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Freeze Frame | March 23, 2020

MCN Staff — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:35:52 +0000

At the Southwest Cable Communications Association’s Pioneer Inductee Dinner (from l.): Randy Nelson, cable counsel from law firm Osborn Maledon in Phoenix, Arizona; and Tammy Burgess, Cox Communications.

Team Peak Consulting won the $3,000 grand prize at the Rocky Mountain Cable Association’s 2020 “Cable Apprentice” competition in Denver (l. to r.): Aaron Voss, president, RMCA; judge Roger Seiken, SVP, video programming, WOW; judge Bob James, VP, content & acquisition, NBCUniversal; team members Vasanth Rajasekar, Chantelle Stevenson and Jessica Olvera; and judge Jana Henthorn, president and CEO, The Cable Center.

At WICT Southern California and the California Cable Telecommunications Association’s Diversity Mentoring & Advancing Your Career panel in La Jolla, Calif. (l. to r.): Jana Henthorn, president and CEO, The Cable Center; Italia Commisso, EVP, programming and HR, Mediacom; Rori Peters, SVP, distribution, TV One; Linda Kavanagh, VP of HR, Cox California; Bridget Baker, CEO, Baker Media; and Nancy Yoon, founder, Asians in LA.

Restaurateur Tom Colicchio arrives for a taping of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen in New York.

(From l.): Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest, Michael Gelman and David Muir at the “PaleyLive: An Evening with Live with Kelly and Ryan” event at The Paley Center for Media in New York.

Freeze Frame | March 9, 2020

MCN Staff — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:08:55 +0000

At the New York screening of AMC’s Dispatches from Elsewhere (l. to r.): Richard E. Grant; Sarah Barnett, president, AMC Networks Entertainment Group and AMC Studios; Jason Segel; Eve Lindley; and Josh Sapan, president and CEO, AMC Networks.

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At the Disney Junior/Indo-American Arts Council screening of Disney Junior’s Mira, Royal Detective at New York’s Cinépolis Chelsea Theater (l. to r.): Joe D’Ambrosia, SVP, original programming and GM, Disney Junior, Kal Penn, Leela Ladiner, Aasif Mandvi, Aparna Nancherla and Rakesh Kaul, vice chairman, Indo-American Arts Council.

(From l.): Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s Breegan Jane, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Darren Keefe and Carrie Locklyn at the HGTV show’s premiere event in Torrance, California.

(From l.): National Geographic Global Television Networks president Courteney Monroe, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ann Druyan, executive producer and wife of Carl Sagan, at the Westwood, California, premiere of Cosmos: Possible Worlds.

Musician Huey Lewis (l.) and comedian Rachel Dratch arrive for a taping of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

At the Hollywood premiere of Netflix’s Spenser: Confidential (l. to r.): actors Colleen Camp, Alan Arkin, Winston Duke, Iliza Shlesinger, Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg.

At Nickelodeon’s 2020 Partner Presentation (l to r.): Brian Robbins, president, ViacomCBS Kids and Family; Trevor Noah, host, Nickelodeon and Time Kid of the Year; Young Dylan, star of Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan; and Bob Bakish, president and CEO, ViacomCBS.

Actors (from l.) Meg Donnelly, Ariel Martin, Pearce Joza, Chandler Kinney, Trevor Tordjman, Kylee Russell, Carla Jeffery and James Godfrey of Disney Channel movie Zombies 2 celebrated the telefilm with a trip to Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Alano Miller (l.) and Xosha Roquemore at the SCAD aTVfest 2020 panel on OWN’s Cherish the Day in Atlanta.

Freeze Frame | Feb. 24, 2020

MCN Staff — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:17:33 +0000

At a panel celebrating the new season of Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, Calif. (l. to r.): Pascale Hutton; Michelle Vicary, EVP, programming and network programming publicity, Crown Media; Erin Krakow; and Andrea Brooks.

(From l.): Larenz Tate, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Lahmard Tate at the PaleyLive Season Finale Celebration for Starz’s Power at The Paley Center for Media in New York.

(From l.): Actors Niko Terho, Freeform president Tom Ascheim, and actors Jake Borelli and Britt Baron at the Los Angeles premiere of Freeform original film The Thing About Harry.

(From l.) Zack Van Amburg, head of worldwide video, Apple; Rob McElhenney, star/co-creator/executive producer; and Matt Cherniss, head of programming/worldwide video, Apple, at the post-premiere party for Apple TV+’s Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet at the Sunset Room in Hollywood.

(From l.): TV producers Susan Fales-Hill, Lena Waithe, Dime Davis and Angeli Millan at the “PaleyLive NY: Running the Show with Lena Waithe” event at The Paley Center for Media in New York.

At the Rocky Mountain Cable Association, Adaptive Spirit, NAMIC-Denver, SCTE and WICT Rocky Mountain 2020 kickoff event at The Cable Center in Denver (l. to r.): Melanie Lopiccolo, Dell Technolgies; Jayme Eichner, Slalom; Michelle Kissler and Tammy Smith Gandullia, Sia Partners; and Navi Saini, Charter.

At the Black History Month screening of Smithsonian Channel’s Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier (l. to r.): Charles Poe, Smithsonian Channel; Cyndy Garza Roberts, Comcast; Cathleen Lewis Ph.D., National Air and Space Museum; Ray Purser, Comcast; Laurens Grant, director and producer; Ed Dwight, Air Force pilot and astronaut candidate; Dana DeSanto, Smithsonian Channel; Cheryl McNair, wife of astronaut Ronald McNair; Charlotte Brohi, Houston Museum of Natural Science; and Mia Gradney, KHOU.

Jon Radloff, VP of video solutions, NCTC, and Chris Gordon, VP, product marketing at Imagine Communications, unveil the AdKey ad-insertion product at NCTC’s Winter Education Conference in Las Vegas.

Former Survivor winners Parvati Shallow (l.) and Ethan Zohn at the premiere party for CBS’s Survivor: Winners at War in Los Angeles.

Black News Channel’s weekday anchors gather on network launch day (l to r.): Lauren McCoy, Kevan Smith, Fred Hickman, Laverne McGee, Anthony Amey and Rarione Maniece.

Freeze Frame | Feb. 10, 2020

MCN Staff — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:56:23 +0000

Honoree Bonnie Hammer (l.), chairman of NBCUniversal Content Studios, and Jimmy Fallon, host of The Tonight Show, at Lincoln Center’s 2020 American Songbook Gala at the Broadway Theatre in New York.

