FREEZE FRAME -- MAY 18, 2015
At Ovation’s INTX event at the Art Institute of Chicago (l. to r.): Anthony Ruopoli, Comcast Cable; Scott Woodward, Ovation; Mick Rock of Ovation’s On the Record With Mick Rock; Michael Woods, RCN; Brad Samuels, Ovation; and Thomas Coughlin, Comcast Cable.
At Crown Media Family Networks’s INTX cocktail party (l. to r.): Alison Sweeney, star of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Murder She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery; Bill Abbott and Susanne McAvoy, Crown; Bob Ormberg, GCI; Erin O’Brien, wife of James Denton; James Denton, star of Hallmark Channel’s Good Witch; and Laura Lee, Crown.
Dave Breidinger (r.), senior VP, government affairs, Comcast Northeast Division, receives the 2015 Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania President’s Award from immediate past chairman Bob Wieand of Service Electric during the BCAP Cable Academy in Harrisburg, Pa.
At the FX Networks Bowling Party at New York’s Lucky Strike (l. to r.): Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, presidents, original programming, FX Networks and FX Productions; Stephen Falk, creator/EP/showrunner, You’re the Worst; and Aya Cash, You’re the Worst cast member.
At the 2015 “Epic Connections” Newfront (l. to r,): Fred Bucher, Time Warner Cable Media; Nicole Buie, Cox; Jim Loughran, NCC; Michael Kassan, MediaLink; Billy Farina, Cox Media; Joan Gillman, TWC Media Sales; Kevin Smith, Comcast Media 360; Greg Schaefer, NCC; Jennifer Koester, Cablevision Media Sales; Sean Coar, TWC Media; and Ben Tatta, Cablevision Media Sales.
At WE tv and actor Ian Ziering‘s “Pet Project” event to raise awareness for Canine Companions for Independence in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Mark Juris, and Lauren Gellert, WE tv; Ziering; and David Tutera of David Tutera’s Celebrations.
Masters of Sex cast members Michael Sheen (l.) and Lizzy Caplan at Showtime and Sony Pictures Television’s season-two screening and panel discussion at Los Angeles’s Cary Grant Theatre.
(From l.): Sex and the City colleagues Kristin Davis, Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica Parker reunited for the screening of Pivot’s Davis-produced Gardeners of Eden at The Norwood Club in New York’s Chelsea section.
At WGN America’s Emmy “For Your Consideration” screening and panel for Manhattan in Hollywood (l. to r.): cast members Ashley Zukerman, Rachel Brosnahan, Olivia Williams and Emmy nominee John Benjamin Hickey.
(From l.): Gustavo Guzman, president of U.S. operations, Azteca, and president, Grupo Salinas Sports; Manuel Abud, president and CEO, Azteca America; and Mario San Roman, CEO, TV Azteca, at the Azteca upfront at New York’s Best Buy Theater.
At the U.S premiere screening of Smithsonian Channel’s David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals — Triumph of the Vertebrates at Washington’s National Museum of Natural History (l. to r.): Tom Hayden, president, Smithsonian Channel; Sir David Attenborough; David Royle, EVP, programming and production, Smithsonian Channel; and Kirk Johnson, director, National Museum of Natural History.
Pitching in on Comcast Cares Day at Philadelphia’s Northeast Frankford Boys and Girls Club (l. to r.): Joseph Marziello, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia; Josh Temple, DIY Network host; Anzio Williams, VP, news, NBC Philadelphia; Brian Monihan, president and GM, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia; and Dave Watson, EVP and chief operating officer, Comcast.
ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden (l.) and comedian Frank Caliendo clown around during the sports programmer’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New York.
Ex-“Cons” — i.e., former employees of MSO Continental Cablevision — gathered for their annual reunion at INTX in Chicago (standing, l. to r.): Howard Homonoff, John Gibbs, Ed Holleran, Rob Stoddard, R.B. Lerch, Dan Bemis, Peter Litman, Dan Casciato and Bob Ryan. Seated (l. to r.): David Fellows and Matt Zinn.
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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.
