Freeze Frame -- July 11, 2016
At New York Collaborates for Autism and Sundance TV’s panel for The A Word at New York’s Museum of Arts & Design (l. to r.): Charlie Collier, president and GM, AMC & Sundance TV; Deborah Roberts, ABC News; Al Roker of NBC’s Today; and Joel Sillerman, president, original programming and development, Sundance TV.
(From l.): Lauren Gellert, EVP of original development and original programming at WE tv; Million Dollar Matchmaker star Patti Stanger; and Mark Juris, WE tv president and GM, at the Million Dollar Matchmaker premiere at the Crosby Street Hotel in New York.
TV personality La La Anthony (l.) and her husband, New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, lent their star power to Starz’s season-three premiere screening for Power at New York’s SVA Theatre.
(From l.): Bob Greenblatt, chairman, NBC Entertainment; Seth Meyers, host of NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers and honoree; and Jake Tapper, CNN anchor and emcee, at the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual industry tribute at New York’s St. Regis Hotel.
(From l.): Cast members Devon Bagby, Liev Schreiber and Kerris Dorsey made a family affair of Showtime’s premiere night viewing party for Ray Donovan at O’Brien’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif.
At the inaugural Barrett-Jackson Northeast car auction at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut (l. to r.): Nickolas Cardinal, EVP/GM, Barrett-Jackson Auction Co.; Dale Ledbetter, GM, Hendrick Performance; Bon Scanlon, GM of Velocity and EVP, automotive content, Discovery Communications; Greg Olson of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, who auctioned his ’69 Chevy Camaro for charity; and Craig Jackson, chairman/CEO, Barrett-Jackson.
On the red carpet of SeriesFest at the Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Morrison, Colo. (l. to r.): Kaily Smith Westbrook, co-founder, SeriesFest; Alastair Fothergill and Huw Cordey, producers of BBC America’s The Hunt; and Randi Kleiner, co-founder, SeriesFest.
Members of the Alliance for Women in Media board gathered at Cipriani in New York for the 2016 Gracie Awards (l. to r.): board members Josie Thomas, CBS, Becky Brooks, Alliance for Women in Media/Foundation, Annie Howell, The Punch Point Group; Heather Cohen, The Weiss Agency; event host Robin Meade, HLN; and board members Kristen Welch, Discovery, Sara Foss, Imagine Communications and Kimberly Maki, Bright House Networks.
At Licensing Expo 2016 in Las Vegas (l. to r.): Ron Johnson, EVP, consumer products, Viacom International Media Networks; the recently-“slimed” Tim G. Lopez and Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s; and Pam Kaufman, CMO and president, consumer products, Nickelodeon.
INSP and Comcast promoted the network’s launch in Savannah, Ga., with a free community event and Samsung TV giveaway (l. to r.): Rosalyn Shiggs, manager of the Savannah Xfinity store; Ebonee Jarrett, winner of the TV raffle; Phyllis Elliott, director of marketing, Comcast Big South region; and Christine Rodocker, VP, affiliate marketing, INSP.
At WGN America’s Underground panel at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans (l. to r.): Cori Murray, entertainment director, Essence magazine; Anthony Hemingway, director/executive producer; and cast members Amirah Vann, Alano Miller and Aldis Hodge.
At NAMIC Denver’s SeriesFest panel on the “Art of the Pitch” (l. to r.): Roger Henry, VP, programming Velocity; Brett Marottoli, head of program acquisitions, Starz; Eric Kuhn, head of marketing, Layer3 TV; and Keith Clinkscales, CEO, Revolt TV & Media.
(From l.): Dianne Ikemiyashiro, series executive, Disney Junior; Dr. Yvonne Cagle, astronaut and series consultant; and Sascha Paladino, creator/executive producer, Miles from Tomorrowland, at Disney Junior’s screening of the animated series at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
(From l.): Debra Lee, chairman and CEO, BET Networks; Lemuel Plummer and Birdman, executive producers; and Stephen Hill, president of programming, BET; at the premiere event for Music Moguls at 1OAK in West Hollywood, Calif.
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Mike Demenchuk has served as content manager of Broadcasting+Cable and Multichannel News since 2016. After stints as reporter and editor at Adweek, The Bond Buyer and local papers in New Jersey, he joined the staff of Multichannel News in 1999 as assistant managing editor and has served as the cable trade publication's managing editor since 2005. He edits copy and writes headlines for both the print magazine and website, wrangles the occasional e-newsletter and reviews TV shows from time to time. He's also the guy to bother with your guest blog, Fates & Fortunes and Freeze Frame submissions.