Talking about the importance of indie films at a Tubi-sponsored panel discussion at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (l. to r.): Adam Lewinson, chief content officer, Tubi; Ryan Winterstern, VP, production, Highlands Film Group; Kristin Harris, VP, acquisitions and distribution, Good Deed Entertainment; and Pip Ngo, VP, sales and acquisitions, XZY Films.

Fox Sports gave $200,000 from its “Gamechanger Fund” to the Hank Kline Club of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade (from l., with club members): Alejandro Rodriguez-Roig, president, Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade; Adrian Garcia-Marquez, Fox Deportes NFL announcer; Eric Shanks, CEO and executive producer, Fox Sports; and Alex Rodriguez, Fox Sports MLB studio analyst.

At the Fox and Debmar-Mercury party at NATPE in Miami (l. to r.): Frank Chicha, EVP, programming Fox Television Stations; Jack Abernethy, CEO, Fox Television Stations; Mort Marcus, co-president, Debmar-Mercury; Nick Cannon; and Ira Bernstein, co-president, Debmar-Mercury.

At the opening of the NBC Boston Media Center in Needham, Mass. (l. to r.): Chris Wayland, GM of NBC Sports Boston and senior VP of NBC10 Boston, Telemundo Boston and NECN; Raul Martinez, sports director, NBC 10; and Mike St. Peter, GM, NBC Boston, Telemundo Boston and NECN.

Kevin Pollak (l.) and Marin Hinkle of Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel presented at the 39th Annual Artios Awards celebrating excellence in casting at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Mayors London Breed of San Francisco, Francis X. Suarez of Miami and Quinton Lucas of Kansas City, Mo., arrive for the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night event in Miami.

Mark Cuban (l.) and Green Bay Packers tight end Jimmy Graham at the AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian at Island Gardens in Miami, Fla.

Lady Gaga arrives for AT&T TV Super Saturday Night in Miami.

At the New York season premiere of USA Network’s Mr. Robot (l. to r.): Dawn Olmstead, president, Universal Content Productions; star Rami Malek; and Alex Sepiol, executive VP, scripted development, NBCUniversal Entertainment & Lifestyle Group.

Freeze Frame | Jan. 27, 2020

MCN Staff — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:53:13 +0000

(From l.): Robert Greenblatt, chairman, WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer; Renée Zellweger and Stephen Loguidice at the 26th Annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Executive producer Kevin Messick, Demetria McKinney, Taylor Hickson, executive producer Eliot Laurence, Ashley Nicole Williams, Amalia Home and Jessica Sutton at the TCA Winter Press Tour session for Freeform’s Motherland: Fort Salem in Pasadena, Calif.

At a GLAAD-co-sponsored New York screening of Freeform’s Everything’s Going to Be Okay (l. to r.): Adam Faison, Kayla Cromer, Maeve Press and Josh Thomas.

Taking part in a panel on the 2020 election at a Fox advertiser event at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Jay Wallace, president and executive editor, Fox News Media; Chris Wallace, anchor, Fox News Sunday; Marianne Gambelli, president, advertising sales, Fox Corp.; Jeff Collins, EVP, advertising sales, Fox News Media; and Bret Baier, Fox News Channel.

Making the Cut host and executive producer Heidi Klum at Amazon Studios’ 2020 TCA Winter Press Tour session at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif.

(From l.): Al Pacino, Logan Lerman and Jerrika Hinton at Amazon Studios’ 2020 TCA Winter Press Tour session for Hunters in Pasadena, Calif.

At Telemundo Global Studios’ exclusive premiere event at NATPE 2020 in Miami (l. to r.): Marcos Santana, president, Telemundo Global Studios; actors Kate del Castillo and Fernando Colunga; and César Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises and NBCUniversal International Group.

At Crown Media Family Networks’ annual Radio City Music Hall holiday celebration (l. to r.): Bill Abbott, president and CEO, Crown Media; Jackie Vlahakis, manager, media investment, Johnson & Johnson; Monica Weidemann, SVP, group director, PHD Media; and Ed Georger, EVP, ad sales and digital media, Crown.

Sarah Tomko (l.) of Syfy’s Resident Alien and Rosario Dawson of USA Network’s Briarpatch at the NBCUniversal Winter Press Tour party in Pasadena, Calif.

(From l.): The Good Lord Bird actor Joshua Caleb Johnson and EP/author James McBride; David Nevins, chief creative officer, CBS, and chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks; and actor Ethan Hawke at Showtime’s Winter TCA Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.

At the 17th Annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards, held Jan. 22 at NATPE 2020 in Miami (l. to r.): honorees Marcos Santana and Courtney A. Kemp; Lilly Tartikoff Karatz, widow of Brandon Tartikoff; emcee Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonight; JP Bommel, president and CEO, NATPE; and honorees Karey Burke, Christine Baranski and Jeff Zucker.

The Good Fight co-creator Michelle King (l.) with actress and Legacy Award winner Christine Baranski.

Jon Feltheimer (l.), CEO of Lionsgate, with Legacy Award winner Courtney A. Kemp, TV creator, showrunner and producer.

TV news veteran and 25 Words or Less host Meredith Vieira (l.) with Legacy honoree Jeff Zucker, chairman, WarnerMedia News and Sports and president, CNN Worldwide.

TV producer and former NBC Entertainment chief Warren Littlefield (l.) with Legacy Award honoree Karey Burke, president of ABC Entertainment.

Former Telemundo CEO and current Cinelatino chairman Jim McNamara (l.) with honoree Marcos Santana, president, NBCUniversal’s Telemundo Global Studios.

Freeze Frame | Jan. 6, 2020

MCN Staff — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:54:21 +0000

(From l.): Jason Clodfelter, Sony Pictures Television; Katherine Pope, Charter; Helen Hunt; Paul Reiser; David Ellen, Charterl and Jeff Frost, SPT; at the Spectrum Originals/SPT event celebrating the final episodes of Mad About You at the Rainbow Room in New York.

At Disney Junior’s Burbank, California special screening of Mira, Royal Detective (l. to r.): Nakul Dev Mahajan, Indian dance consultant; Nancy Kanter, Disney Channels Worldwide; Joe D’Ambrosia, Disney Junior; and cast members Leela Ladnier, Sonal Shah and Parvesh Cheena.

At the New York world premiere of Hallmark Channel’s Christmas at Dollywood (l. to r.): star Danica McKellar; Santa Claus; Michelle Vicary, Crown Media Family Networks; and star Niall Matter.

