nominations for the 72nd Emmy® Awards, with leading independent studio MRC Television and brand dick clark productions, part of the newly formed MRC Live & Alternative, both earning multiple nods.

Cementing its status as the leading independent studio, MRC Television received 21 nominations, with each of its three eligible scripted series recognized. “Ozark,” which recently announced its fourth and final season, also achieved the series’ best year with 18 nominations bringing its cumulative nominations to 32. Today’s nominations for the series include Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Jason Bateman) and Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series (Laura Linney), Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series (Julia Garner), Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series (Chris Mundy), and two directing nominations (Alik Sakharov, Ben Semanoff). Bateman also received a nod in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category for his work on “The Outsider.” The satirical comedy “The Great” received two nominations, with writer Tony McNamara nominated in the Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series category and Matt Shakman recognized in the Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series category. “The Outsider” and “The Great” are produced by Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television.

dick clark productions was recognized with six nominations: two for the “77th Annual Golden Globe Awards” bringing its cumulative Emmy nominations to 16; three for “So You Think You Can Dance,” which has previously won 16 Emmy Awards and received 68 nominations; and one for the “2019 American Music Awards,” which now has 17 nominations.

MRC’s partners A24 and Fulwell 73, where it holds minority investments, also received nominations with A24 recognized for “Euphoria” (6), “Ramy” (3) and “At Home With Amy Sedaris” (1), and Fulwell 73 for “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” (1).

Full list of MRC’s 72nd Emmy® Awards nominations below:

2019 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS (1)

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Special
2019 American Music Awards • ABC • dick clark productions, LLC Eric Becker, Technical Director John Pritchett, Screens Technical Director Guy Jones, Video Control Wes Steinberg, Video Control Joe Bohman, Camera Ralph Bolton, Camera Danny Bonilla, Camera Suzanne Ebner, Camera Garrett Hurt, Camera Brian Lataille, Camera David Levisohn, Camera Steve Martyniuk, Camera Allen Merriweather, Camera Rob Pittman, Camera Dave Plakos, Camera Rob Vuona, Camera John Pry, Camera Dan Webb, Camera Steve Thiel, Camera Easter Xua, Camera

77TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES (2)

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
77th Annual Golden Globe Awards • NBC • dick clark productions, LLC in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Special
77th Annual Golden Globe Awards • NBC • dick clark productions, LLC in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Brian Stonestreet, Production Designer Angel Herrera, Art Director

OZARK (18)

Outstanding Drama Series
Ozark • Netflix • MRC

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Ozark • Netflix • MRC Television
Jason Bateman as Martin 'Marty' Byrde

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Ozark • Netflix • MRC Television
Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Ozark • Netflix • MRC Television
Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
Ozark • All In • Netflix • MRC Television
Chris Mundy, Written by

Ozark • Boss Fight • Netflix • MRC Television
John Shiban, Written by

Ozark • Fire Pink • Netflix • MRC Television
Miki Johnson, Written by

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series
Ozark • Fire Pink • Netflix • MRC Television
Alik Sakharov, Directed by

Ozark • Su Casa Es Mi Casa • Netflix • MRC Television
Ben Semanoff, Directed by

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
Ozark • Netflix • MRC Television
Alexa L. Fogel, CSA, Casting by
Tara Feldstein Bennett , CSA, Location Casting
Chase Paris, CSA, Location Casting

Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series (One Hour)
Ozark • Boss Fight • Netflix • MRC Television
Armando Salas, ASC, Director of Photography

Ozark • Civil Union • Netflix • MRC Television
Ben Kutchins, Director of Photography

Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
Ozark • In Case Of Emergency • Netflix • MRC Television
Tracy Ewell, Department Head Makeup Artist
Jillian Erickson, Key Makeup Artist
Jack Lazzaro, Key Makeup Artist

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Ozark • All In • Netflix • MRC Television
Danny Bensi, Composer
Saunder Jurriaans, Composer

Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
Ozark • Wartime • Netflix • MRC Television
David Bomba, Production Designer
Sean Ryan Jennings, Art Director
Kim Leoleis, Set Decorator

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series
Ozark • Fire Pink • Netflix • MRC Television
Vikash Patel, Editor

Ozark • Wartime • Netflix • MRC Television
Cindy Mollo, ACE, Editor

Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
Ozark • All In • Netflix • MRC Television
Felipe 'Flip" Borrero, CAS, Product ion Mixer
Larry Benjamin, CAS, Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin Valentine, Re-Recording Mixer
Phil McGowan, CAS, Scoring Mixer

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (3)

Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming
So You Think You Can Dance • Routines: I'll Be Seeing You, Mambo Italiano, The Girl From Ipanema • FOX • dick clark productions, LLC and 19 Entertainment Al Blackstone, Choreographer

So You Think You Can Dance • Routines: Enough Is Enough, Sign Of The Times • FOX • dick clark productions, LLC and 19 Entertainment Travis Wall, Choreographer

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series
So You Think You Can Dance • Finale • FOX • dick clark productions, LLC and 19 Entertainment Robert Barnhart, Lighting Designer Matt Firestone, Lighting Director Madigan Stehly, Lighting Director Pat rick Boozer, Lighting Director Pete Radice, Lighting Director

THE OUTSIDER (1)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
The Outsider • Fish In A Barrel • HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with MRC Television, Civic Center Media, Pieface, Temple Hill, Aggregate Films
Jason Bateman as Terry Maitland

THE GREAT (2)

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
The Great • The Great • Hulu • Civic Center Media / MRC Television
Tony McNamara, Written by

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
The Great • The Great (Pilot ) • Hulu • Civic Center Media / MRC Television
Matt Shakman, Directed by

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