FREEZE FRAME -- OCT. 13, 2014
(From l.): Comedian Jose Sarduy and Billy Gardell of CBS’s Mike and Molly with Rene Aguire, VP of programming, NUVOtv, at the cable network’s Stand Up and Deliver: Cabo Relief event.
TNT built the world's largest pancake stack in New York's Times Squuare to promote its upcoming series On the Menu (l. to r.): Morgan Wilber, Guinness World Records official; Ty Pennington, host; chef Emeril Lagasse; and Tricia Melton, SVP, entertainment marketing and branding at TNT, TBS and TCM.
At the WICT chapters of Washington, D.C./Baltimore and VIrginia "Meet the Operator" event in National Harbor, Md. (top, l. to r.): Kathryn Falk, Gary McCollum and JD Myers, Cox; and Rob Stoddard, NCTA. At bottom (l. to r.): Vickie Fiala, Time Warner Cable; Monica Lucero, You; and Mary K. Butler, Donna Rattley Washington and Alan Clairmont, Comcast.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Rossmoor Community in Walnut Creek, Calif. (l. to r.): David Jew, Comcast California Region; Kimberli O’Meara, manager, affiliate marketing, INSP; Karen Grassle, “Caroline Ingalls” on Little House on the Prairie, who held a meet-and-greet for INSP and Comcast; Tammy Burklin, VP, worldwide distribution, INSP; and Karina Ibarra, Comcast California Region.
Turner Classic Movies and the Texas Cable Association hosted a reception in conjunction with the 75th anniversary “The Making of Gone With the Wind’’ at the University of Texas’s Ransom Center (l. to r.): Skip Ogle, Suddenlink; Christie Cowden, TCA; Doug George, Turner Broadcasting System; and Celinda Gonzalez, TCA.
Scripps Networks Interactive hosted a luncheon honoring Congressional Medal of Honor recipients at last month’s Medal of Honor Convention in Knoxville, Tenn. (l. to r.): Ken Lowe, chairman and CEO, SNI (at podium); Tom Karinshak, SVP, Comcast (the panel moderator); and recipients Harold Fritz, U.S. Army; Thomas Kelley, U.S. Navy; and Walter “Joe” Marm, U.S. Navy.
Discussing Discovery Channel's series Rival Survival at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): David Leavy, Discovery Communications; Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who agreed to spend six days and nights together on an uninhabited island to demonstrate bipartisanship; and John F. Harris, Politico.
At the Los Angeles screening and Q&A session for the Starz limited series The Missing (l. to r.): James Nesbitt; Frances O'Connor; Tcheky Karyo; Karen Bailey, senior VP, programming, Starz; and Willow Grylls.
Presenting the $3.3 million raised in the 36-hour WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon at Boston’s Fenway Park (l. to r.): Thomas C. Werner, chairman, Boston Red Sox; Phil Zachary, Entercom; Kevin Graham and Joe Zarbano, WEEI Radio; Sean McGrail, president and CEO, NESN; Bev Tangvik, Arbella Insurance Group; and Suzanne Fountain, director, The Jimmy Fund.
At a post-screening reception for Showtime’s The Affair in New York (l. to r.): actor Joshua Jackson; David Nevins, president, Showtime Networks; actress Maura Tierney; actress Ruth Wilson; Matthew C. Blank, chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks; and actor Dominic West.
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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.