(From l.): Cast members Daniel Croix Henderson, Kron Moore and Ed Quinn at the “An Evening With Tyler Perry’s The Oval” event honoring the BET series at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California.

Kelsey Grammer (l.) and legendary sitcom director James S. Burrows at a taping of Ovation TV’s Inside the Actors Studio in New York.

Clara Kim of RAINN and Lifetime SVP, unscripted development and programming Brie Miranda Bryant at the New York screening of Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning.

At Film Independent’s screening of USA Network’s Dare Me at ArcLight Hollywood (l. to r.): cast member Herizen Guardiola, executive producer Steph Green and cast member Willa Fitzgerald.

Norman Lear (l.) and Marisa Tomei backstage during ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience telecast of classic episode remakes of Good Times and All in the Family.

Freeze Frame | Oct. 21, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:45:29 +0000

At a screening of Discovery’s Why We Hate at Los Angeles’s Museum of Tolerance (l. to r.): Nancy Daniels, chief brand officer, Discovery & Factual; Alex Gibney, executive producer; David Zaslav, CEO, Discovery; and Steven Spielberg, executive producer.

(From l.): Actors Willem Dafoe and Ellen Burstyn and Pedro Pascal at a taping of Ovation TV’s Inside the Actors Studio at Schimmel Center in New York.

Celebrating the 100th episode of WE TV’s Reality Boot Camp: All-Stars at Skybar in Los Angeles (l. to r.): cast members JP & Ashley Rosenbaum; Lauren Gellert EVP of development & original programming, WE tv; Adam Freedman president of creative, ThinkFactory Media; Marc Juris, president and GM, WE tv; and cast members Trista and Ryan Sutter and Jade and Tanner Tolbert.

Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter (l.) and Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson of The Roots at the screening/event for AMC’s Hip Hop: Songs That Shook America.

(From l.) Actors Michael Douglas, Sarah Baker, Paul Reiser, and Jane Seymour of Netflix’s The Kominsky Method at the PaleyFest NY panel on the show at The Paley Center for Media in New York.

Robot Chicken co-creators Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer and Seth Green at the PaleyFest NY panel on the Cartoon Network show in New York.

At the New York final season premiere event for USA Network’s Mr Robot (l. to r.): actor Rami Malek; Chris McCumber, president, USA Network; Carly Chaikin, actor; Dawn Olmstead, president, Universal Content Productions; Bonnie Hammer, chairman, Direct-to-Consumer & Digital, NBCUniversal; and Sam Esmail, creator and executive producer, Mr Robot.

Freeze Frame | Oct. 7, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:51:53 +0000

At a Diversity Week reception for the cable industry’s LGBTQ community and its allies in New York (l.to r.): Josephine Pamphile, president and CEO, T. Howard Foundation; Maria Brennan, global president and CEO, WICT; Dr. Rashaan Harris, CEO, Emma Bowen Foundation; Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO, GLAAD; and Dane Snowden, COO, NCTA.

At Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween Fan Fest” at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Lauren Corrao, EVP, programming and development; rappers Sandra Denton and Cheryl Renee James of Salt-N-Pepa; and Tom Ascheim, president, Freeform.

(From l.): Cast members Carlos Alazraqui Sonia Manzano and Izabella Alvarez at The Paley Center for Media’s 13th Annual PaleyFest Fall TV Previews celebrating Nickelodeon's The Casagrandes in Beverly Hills, Calif.

(From l.): Dawn Callahan, CMO, Boingo; Bridget Baker, CEO, Baker Media; Nancy Yoon, co-founder, Asians in LA; Michelle Beauchamp, president, The Champ Group; and Sandy Nunez, Los Angeles coordinating producer, ESPN SportsCenter, took part in a WICT Southern California panel at the Boingo offices in West Los Angeles.

At the Hampton Classic Grand Prix horse jumping competition in Bridgehampton, N.Y. (l. to r.): Michelle Webb, Verizon; Ellen Schned and Peter Clifford, Ride TV; and Leslie Studdard, Oracle.

Actors Anna Torv (l.) and Holt McCallany of Netflix’s Mindhunters at the 13th PaleyFest Fall TV Previews event at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Co-creators/executive producers (l. to r.) Dan Newmark, Ben Newmark and Andy Breckman at The Paley Center for Media’s 13th Annual PaleyFest Fall TV Previews celebrating TBS's The Misery Index in the Beverly Hills, Calif.

Cast member Francia Raisa of Freeform’s Grown-ish at the ABC and Popsugar “Embrace Your Ish” premiere event in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Rosie Abernethy, Daniel Levy of Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek and Jack Abernethy, CEO, Fox Television Stations, on the red carpet before the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

Freeze Frame | Sept. 30, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:22:13 +0000

At the general session of the NAMIC Conference in New York (l. to r.): Rhonda Crichlow, SVP and chief diversity officer, Charter; Michael Powell, CEO, NCTA; A. Shuanise Washington, president and CEO, NAMIC; Joiava Philpott, VP, regulatory affairs, Cox; and Pat Esser, president, Cox.

SAVA360 founder and CEO Atul Prashar speaks during the NAMIC Conference’s Startup Pitch Competition, in which finalists present business ideas to a panel of diverse advisers, investors and media executives.

At the NAMIC/WICT Diversity Town Hall (l. to r.): David Cohen, Comcast; Maria Brennan, WICT; Johnita Due, WarnerMedia; Karen Bennett, Cox; moderator Suzanne Malveaux, CNN; Adria Alpert Romm, Discovery; Rhonda Crichlow, Charter; and Lee Schroeder, Altice USA.

On the NAMIC Conference SuperSession panel “Cleo Speaks” (l. to r.): moderator S. Tia Brown, iOne Digital; Marilyn Davis, Altice USA; April Reign, creator of #OscarsSoWhite; Michelle Rice, GM, TV One; and Natasha Alford, deputy director of TheGrio.

At the NAMIC awards luncheon (l. to r.): NAMIC vice chair Mark Kang of INSP; NAMIC immediate past chair Michelle Rice of TV One; Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins III, accepting the Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award on behalf of Urband One founder Cathy Hughes; A. Shaunise Washington, NAMIC; and Joaiva Philpott, Cox.

(From l.): WICT president and CEO Maria Brennan, Princess Beatrice of York and and Walter Kaitz Foundation executive director Michelle Ray at the WICT Leadership Conference in New York.

