LIONSGATE® ROARS WITH 24 EMMY® NOMINATIONS FOR ITS ACCLAIMED SERIES ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, MAD MEN, NURSE JACKIE, MANHATTAN AND HOUDINI

SANTA MONICA, Calif., and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 16, 2015 /CNW/ -- LIONSGATE's ® (NYSE: LGF) acclaimed series ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, MAD MEN, NURSE JACKIE and MANHATTAN, and its limited series HOUDINI earned a total of 24 Emmy® nominations today, including an eighth consecutive Outstanding Drama Series nomination for four-time Emmy® winner MAD MEN (AMC); a Drama Series nomination for ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix); and four lead acting nominations including MAD MEN's Jon Hamm (his eighth consecutive drama nod) and Elisabeth Moss (her fifth nomination in this category), NURSE JACKIE's Edie Falco (an Emmy® winner and six-time nominee for this role), and Adrien Brody, who landed his first Emmy nomination for HOUDINI.      

MAD MEN's 11 nominations also include nods for Christina Hendricks as Supporting Actress (her sixth nomination), two Writing nominations, as well as nods for Production Design, Casting, Editing, Hairstyling and Makeup.

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK scored a total of 4 nominations, including nods for Uzo Aduba as Supporting Actress, Pablo Schreiber as Guest Actor, and Casting, along with its Drama Series nomination.

In addition to Edie Falco's nomination for NURSE JACKIE and Adrien Brody's nomination for HOUDINI, Lionsgate picked up 6 additional HOUDINI nods in the Directing, Cinematography, Picture Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Makeup categories, as well as a Main Title Design nomination for MANHATTAN. 

"We're extremely proud of our incredible roster of nominated shows and we thank the TV Academy for this tremendous recognition," said Kevin Beggs, Chairman, Lionsgate Television Group. "These nominations underscore our commitment to producing highly entertaining and original programs that resonate deeply with viewers and inspire broader cultural conversation."   

This year's nominations are as follows:

MAD MEN:

Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Jon Hamm
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series – Elisabeth Moss
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Christina Hendricks
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – "Person to Person" – Matthew Weiner
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – "Lost Horizon" – Semi Chellas, Matthew Weiner
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) -- Dan Bishop, Shanna Starzyk, Claudette Didul
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series – Laura Schiff, Carrie Audino
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series –"Person to Person" – Tom Wilson
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series – Theraesa Rivers, Arturo Rojas, Valerie Jackson, Ai Nakata 
Outstanding Make-Up for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) – Lana Horochowski, Ron Pipes, Maurine Burke, Jennifer Greenberg

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK:

Outstanding Drama Series 
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Uzo Aduba
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series – Pablo Schreiber
Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series – Jennifer Euston

NURSE JACKIE:
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – Edie Falco

MANHATTAN:
Outstanding Main Title Design – Dan Gregoras, Jeremy Cox, Jon Hassell, Griffin Frazen

HOUDINI:

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series of Movie – Adrien Brody
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special – Uli Edel
Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie – Night 1 – Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or a Movie – Night 1 – Sabrina Plisco, David Beatty
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special – Night 1 – Michael J. Benavent, David Beadle, Timothy A. Cleveland, Rachel Corrales, Paul Diller, Gary Megregian, Ryan Maguire, Michael Sana, John Snider, Robert Ulrich, Lance Wiseman, Jim Harrison, Joan Rowe
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Movie – Night 1 – Tamas Csaba, Onnalee Blank, Ken Burton
Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic) – Night 1 – Gregor Eckstein 

After seven groundbreaking seasons and 92 episodes, MAD MEN recently concluded its celebrated run on AMC as one of the most honored series in television history. The program has won dozens of awards, including three Golden Globes® for Best Drama and four Emmys® for Outstanding Drama Series, tying the all-time record for Emmy® wins in the category. Additional honors include a Peabody Award, three Producers Guild Awards and six Writers Guild Awards among many others, and for seven consecutive years the series has been named as one of AFI's Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs. Set in New York in the 1960's, Mad Men has riveted audiences with its depiction of the seductive and intriguing world of Madison Avenue advertising, winning acclaim for its brilliantly drawn characters and its historical authenticity in costume and design. The outstanding ensemble cast includes Golden Globe® winner Jon Hamm, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Aaron Staton, Rich Sommer, Christopher Stanley, Jessica Pare, Jay R. Ferguson, Kevin Rahm, Kiernan Shipka and Mason Vale Cotton. Produced by Lionsgate, the series is created, written and executive produced by Emmy^® and Golden Globe^® winner Matthew Weiner in association with Weiner Bros. Scott Hornbacher and Janet Leahy are also executive producers.   

