FREEZE FRAME -- JUNE 8, 2015
Honoring Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards in New York (l. to r.): Nancy Kanter, EVP of original programming and GM, Disney Junior Worldwide; “Doc McStuffins;” Chris Nee, creator/executive producer; and Dr. Myiesha Taylor, founder of the “We Are Doc McStuffins” movement and the Artemis Medical Society.
Amy Schumer (l.), holds the Peabody Award she won for Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, with Dr. Jeffrey P. Jones, director of the Peabody Awards, at the 74th annual ceremony at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street.
At the Ford’s Theatre Gala in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Waldo McMillian of Charter, and his wife Amanda; Lyndon Boozer, AT&T; Charles Segars, CEO, Ovation, and his wife, Alice; actor George Newburn; Gena Haddox and her husband, Stu Schreiberg of Levity Entertainment Group; and actress Marietta DePrima.
At the Ford’s Theatre Gala in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Waldo McMillian of Charter, and his wife Amanda; Lyndon Boozer, AT&T; Charles Segars, CEO, Ovation, and his wife, Alice; actor George Newburn; Gena Haddox and her husband, Stu Schreiberg of Levity Entertainment Group; and actress Marietta DePrima.
Destination America GM Marc Etkind (second from l.) with the “Pig Pen Band” during their Times Square subway station performance coinciding with the new season of BBQ Pitmasters All-Stars.
Ronald D. Moore, showrunner and executive producer of Starz’s Outlander, shows off costumes from the drama series at “A Tartan Affair,” an event at The Grove in Los Angeles.
At Fox News Channel’s INTX client dinner at the Fig & Olive in Chicago (l. to r.): Bob Ormberg, GCI; Shepard Smith, anchor of Fox News’s Shepard Smith Reporting; Tim Carry, EVP, distribution, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network; and Duncan Whitney, GCI.
(From l.:) Deana Myers of SNL Kagan, judge; Gary Schanman of Charter, judge; student winners Han Liu and Paul Clark; Scott Barton of Starz, judge; student winner Ivy Liu; Tom Pierce of Comcast, judge; and Dan Hillen of Sand Cherry Associates, moderator, celebrate “The Archers’ ” victory in the Rocky Mountain Cable Association’s 2015 Cable Apprentice competition.
(From l.): Moderator Alan Sepinwall, Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K. on the panel at FX’s Emmy “For Your Consideration” event for Louie at the Times Center in New York.
Dalton A. Lee (l.), chairman of Media Financial Management and a partner at Veradenis Consulting, presents the 2015 Rainmaker Award to Cheryl Ingram, SVP, controller and chief accounting officer at Turner.
At HBO’s New York premiere of the documentary Larry Kramer: In Love & Anger (l. to r.): William David Webster, Larry Kramer’s husband; Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary Films & Family; Larry Kramer, activist and founder of Gay Men’s Health Crisis; and actor Mark Rufalo.
Honoring NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment chairman Bonnie Hammer at the UJA-Federation of New York’s Leadership Awards Dinner (l. to r.): Michael Kassan, MediaLink; Rob Marcus, chairman and CEO, Time Warner Cable; Hammer, recipient of the Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award; actress Elizabeth Hurley; Aryeh Bourkoff, LionTree LLC; Michael Friklas, Viacom; Matt Blank, Showtime Networks; and Jeff Zucker, CNN Worldwide.
Glenn R. Jones (l.), executive chairman of Jones/NCTI, receives a medal from Librarian of Congress Dr. James H. Billington marking the Library of Congress naming the cable pioneer a “Living Legend.”
(From l.:) Dennis Lehane, author; Jennifer Dorian, GM, and Genevieve McGillicuddy, VP of brand activation and partnerships, TCM; and Eddie Muller, TCM “Summer of Darkness” host, at the “Summer of Darkness” Launch Screening in Los Angeles.
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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.