Wasfia Nazreen, mountaineer, activist and founder of the Osel Foundation; speaks during the WICT Leadership Conference at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Univision executive VP and chief communications officer Rosemary Mercedes takes part in a panel at the WICT Leadership Conference.

At the Walter Kaitz Foundation fundraising dinner (l. to r.): Alfred Liggins, CEO, Urban One; Dave Watson, president of Comcast Cable and senior EVP, Comcast, accepting the Diversity Champion Award on behalf of Comcast NBCUniversal; and John Pascarelli, executive VP, operations, Mediacom.

Walter Kaitz Foundation executive director Michelle Ray welcomes guests and thanks supporters at the foundation’s annual Fundraising Dinner.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge of Amazon’s Fleabag backstage at the 71st annual Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles.

The stars of HBO’s Game of Thrones (l. to r,): Alfie Allen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Peter Dinklage, Gwendoline Christie, Maisie Williams, Carice van Houten, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington and Sophie Turner, celebrate their Outstanding Drama Series win backstage at the Emmy Awards.

Bob Odenkirk (l.) and Jonathan Banks of AMC’s Better Call Saul arrive on the red carpet ahead of the Sept. 23 71st Annual Emmy Awards ceremony.

(From l.): John Landgraf, chairman, FX Networks and FX Productions; Michelle Williams of FX’s Fosse/Virdon; and Peter Rice, chairman, Walt Disney Television and co-chair, Disney Media Networks, at the ABC, Disney TV Studios, FX, Hulu & National Geographic 2019 Emmy Awards Nominee Party at Otium in Los Angeles.

Daniel Levy (l.) and Eugene Levy of Pop TV’s Schitt’s Creek on the Emmy Awards red carpet.

Freeze Frame | Sept. 16, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:52:24 +0000

Multichannel News honored the inaugural group of “Wonder Women in Streaming” on Sept. 5 in Santa Monica, Calif. (top, l. to r.): Julie McNamara, CBS All Access; Heather Moosnick, Hulu; Julia Veale, Showtime Networks; Diana Pessin, HBO; Dina Weisberger, Google; and Sarah Lyons, WarnerMedia. Bottom row (l. to r.): Anne Aaron, Netflix; Kelly Abcarian, Nielsen; Lori LeBas, ESPN; Alison Hoffman, Starz; Soumya Sriraman, BritBox; and Thea Ellis, Sony PlayStation Vue.

HBO senior VP, digital media & growth marketing Diana Pessin on stage at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.

Event co-host Lisa Guerrero of Inside Edition with honoree Soumya Sriraman, president of Britbox.

Julie McNamara (c.), president of CBS All Access, chats with fellow nominee Kelly Abcarian, GM, advanced video advertising group, Nielsen.

TK and Lori LeBas, SVP, affiliate partnership development and operations, Disney and ESPN Media Networks, take a selfie.

Dina Weisberger (l.), head of TV partner strategy & development at Google, with her sister, Mindy.

Moderator Tim Hanlon (l.) of The Vertere Group and Mike Keyserling, chief operating officer, Philo TV, during the opening lunch keynote of the OTT & Video Distribution Summit, held Sept. 5 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Fandango’s Mark Young (l.) and Amy Jo Smith of DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group & D2C Alliance take part in the “Next Gen TV ‘Networks’” panel discussion.

“Premium Video’s ‘TV’ Moment” panelists (l. to r.): Eric Berman, Ellation; Richard Cusick, College Humor’s DROPOUT; Griffin Gmelich, Whistle; Jim Bennette, Applicaster; Croi McNamara, Condé Nast Entertainment; and David Bloom, TV[R]EV.

Keynote conversation presenter Jill Rosengard Hill, EVP at Magid.

Kathi Chandler-Payatt (l.) of The NPD Group and Mark Rotblat, CRO of Tubi, engage in “The Great Monetization Debate — Subscription vs. Ad-Supported.”

The Weather Channel president Tom O’Brien took part in a panel titled “The Medium Formerly Known as ‘Television.’”

Freeze Frame | Sept. 9, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:06:48 +0000

Phylicia Rashad (l.) of OWN’s David Meets Man and Lynn Whitfield of Greenleaf at the PaleyLive Summer 2019 event “An Evening with Phylicia Rashad and Lynn Whitfield.”

FX’s Mayans M.C. cast members (l. to r.) Richard Cabral, Antonio Jaramillo, honorary falconer JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas and Michael Irby at the LAFC-San Jose Earthquakes Major League Soccer game at Banc of California stadium in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Lemeir of VH1’s Black Ink Crew and Big Fish Entertainment’s Victoria Ritz, head of casting; Rasheed J. Daniel, executive producer/showrunner; and Lucilla D’Agostino, chief creative officer/executive producer; at the Black Ink Crew Compton premiere party at The Parlor in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Ja Rule, WE tv president and general manager Marc Juris and Irv Gotti at the network’s celebration for Growing Up Hip Hop: New York and Untold Stories of Hip Hop at the Paley Center for Media in New York.

Harris Faulkner (l.) of Fox News Channel’s Outnumbered Overtime and Byron Pitts of ABC’s Nightline co-host the National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Awards in Miami.

Betty Gilpin (l.) and Alison Brie at a special screening of Netflix’s GLOW at The Wing LA in West Hollywood, Calif.

At the Paley Center for Media’s An Evening in Lodge 49 event marking season two of the AMC series (l. to r.): Sonya Cassidy, Wyatt Russell, Eric Allen Kramer and David Pasquesi.

Kelly Bensimon and Jill Zarin of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City at for the WE tv and OK! Magazine celebration of Love After Lockup at New York’s Whitby Hotel.

50 Cent (l.) and Starz chief operating officer Jeff Hirsch at the season six red-carpet premiere of Starz’s Power at New York’s Madison Square Garden

(From l.): Bevy Smith, Andy Cohen and executive producer Deirdre Connolly celebrate 10 years of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live at The Paley Center for Media in New York City.

Freeze Frame | Aug. 5, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:32:38 +0000

NCTC president and CEO Rich Fickle (l.) and ACA Connects president and CEO Matt Polka welcomed their members to Chicago for The Independent Show, held July 28-31.

Connie Ochs of NCTC sets out some sweet treats for Independent Show attendees.

Service Electric Cablevision’s (from l.) Robert Wieand, Lindy Wieand, Donald Brandt, Lisa Brandt, Cathy Trently and Timothy Trently arrive at the Sheraton Grand Chicago.

