Freeze Frame -- June 6, 2016
(From l.): Stephanie Soechtig, director; Mark S. Greenberg, CEO, EPIX; and Katie Couric, executive producer and narrator; at the premiere screening of documentary Under the Gun at New York’s Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.
At the season two premiere of WE tv’s Match Made in Heaven at Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center (l. to r.): Sitarah Pendelton-Eaglin, executive producer; Sherri Shepherd, excutive producer/host; Stevie Baggs; Lola Robinson; and Marc Juris, president, WE tv.
Omari Hardwick (l.) and Kierna Mayo, editorial director of Ebony.com, at Starz’s “Power Dinner” with the show’s cast at Omar’s in New York.
Celebrating the Sports Emmy Award won by ESPN’s College GameDay for Outstanding Studio Show (l. to r.): Lee Fitting, senior coordinating producer; Rece Davis, host; Judi Weiss, senior remote operations producer; Chris Fallica, research contributor; and Drew Gallagher, coordinating producer.
Mariah Carey of E!’s new series Mariah’s World and Adam Stotsky, president, E! and Esquire Network, following the singer’s appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live.
Taylor Schilling (l.) and Natasha Lyonne at the Paley Center for Media’s “An Evening With Orange Is the New Black” honoring the Netflix show in Beverly Hills, Calif.
David Morse of Outsiders threw out the first pitch before a Pittsburgh Pirates game at PNC Park to mark the start of production on season two of the WGN America original series.
(From l.): Mary Pierce, 2000 French Open champion; Jane Hartley, U.S. ambassador to France; Martina Navratilova, Tennis Channel analyst; and Ken Solomon, Tennis Channel president; attend the dedication of a refurbished court at the CMA Tennis Çlub in Aubervilliers, France, during the French Open.
At the 2016 Hendricks Motorsports partner conference in Concord, N.C. (l. to r.): Eric Shanks, president, COO and executive producer, Fox Sports; Jennifer Storms, chief marketing officer, NBC Sports Group; and Jeff Gordon, NASCAR analyst for Fox Sports.
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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.
