Freeze Frame -- June 27, 2016
Brett Davern of MTV’s Awkward plays “Gears of War 4” during the game’s VIP Event at the Microsoft Lounge in Venice, Calif.
At Turner’s Los Angeles launch party for online video brand Super Deluxe (l. to r.): Wolfgang Hammer, head of Super Deluxe; comedian, actor and musician Tim Heidecker; Kevin Reilly, chief creative officer for Turner Entertainment and president of TBS & TNT; and Justin Williams, senior vice president of digital ventures, TBS & TNT.
At the Los Angeles premiere of OWN’s original drama Greenleaf (l. to r.): Erik Logan, president, OWN; actor Merle Dandridge; Sandra Stern, president, Lionsgate TV Group; Oprah Winfrey; and Kevin Beggs, chairman, Lionsgate TV Group.
At Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars/Dead of Summer premiere event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Tom Ascheim, president, Freeform, Sasha Pieterse, Zelda Williams and Karey Burke, EVP, programming and development, Freeform.
At a Los Angeles fan screening of Crackle original movie Dead Rising: Endgame (l. to r.): Eric Berger, Sony Pictures Television/Crackle; Jesse Metcalfe, actor; Tomas Harlan, executive producer; and Tim Carter, co-writer/producer.
Celebrating season four of Lifetime’s Devious Maids at STK: Los Angeles (l. to r.): Eva Longoria, Dania Ramirez, executive producer Marc Cherry and Susan Lucci.
Cast members Kate Mulgrew (l.) and Taylor Schilling at the Paley Center for Media’s Evening With Orange Is the New Black honoring the Netflix show in Beverly Hills, Calif.
At the For Your Consideration panel for Showtime’s The Circus at New York’s 92nd Street Y (l. to r.): Mark Halperin; Mark McKinnon; Matthew C. Blank, chairman, Showtime Networks; and John Heilemann.
Ovation TV brought its Versailles-branded French food trucks to visit media buyer OMD in New York (pictured, l. to r.): Lauren Carey, associate media director, OMD; Jeff Lewis, VP, sales, Ovation; and Tracey Miller, group director, OMD.
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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.