At the Sunday-night welcome reception (l. to r.): Rian Bester of Insight TV, Wendy Hartman of Adams Cable Service, Mark Romano of Insight TV and Dave Hartman of Adams Cable Service.

Longtime NCTC executive Frank Hughes received a Lifetime Achievement Award during the Networking Lunch.

Mark Liljehorn of USA Communications with comedian Louie Anderson at the Entertainment Studios booth.

(From l.): Mark Kang, INSP; Stewart Myers, NCTC; Ultimate Cowboy Showdown host and country star Trace Adkins; and Dale Ardizzone, INSP, at the network’s show-floor booths.

(From l.): Former Chicago Blackhawks star and NHL analyst Ed Olzcyk, ACA Connects president and CEO Matt Polka and former Chicago White Sox shortstop and manager Ozzie Guillen at the NBC Sports Chicago booth.

Tammy Wright of Century Wire Products tries on Shark Week gear at Discovery’s booth.

HBO’s Laura MacDonald (l.) and Carolyn Githieya get in some networking between sessions.

Dierdre Connolly (l.), executive producer of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live!, and Andy Cohen, host, at a Paley Center for Media event in New York.

At Crown Media Family Networks’ annual Summer TCA Tour Celebration (l. to r.): Michelle Vicary, EVP, programming and network publicity, Crown; Kristin Chenoweth, star of Hallmark Channel’s A Christmas Love Story; Bill Abbott, president and CEO, Crown; and Hallmark’s Happy the Dog.

At a screening for the finale of Disney Channel’s Andi Mack (from l.): cast members Lauren Tom, Joshua Rush and Lilian Bowden.

(From l.): WE tv president Marc Juris and EVP, development and original programming Lauren Gellert, hip hop artist Jermaine Dupri and eOne executive producer Mark Herwick at the Los Angeles premiere of Power, Influence & Hip Hop: The Remarkable Rise of So So Def.

Talking 5G at a Paley Media Council event in New York (l. to r.): Maureen Reidy, Paley Center president and CEO; Theodore Rappaport of New York University; Ajit Pai, FCC chairman; and Frank A. Bennack Jr., Paley Center chairman.

Freeze Frame | June 24, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:11:24 +0000

(From l.): Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO, Paramount Pictures; Bob Bakish, president and CEO, Viacom; and Maureen J. Riedy, president and CEO, Paley Center for Media; at a Paley Media Council event in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Suzi Barrett (l.) and Tobie Windham (second from l.) of Disney Channel’s Just Roll With It with members of the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem at a special screening of the series at ABC in New York.

Smithsonian Channel marked the moon landing’s 50th anniversary with an immersive event in honor of Apollo’s Moon Shot and The Day We Walked on the Moon (l. to r.): Charles Poe, Smithsonian Channel; Mark and Rick Armstrong, sons of Neil Armstrong; Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony, National Air & Space Museum; Mike Massimino, author and astronaut; David Royle and Tom Hayden, Smithsonian Networks; and Tim Evans, executive producer, Apollo’s Moon Shot.

Freeform president Tom Ascheim, Yara Shahidi, Francia Raisa and Freeform EVP, programming & development Lauren Corrao at a “college house party” For Your Consideration event for Grown-ish in Los Angeles.

At a blogger event premiering Disney Junior’s animated series T.O.T.S. (l. to r.): Joe D’Ambrosia, SVP, original programming and GM, Disney Junior; Megan Hilty, voice of “K.C. the Koala”; and Travis Braun, T.O.T.S. creator and co-executive producer.

ESPN celebrated the NBA Finals by turning New York’s Pier 17 into “The ESPN House,” where rapper 2 Chainz performed.

Discovery sent 100 workers to Nashville, Tenn., to join employees from Comcast South on Habitat for Humanity’s annual Carter Work Project (l. to r.): Paige Davis of TLC’s Trading Spaces; Dan Biederman, Kim Sasser Hayden and Erin Miranda, Comcast; Maneet Chauhan of Food Network’s Chopped; Hayley Swiney and Jonathan Palmer, Discovery; Terry Vo and Geoffrey Vera, Comcast Nashville; and Dave Salmoni, Animal Planet’s Animal Bites.

(From l.): Steve Kazanijan, president and CEO, Promax, Cleo Wade and Common at the 2019 Promax Conference in Los Angeles

CNN Worldwide was honored as Promax’s Global Excellence Marketing Team of the Year (l. to r.): Pierre Meilhan, Sean Houston, Yonathan Gebreyes, Jeff Mielcarz, Dan Brown, Rick Lewchuk, Leah Hall, Brandon Campbell, Margaret Anthony and Whit Friese.

Bas Alberts (l.)and Johan Nel of Amsterdam-based agency Dutch Toast with the Promax Award for Global Excellence Agency of the Year.

Freeze Frame | June 10, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:12:20 +0000

(From l.): Master of ceremonies Ian Eagle; honoree David Berson, president, CBS Sports; and Sean McManus, chairman, CBS Sports; at the UJA-Federation’s 2019 Sports for Youth Annual Luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.

At the Washington, D.C., premiere screening of Smithsonian Channel’s When Whales Walked: Journeys Deep in Time (l. to r.): Hans Sues, National Museum of Natural History; Ellen Currano, University of Wyoming; Kirk Johnson, National Museum of Natural History; Lee Pace, narrator; Isaiah Nengo, Turkana Basin Institute; Charles Poe, Smithsonian Channel; and Bill Gardner, VP, PBS.

Alma Powell (l.) and Gen. Colin Powell arrive on the Ovation TV-sponsored red carpet ahead of the 2019 Ford’s Theatre Gala in Washington, D.C.

Hasan Minhaj of Netflix’s Patriot Act with Hasan Minahj poses with his trophy at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street.

(From l.): Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Mj Rodriguez and Janet Mock of FX’s Pose at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

Actress Rita Moreno of Netflix’s One Day at a Time picked up a Peabody Career Achievement Award at the 78th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony in New York.

(From l.): Rob Sorcher, chief content officer, Cartoon Network; animator Rebecca Sugar; and Christina Miller, president, Cartoon Network at the Peabody Awards in New York.

Terence Nance (l.) and Naima Ramos Chapman of HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness take their trophy to the 78th Annual Peabody Awards afterparty at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street.

At Licensing Expo 2019 in Las Vegas (l. to r.): Viacom Nickelodeon Consumer Products president Pam Kaufman; Josh de la Cruz of Blue’s Clues & You!; social-media influencer La Bala; and Brian Robbins, president, Nickelodeon.

