Freeze Frame -- June 5, 2017
Zazie Beetz (l.) and Bryan Tyree Henry of FX’s Atlanta celebrate the show’s win at the 76th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony in New York.
(From l.): Marc Juris, president and GM, WE tv; Da Brat; and Rick Ciaffone, VP, creative director, brand creative at WE tv; at the New York premiere screening event for Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta.
(From l.): Laura Dern, Twin Peaks creator and executive producer David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan and Showtime Networks president and CEO David Nevins at the Los Angeles premiere of Twin Peaks.
At the season-two screening of Sundance Now’s Take 5: A More Perfect Patriot at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif. (l. to r.): panelist Aisha Tyler and Linda Pan, AMC Networks.
At the UJA-Federation of New York’s 15th annual Sports for Youth Luncheon (l. to r.): Russell E. Wolff, ESPN; honoree David Stern, former NBA commissioner; Donna Orender, Orender Unlimited; and Peter Land, Finsbury.
At Disney Media Distribution’s 2017 International Upfront Event & Party in Burbank, Calif. (l. to r.): Bruce Rosenblum, president, business operations, Disney/ABC Television Group; Ben Pyne, president, global distribution, Disney Media Networks; and Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group.
AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson (l.), 2017 recipient of the Stephen J. Ross Humanitarian Award, and Time Warner Inc. chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes at the UJA-Federation of New York Leadership Awards Dinner at Cipriani 25 Broadway.
At a press event at Trejo’s Tacos in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Tim Noonan, host of El Rey Network’s Rite of Passage; Kerry Stagmer, weapons builder, and Danny Trejo, host, Man at Arms; and Daniel Tibbets, president and GM, El Rey.
Josiah Casildo (l.), sophomore Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York scholar, presents the group’s Vision of Hope Award to Randy Falco, CEO of Univision Communications, at a New York event.
At Investigation Discovery’s “IDCON 2017: Notorious Headlines” event in New York (l. to r.): Sara Kozak, SVP, production; Tony Harris, emcee; Paula Zahn of On the Case With Paula Zahn; Henry Schlieff, group president, ID; Maria Elena Salinas of Real Story; Chris Hansen of Killer Instinct; and Tamron Hall of Deadline Crime.
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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.