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84 W I N T E R 2 0 2 1 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y B E E N T H E R E D O N E T H AT Philip Perkins CAS has stayed both distanced and busy with Festival Napa Valley's feature length online streaming music video project "Songs of Gratitude" (location and post mixes), and the docs Selfies and The Magic Line. He has just started the mix of the PBS doc feature I Wanted to Be a Man with a Gun, as well as location sound for a new PBS doc, The Doomsday Machine with Daniel Ellsberg. From Sean Byrnes CAS: Since Pen15 Season 2, I've been busy mixing various features, including Unplugging, starring Eva Longoria and Matt Walsh. And, just in time for holidays, I wrapped Sharp Stick, a dark comedy, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and directed by Lena Dunham. Steve Guercio CAS recently wrapped the indie horror movie The Hunting for Moonphase Media. With Megan Lucas on boom, it was great mixing exteriors in the forest. Frank Morrone CAS and Rob Carr are mixing Magnum P.I. and Legacies on Stage Four at Technicolor. Fred Paragano CAS and Bill Jackson CAS have started mixing Season 4 of The Resident for Fox. Fred is mixing from Paragon West and Bill is mixing from Jacksonland, where they have been respectively mixing since before the pandemic. The ClearView client playbacks stream from the Sony lot and Paragon West. Karol Urban CAS MPSE and Kurt Kassulke CAS just completed the midseason finales for Grey's Anatomy Season 17 and David E. Kelley's Big Sky, both for ABC. Additionally, Karol and Warren Hendriks completed the mix of Stephen King's The Stand for CBS All Access. John Sanacore CAS is thankful to have stayed busy supervising and recording the Foley on three great animated series. Currently recording Season 10 of Bob's Burgers for Fox, Season 1 of The Great North, also on Fox, and Season 2 of Central Park for Apple TV+. Three fun shows that have kept a smile on my face during this otherwise dreadful year. Gavin Fernandes CAS has been mixing Season 2 of Blood & Treasure for CBS. He is juggling that schedule with the Canadian feature Brain Freeze. So, it's treasure hunting by day with zombies at night and weekends. Stay safe! Checking in from NBCUniversal StudioPost Sound Operations… Happy New Year Everyone!… On the Hitchcock Theater, Jon Taylor CAS and Frank Montano are updating some VFX on a few reels of Fast 9 with director Justin Lin for Universal. In Mix-A, John Cook's CAS longtime mixing partner Bill Freesh CAS has decided to retire. Congratulations to Bill and his family! Ben Wilkins will be teaming up with John and mixing Saved by the Bell and Rutherford Falls and will soon begin work on Dick Wolf's new Law & Order: SVU spinoff, Organized Crime, and Hacks, the new Jean Smart comedy. We all send Ben a warm welcome from his new Universal family. In Mix-B, Robert "Bobby" Edmondson CAS & Ruben Ripley started work on Dick Wolf's FBI S3 and FBI: Most Wanted S2. In Mix-C, the team of Todd Morrissey CAS & Eddie Bydalek are mixing the Dick Wolf shows Chicago Fire S9 and Chicago P.D. S8. In Mix-G, the team of Gregory Watkins CAS & Derek Marcil CAS continue mixing for Dick Wolf on Chicago Medical S6 and Law & Order: SVU S22…Wow, 22 seasons, a new record! In Mix-1, Mark Fleming CAS & Myron Nettinga CAS are continuing work on Amazon's Panic S1 and Generation S1 and will soon begin work on Swagger S1 with our director friend Reggie Blythewood. In Mix-2, Keith Rogers CAS & Andy King CAS are mixing Connecting S1, Home Before Dark S2, and Solos S1, along with HBO's This Country S1. In Mix-5, Michael Jesmer & Brian Dinkins are mixing Superstore S6. Peter Nusbaum CAS & Whitney Purple CAS have a sparkling new mix stage—Mix 12—right in the middle of our picture department, located in building 2315 here on the Universal Studio Lot. It still has that new stage smell! Currently, they are mixing Black-ish S7, Mixed-ish S2, Grown-ish S4, Good Girls S4, Call Your Mother S1, and Last Man Standing S9. All of this work is supported by our three ADR stages, our Foley stage, our talented pool of sound supervisors, all the devoted people working in engineering, and our management support staff. It takes a post-production village! Let's all be safe out there!