Bunk’d cast members (l. to r.): Raphael Alejandro, Israel Johnson, Will Buie Jr. and Mallory James Mahoney at the Disney Channel Fan Fest at the Disney California Adventure theme park.

Freeze Frame | June 3, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 13:20:54 +0000

At the Hollywood premiere screening for Epix’s Perpetual Grace, LTD. (l. to r.): Jacki Weaver, Sir Ben Kingsley, Epix president Michael Wright and Jimmi Simpson.

Revolution chairman and CEO Steve Case (l.) and the Rise of the Rest tour visited Golf Channel in Orlando, Fla., where he joined Mike McCarley, NBC Sports Group president, golf, for an indoor putting contest.

(From l.): Michel Gondry, Dave Holstein, Zooey Deschanel and Jim Carey at Showtime’s 2017 Emmy FYC screening of Kidding at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Mondo Guerra, host of digital series Runway Remake, and Catherine Balsam-Schwaber, general manager of NBCUniversal-owned digital lifestyle learning platform Blueprint, at a dinner held for the Alt Summit in Palm Springs, Calif.

Keanu Reeves (l.) and Randall Park at the world premiere afterparty for Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe at STK in Westwood, Calif.

At Sony Pictures Television’s LA Screenings event at the Wilshire Ebell Theater (l. to r.): Brandon Sonnier; Jessica Alba; Mike Hopkins, chairman, Sony Pictures Television; Gabrielle Union; and Brandon Margolis.

Univision CMO and president of entertainment Jessica Rodriguez on stage at the company’s upfront presentation at Center415 in New York.

TCM held a hand and footprint ceremony for Billy Crystal at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood during the TCM Classic Film Festival (l. to r.): Pola Changnon, Jennifer Dorian and Ben Mankiewicz, TCM; Crystal; Rob Reiner; and Genevieve McGillicuddy, TCM.

Bob Iger, The Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO, and Peter Rice, chairman, Walt Disney Television, and co-chair, Disney Media Networks, on the red carpet ahead of the Disney 2019 Upfront Experience at New York’s Tavern on the Green.

Cierra Ramirez (l.) and Maia Mitchell of Freeform’s Good Trouble at the Disney 2019 Upfront Experience in New York.

WWE superstars Brie Bella (l.) and Nikki Bella arrive at Radio City Music Hall for NBCUniversal’s 2019 upfront presentation.

Shaquille O’Neal (l.) of TNT’s Inside the NBA and Niecy Nash of TNT’s Claws at the WarnerMedia upfront green room at Nick and Stef’s Steakhouse in New York.

WarnerMedia president, ad sales Donna Speciale (l.) and chief revenue officer Gerhard Zeiler on the red carpet before WarnerMedia’s upfront at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper (l.) and Chris Cuomo arrive for the WarnerMedia upfront at New York’s Theater at Madison Square Garden.

(From l.): Michael Torpey of truTV’s Paid Off With Michael Torpey, Hassie Harrison, Steve Lemme and Kevin Heffernan of truTV’s Tacoma FD, and Cipha Sounds of truTV’s Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks at the WarnerMedia upfront green room at Nick and Stef’s Steakhouse in New York.

Freeze Frame | May 20, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 20 May 2019 12:52:05 +0000

Olivia Edward (l.) and Hannah Alligood at the FYC Red Carpet Event for season three of FX’s Better Things at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Calif.

CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta accepts his medal at the Ellis Island Historical Society’s 31st annual Ellis Island Medals of Honor Ceremony in New York.

(From l.): Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, E! president Adam Stotsky and Kourtney Kardashian arrive for the 2019 NBCUniversal Upfront in New York.

At a Paley Media Council event at the Paley Center for Media in New York (l. to r.): Mike Fries, CEO and vice chairman, Liberty Global; Maureen Reidy, president and CEO, Paley Center; and Andrew Ross Sorkin, co-anchor, CNBC’s Squawk Box.

Alyson Hannigan (l.), who voices Nancy’s mom in Disney Junior’s Fancy Nancy, husband Alexis Denisof (r.) and their daughters celebrated with the Fancy Nancy character at her Disney’s California Adventure debut in Anaheim.

(From l.): Maya Erskine of PEN15, Hulu head of content Craig Erwich and PEN15’s Anna Konkle at the Hulu NewFronts presentation at New York’s Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Fox News chief national correspondent Ed Henry (r.) accepts The Merriman Smith Award from Jonathan Karl of ABC News at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C.

At Ovation TV’s Inside the Actors Studio taping at Sheen Center in New York (l. to r.): John Malkin, Ovation; Michelle Webb and Sara Omelas, Verizon Fios; Alec Baldwin, Actors Studio co-president; Henry Winkler; Bill Binford and Ilona Gordon, Verizon Fios; and Sol Doten, Ovation TV.

Anthony Lucia of Ride TV and Noelle White, Miss Rodeo New York 2019, kick off the 2019 Cable Hall of Fame Celebration, held May 2 at New York’s Ziegfeld Ballroom.

CNN’s Don Lemon (l.) and The Cable Center president and CEO Jana Henthorn present the Cable Hall of Fame trophy to honoree Leslie Ellis, Ellis Edits president and longtime Multichannel News contributor.

Posthumously honoring Cox CEO James Robbins with the Bresnan Ethics in Business Award (l. to r.): Michael Willner, chairman, The Cable Center; Debby Robbins; and Jana Henthorn, president and CEO, The Cable Center.

The 2019 Cable Hall of Fame class takes the stage (l. to r.): Cable Center president and CEO Jana Henthorn and board chairman Michael Willner with honorees Rob Kennedy, C-SPAN; Leslie Ellis, Ellis Edits; Kyle McSlarrow, Comcast; Bob Pittman, MTV co-founder; Martha Quinn, original MTV VJ; Mark Booth and Judy McGrath, MTV co-founders; Phil Kent, Turner; John Sykes, MTV co-founder; Susan Swain, C-SPAN; Fred Seibert, MTV co-founder; and Steve Miron, Advance/Newhouse.

Freeze Frame | May 6, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 06 May 2019 13:28:43 +0000

At the 2019 T Howard Foundation Fundraising Dinner in New York (l. to.r.): actor Joseph Sikora and writer/producer/creator Courtney A. Kemp of Starz’s Power; Jo Pamphile, president and CEO, T. Howard; and Ayo Davis, SVP, talent and casting, ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios.

