McMillions

McMillions
GenreTrue crime
Documentary series
Written by
  • James Lee Hernandez
  • Brian Lazarte
Directed by
  • James Lee Hernandez
  • Brian Lazarte
ComposerPinar Toprak
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
CinematographyJeff Dolen
Production companies
  • Unrealistic Ideas
  • FunMeter
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseFebruary 3 (2020-02-03) –
March 9, 2020 (2020-03-09)
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McMillions (stylized as McMillion$) is a documentary miniseries about the McDonald's Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989 and 2001. Directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, the series details how the scam was perpetrated by Jerry Jacobson,[1] the head of security for the agency that ran the promotion, and how he recruited a wide range of accomplices. The series premiered in the US on February 3, 2020, on HBO, and all episodes were made available in the UK on May 27, 2020, on Sky Documentaries. McMillions was nominated for five Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.

  1. ^ "What Happened To Jerome Jacobson, Mastermind Of The McDonald's Monopoly Fraud?". Oxygen Official Site. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-03-23.