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, now in production on its fourth season, is the most-watched original series on Netflix in all of its territories around the world. The critically acclaimed series has become a global pop culture phenomenon, earning 12 Emmy nominations – the most of any comedy series – and three Emmy wins last year.  The program was named in 2014 and 2015 to AFI's annual list of the Top 10 Television Programs of the Year, and its numerous additional honors include two SAG Awards, a Peabody, a Producers Guild Award, two People's Choice Awards, four Critics' Choice TV Awards and four Golden Globe® nominations. Heartbreaking and hilarious, Orange is the New Black stars Taylor Schilling as Brooklynite Piper Chapman whose decade-old relationship with a drug runner results in her arrest and 15-month detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper must trade her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric and outspoken group of inmates. The series' diverse ensemble also includes Uzo Aduba, Jason Biggs, Danielle Brooks, Laverne Cox, Michael J. Harney, Natasha Lyonne, Selenis Leyva, Taryn Manning, Adrienne C. Moore, Kate Mulgrew, Dascha Polanco, Laura Prepon, Nick Sandow, Yael Stone, Lorraine Toussaint and Samira Wiley. Orange is the New Black is executive produced by Jenji Kohan and produced by Lionsgate.

NURSE JACKIE, which recently concluded its seventh and final season on Showtime, stars Edie Falco as a strong-willed, fiercely loyal, deeply dedicated but very flawed emergency nurse working in a New York City hospital. Between chronic back pain and a personal life constantly on the edge of collapse, she struggles to relieve the pain and stay one step ahead of total disaster. Falco has earned numerous honors for this role, including an Emmy® Award for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, an additional five Emmy® nods in this category, and seven SAG Award nominations, making her the most nominated TV performer in SAG Awards history with a total of 21 nominations. Merritt Wever was also recognized for her work on the show with her first Supporting Actress Emmy® for a comedy in 2013. Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa, Anna Deavere Smith, Peter Facinelli, Ruby Jerins, Stephen Wallem and Mackenzie Aladjem also star. Co-produced by Lionsgate and Showtime Networks, the series was created by Evan Dunsky, Liz Brixius & Linda Wallem and is executive produced by Clyde Phillips, Tom Straw, Richie Jackson, Liz Flahive and Caryn Mandabach.

MANHATTAN, described by Time Magazine as "the TV season's secret weapon," has earned widespread critical acclaim and will launch its second season on WGN America this fall. Created by Sam Shaw and directed by Emmy Award®-winning director Thomas Schlamme, the series is set against the backdrop of the greatest race against time in the history of science -- the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb – and follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families in Los Alamos as they attempt to coexist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives. The ensemble cast includes Emmy®-nominated actor John Benjamin Hickey, Olivia Williams, Ashley Zukerman, Rachel Brosnahan, Katja Herbers, Helen Prins, Alexia Fast, Christopher Denham, Harry Lloyd, Michael Chernus and Daniel Stern. Multiple Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee William Petersen has joined the cast as a regular for season two, which will also feature Mamie Gummer and Griffin Dunne, among others, in recurring roles. Manhattan is produced by Lionsgate Television, Skydance Television and Tribune Studios.

Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody stars HOUDINI, an event miniseries that premiered on HISTORY in September 2014 and tells the story of The Great Harry Houdini from his humble beginnings at circus sideshows to sold-out concert halls across the globe. Along the way to becoming America's first world-renowned superstar, he engages in espionage, battles spiritualists, and encounters the greatest names of the era, from U.S. presidents to Arthur Conan Doyle and Rasputin. The scripted miniseries also stars Kristen Connolly and Evan Jones. Houdini is a Lionsgate/A+E Studios co-production, written by Academy Award® nominee Nicholas Meyer and directed by Academy Award® nominee Uli Edel. Gerald W. Abrams and Andras Hamori are executive producers.

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Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first three installments of The Hunger Games franchise, the first two installments of the Divergent franchise, The Age of Adaline, CBS/Lionsgate's The DUFF, John Wick, Now You See Me, Roadside Attractions' Love & Mercy and A Most Wanted Man, Lionsgate/Codeblack Films' Addicted and Pantelion Films' Instructions Not Included, the highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the U.S.

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