Executive Leadership Award recipients at the T. Howard dinner (l. to r.): Rita Tuzon, EVP and corporate general counsel, Fox; Christina Spade, EVP and CFO, CBS Corp.; and Susan Zirinsky, president and senior executive producer, CBS News.

Melvin Mar (l.), executive producer, and Nahnatchka Khan, writer and executive producer of ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat were honored with T. Howard’s Diversity Advocate Award.

(From l.): T. Howard Foundation board chairman Andy Topping, SVP, human resources, Comcast; founder and chairman emeritus Scott Weiss, president and CEO, Speakeasy; and past chairman Rob Doodian, EVP and chief HR officer, AMC Networks, at the group’s New York fundraising dinner.

At the 2019 Harlem Junior Tennis & Education Program Spring Gala at New York’s Gotham Hall (l. to r.): James R. Kelly III, chairman, HJTEP; HJTEP Shining Star award winner Chandra Rubin, commentator, and Ken Solomon, president, Tennis Channel; and Katrina Adams, HJTEP executive director and a Tennis commentator.

At the NBC News & MSNBC White House Correspondents’ Dinner Afterparty in Washington (l. to r.): Phil Griffin, president, MSNBC; Dafna Linza, managing editor of politics, NBC News and MSNBC; and Monica Abla, White House Producer, and Andrea Mitchell, correspondent, NBC News.

On the red carpet before the Tribeca Film Festival’s panel on USA Network’s Mr. Robot (l. to r.): Sam Esmail, Carly Chaikin, Christian Slater and Rami Malek.

(From l.): Desus Nice, panel moderator Larry Wilmore and The Kid Mero at Showtime’s Emmy FYC screening of Desus & Mero at Paramount Studios Sherry Lansing Theatre in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Actors Martin Kove, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka at the PaleyLive LA Season Two Premiere Screening & Conversation for YouTube Premiere’s Cobra Kai.

Nicole Fosse (l.) and Michelle Williams at the New York premiere of FX’s Fosse/Verdon.

At Amazon’s FYC event for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel at the Hollywood Athletic Club (l. to r.): Alex Borstein, Amazon Studios COO and co-head of TV Albert Cheng, Caroline Aaron, Kevin Pollak, Tony Shalhoub, Donna Rosenstein, Rachel Brosnahan, Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen and Amazon Studios’s Marc Resteghini and Henry Leuhrman.

At a WICT Southern California/NAMIC Southern California membership mixer and industry leader panel (bottom l. to r.): Toby Berlin, WICT SoCal board member; Celine West, president, NAMIC SoCal; and Ellen Schned, president, WICT SoCal. Top row (l. to r.): panelists Matt Cohen, Amazon, and Jim Riley, BitMAX; and Jen Miles, VP, WICT SoCal; and Kiir Knight, VP, NAMIC SoCal.

Freeze Frame | April 29, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:52:16 +0000

Kicking off the 10th annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood (l. to r.): Jennifer Dorian, GM, and Ben Mankiewicz, primetime host, TCM; Rob Reiner; Meg Ryan; Ted Turner; Billy Crystal; Genevieve McGillicuddy, festival director; Pola Chagnon, SVP, marketing, studio production and talent, TCM; and Charlie Tabesh, SVP, programming, TCM.

YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl (l.) and Liza Koshy, actor/host/content creator, at a Paley Media Council panel at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.

(From l.): Cast members Marcus Henderson, Gabriel Hogan, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Hassie Harrison and Eugene Cordero at the Los Angeles premiere event for truTV’s Tacoma FD.

WE tv president and GM Marc Juris (l.) and chef Lawrence Page at the season-three premiere celebration for Hustle & Soul in Miami.

(From l.): Billy Porter, Dominique Jackson, Mj Rodriguez and Indya Moore at the PaleyFest 2019 event honoring FX’s Pose.

Norman Reedus (l.) and Ryan Hurst at the PaleyFest LA 2019 event celebrating AMC’s The Walking Dead at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Brenda Song, Disney Channel star who’ll voice the lead role in the upcoming animated series Amphibia, celebrates her birthday at Disneyland’s Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.

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(From l.): Food Network personalities Alton Brown, Amanda Freitag, Marc Murphy and Ted Allen at Discovery’s 2019 NYC Upfront at Alice Tully Hall in New York’s Lincoln Center.

Fiona Shaw (l.) and Sandra Oh of BBC America’s Killing Eve at the AMC Networks Summit in New York.

Freeze Frame | April 8, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:24:02 +0000

Irwin Gotlieb, senior adviser at WPP, delivers the Opening Keynote Conversation on “The Buyer” at the Multichannel News/B&C Advanced Advertising Summit, held March 25 at Convene in New York.

Denise Colella, senior VP of advanced advertising products and strategy at NBCUniversal, speaks during the “Putting It Together” panel.

Julie Sterling (l.), director of broadcast partnerships at Google, and Rita Ferro, president of advertising sales and partnerships at The Walt Disney Co., offer the perspective of “The Seller” in a keynote conversation with MCN/B&C senior content producer Jon Lafayette.

Jason Brown, senior VP and head of ad sales partnerships at Xandr Media, speaks on the Addressable Advertising panel.

(From l.): Andrew Wisneswki of Compulse OTT/Sinclair Digital, Diana Horwitz, Tavant, and Chris Faulkner, Cuebiq do some networking during the post-event reception.

At WE tv’s fashion event celebrating the return of Bridezillas in New York (l. to r.): WE tv execs Angela Molloy, VP, development; Kate Farrell, VP, original programming; Lauren Gellert, EVP, development and original programming; and Marc Juris, president and GM; with designer Beck Jones, the grand prize winner.

At the New York premiere of Hulu’s The Act at the Whitby Hotel (l. to r.) Michelle Dean, executive producer/writer; Dawn Olmstead, president, Universal Cable Productions; and Nick Antosca, executive producer/writer.

Monte Durham (l.), star of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress, and Adria Alpert-Romm, chief HR and global diversity officer, Discovery, at the TLC/Discovery Say Yes to the Prom event at Motor Trend Studios in El Segundo, Calif.

Host DJ Khaled (l.) and Brian Robbins, president of Nickelodeon, at the Nick Kids’ Choice Awards 2019 at Galen Center in Los Angeles.

