Freeze Frame -- May 15, 2017
(From l.): Cast members Marcel Ruiz, Rita Moreno, Justina Machado and Isabella Gomez at the PaleyLive LA screening and panel for Netflix’s One Day at a Time at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.
At the Washington, D.C., screening of Discovery Channel’s documentary First in Human (l. to r.): Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.); John Hoffman, EVP, documentaries, Discovery; and Francis Collins, director, National Institutes of Health.
At the opening of the new Cox Solutions Store in Metairie, La. (l. to r.): Julie Michals, VP, marketing, Cine Sony; Randy Malcom of Latin music duo Gente de Zona; Claudia Ginty, field marketing director, Cox; Alexander Delgado of Gente de Zona; and Dana Yamaki, Sony Music Entertainment U.S. Latin.
Tennis Channel president Ken Solomon (l.) with Cuban Tennis Federation president Ferrales Gonzalez at a court-dedication ceremony at the Cuban National Tennis Center in Havana, marking the first U.S. bricks-and-mortar project in the country since the Eisenhower administration.
At the Los Angeles premiere of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale at the ArcLight Dome (l. to r.): Steve Stark and Lindsay Sloane, MGM Television; Alexis Bledel, cast member; Gary Barber, CEO, MGM; and Nadine Barber.
Chris Long (l.), SVP of entertainment and production, AT&T Audience Network, and Sam Jones, photographer/director, at the 100th episode celebration for Audience’s Off Camera With Sam Jones at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.
HBO president of programming Casey Bloys (l.) interviews Insecure creator/star Issa Rae during the Paley Media Council Presentation of “PaleyDialogue: Casey Bloys in Conversation With Issa Rae” in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Atlantic Broadband government and franchising affairs manager Fran Bradley (l.) accepts the “2017 Presidents Award” from Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania president Dan Tunnell at BCAP’s 29th Annual Cable Academy at Kalahari Poconos Resort in Pocono Manor, Pa.
Cast members Perrey Reeves (l.) and Carter Jenkins at a New York screening of Freeform’s Famous in Love.
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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.