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Jeff Engel
Congratulations to Jeff Engel for receiving yet another Emmy Award nomination for “Wheel of Fortune”! The 2014 Emmy Award winner has been busy with the powerhouse game show duet “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel” in the studios, in addition to traveling on location for those shows. “Jeopardy!” has recently traveled to Madison, North Carolina, and Las Vegas. America’s most popular game show “Wheel of Fortune” went to the Big Island of Hawaii! It was big undertaking, involving nine containers and trailers, shipped all the way from L.A. just for lighting and power. The show took place under an 85′ x 100′ roof structure constructed at the shore just for the show. Four weeks of shows were taped at the Hilton Waikoloa village resort. To read more about this enormous feat, check out this amazing article from the International Cinematographer’s Guild’s February 2015 issue. Jeff was also featured in the April issue of ICG. “Wheel” also recently traveled to Walt Disney World, New York, and Jamaica.
“Jeopardy!”, America’s #1 quiz show, has held that place for nearly 950 weeks and has come in first-place for 67 consecutive ratings sweeps periods. “Jeopardy!” has been honored with 30 Daytime Emmy Awards, more than any other syndicated game show. “Jeopardy!” was nominated in several categories, but the Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction is all owed to Jeff. “Jeopardy!” has ranked as the number one show in syndication for a third consecutive week!
Runner up was “Wheel of Fortune”. Spinning since 1975, “Wheel,” after three decades in syndication, is still (and has been) the #1 program in the history of syndicated television and this year marks its 30th season in syndication. It is seen by more than 16 million viewers each evening in the U.S. and 100 million weekly viewers worldwide. Dubbed “America’s Game”, “Wheel” produces 195 shows per season and has taped on location 65 times through the years. Each week features a different theme, set design, and lighting design. Both of these shows have just been picked up through the 2023 television season on key ABC stations!
Recently completed: Game Show Network’s Award Show Pre-show. Up next: “The 25th Annual SAG Awards” Red Carpet and Nominations, which will be held at the Shrine Auditorium. TNT and TBS shared a live telecast of The SAG Awards and is both channels’ most watched and highest-rising annual show.
Jeff Calderon
Jeff has been busy with the of game shows “25 Words” and “America’s Funniest Videos” (which recently received a pickup for its 31st year), “Funny Videos Animal Edition,” and the comedy reality series “Videos After Dark.” “America’s Funniest” is the longest-running primetime entertainment show in ABC history and Academy Lighting has been there all along! Coming up the annual “Chabad Telethon” and then the award show for Local 600 International Cinematographer’s Guild, The Publicist Awards.
Jeff has been very busy with the return of game shows “Divided” and “Winsanity” as well as the all new game show “Emogenius”. You can find all three of these beauties on Game Show Network now and in the months ahead. Jeff just wrapped Season 22 of “Divorce Court”. It’s just been renewed through 2023 making it the longest running court show on television!
Several events for The Church of Scientology along with Celebration of Science with a goal of reaffirming the importance of bio-science with guest speakers including Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
Sean Post
Sean “Sid” Post has been all over the place shooting the last three seasons of “Tough As Nails”! This uplifting competition show celebrates everyday hardworking Americans that keep our communities running and highlights toughness in many forms with unique-real world challenges and remarkable competitors. Sean is keeping up! Prior to that he was at Universal Studios shooting the second season of “Steve”, “Steve on Watch”, and Steve Harvey Digital. This big and beautiful set welcomes several guests each day as well as musical and other special acts. In addition, Sean lit “Sexology” with certified sexologist and intimacy coach Shan Boodram–the most sought-after sex educator on the internet. Sean recently returned from Canton, Ohio, where he lit the NFL Hall of Fame Enshrinement. That’s not all for football: later, Sean traveled to Houston, Texas, for Super Bowl LI lighting. But he’s not done with his fabulous famed interview lighting. He worked on “One-on-One” with Mary J. Blige and they interviewed the former first lady Hillary Clinton. Oprah hasn’t forgotten about him either; he just shot a Netflix interview with her.