At CNBC’s “A Night of Deals” Emmys FYC event in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Howie Mandel, host of Deal or No Deal; Mark Hoffman, chairman, CNBC; Marcus Lemonis, host of The Profit; and Jim Ackerman, EVP, primetime alternative programming, CNBC.

(From l.): H. Jon Benjamin, Aisha Tyler and Jessica Walter of FX’s Archer on a panel at WonderCon 2019 in Anaheim, Calif.

With some furry friends at the Crown Media Family Networks upfront in New York (l. to r.): Bill Abbott, president and CEO, Crown; Alison Sweeney of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’s Chronicle Mysteries; Larissa Wohl of Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family; and Ed Georger, EVP, ad sales and digital media, Crown.

Aspire TV general manager Melissa Ingram at Comcast’s “Xfinity Black Film & TV Presents: I Am HBCU Proud” panel event at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta.

At the Paley Media Council’s “A Conversation With Rob Manfred” event in New York (l. To r.): emcee Michael Kay of YES Network; Rob Manfred, commissioner of baseball; Maureen Reidy, president and CEO, Paley Center for Media; Mel Karmazin; and Stanley S. Shuman.

At Fox News Channel’s upfront in New York (front, l. to r.): Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner and Fox Business Network anchors Maria Bartiromo and Neil Cavuto. (Back, l. to r.): host Laura Ingraham, chief political anchor Bret Baier, president Jay Wallace and CEO Suzanne Scott.

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MCN Staff — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:51:59 +0000

A performance by Lady Peachena & The Late Show’s Gospel Choir kicked off the 2019 Multichannel News Wonder Women Luncheon, held March 20 at New York’s Marriott Marquis

CBS This Morning anchor and event host Bianna Golodryga (l.) with honoree Jo Ann Ross, CBS president and chief advertising revenue officer.

Wonder Women honoree Margaret Lazo, chief human resources officer at Univision, takes a seat on the Game of Thrones Iron Throne.

Honoree Madhu Goel Southworth, senior VP, legal and business affairs at AMC Networks, on the Marriott Marquis stage.

Honoree Leigh Woisard of Cox Communications.

Michelle Thornton Ghee, executive VP of business development at Endeavor, delivers her acceptance speech.

NBCUniversal’s Melissa Tolchin on the red carpet.

Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient and co-founder of #SeeHer.

Debra L. Lee, chairman and CEO emeritus of BET Networks and CEO of Leading Women Defined, was honored as 2019’s Woman of Influence.

Mary Schilling (l.), president of WICT New York, with 2019 WICT NY Career Catalyst Award winner Margaret Kim of iSTANDtv.

Laura Lubrano (l.), ad director of B&C and Multichannel News, with Women to Watch Meade Cooper, Fox News; Nina L. Diaz, Viacom; Alexandra Jewett, Debmar-Mercury; Erin McIlvain, Crown Media; Pooja Midhja, true[x]; Nicolle Pangis, NCC Media; Erin Scanlon, Deloitte; and Lauren Wallace, T-Mobile.

Members of the 2019 class of Wonder Women (l to r.): Michelle Wilson, Madhu Goel Southworth, Leigh Woisard, Lori Fink, Michelle Thornton Ghee, Alison Overholt, Christine Whitaker, Jo Ann Ross, Woman of Influence honoree Debra L. Lee and Margaret Lazo.

Christine Whitaker, senior VP of Comcast Cable’s Keystone Region, accepts Wonder Women honors.

Freeze Frame | March 11, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:01:33 +0000

(From l.): Eric Schrier, president, original programming, FX and FX Productions, Pamela Adlon and Nick Grad, president, original programming, FX and FX Productions at the season-three premiere party for FX’s Better Things at The Bungalow in Santa Monica, Calif.

Inducted into the Southwest Cable Communications Association’s Pioneer Hall of Fame (l. to r.): Shawn Duncan and Bryan Otts, Cox, and Spencer DeBord, Comcast.

At Crown Media Family Networks’ Annual Winter TCA Event (l. to r.): Alison Sweeney of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Chronicle Mysteries; Bill Abbott, CEO, Crown; Holly Robinson Peete of Hallmark Movies’ Morning Show Mysteries; and Michelle Vicary, EVP, programming and network publicity, Crown.

Cedric the Entertainer (l.) and Sterling K. Brown at the DirecTV Bungalow Presented by AT&T at the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif.

Journalist Shaun Robinson, moderator, and panelist Connie Orlando, EVP and head of programming at BET, at a Paley Council event at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.

On Fox Sports’ pre-Daytona 500 NASCAR technology panel (l. to r.): Jeff Gordon, Fox analyst; John Probst, NASCAR VP of innovation and racing development; Alba Colon, Hendrick Motorsports director of competition systems; and Michael Davies, Fox Sports SVP technology and field operations.

Cast members Lisa Rinna (l.) and Erika Girardi at the premiere party for Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Mexican Dynasties at Gracias Madre in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Tony Cornelius, Kelly Price, Jason Dirden, Katlyn Nichol, Sinqua Walls and Devon Gregory at “An Evening with BET’s American Soul” at The Paley Center for Media in New York.

Freeze Frame | Feb. 18, 2019

MCN Staff — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:29:20 +0000

Smithsonian Channel and Comcast screened The Green Book: Guide to Freedom for Black History Month at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (l. to r.): Dr. Joanne Hyppolite, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Janice Janik and David Royle, Smithsonian Channel; Yoruba Richen, filmmaker; S. Marquette Folley, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service; Brent Leggs, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, National Trust for Historic Preservation; Donna Rattley Washington and Mary McLaughlin; Comcast; and Bruce Johnson, WUSA.

Previewing the new GOLFPASS digital membership product in New York (l. To r): Will McIntosh, EVP, strategy, Golf, NBC Sports; Mike McCarley, president, Golf; pro golfer Rory McIlroy; and Pete Bevaqcua, president, NBC Sports Group.

Actors Roxane Mesquida (l.) and Kelli Burglund with a surprise guest from Now Apocalypse at the Starz + Vanity Fair Sundance Party in Park City, Utah.

Moderator Larry King (l.) and actress Lisa Edelstein at the Paley Impact event Eyewitness: Documenting the Holocaust on Film at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The Bold Type cast members (from l.): Aisha Dee, Katie Stevens and Meghann Fahy at Freeform’s “Hangover Breakfast” for writers attending the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.

Freeform president Tom Ascheim speaks during the network’s TCA Winter Press Tour executive session.

Arriving on the red carpet before Freeform’s TCA WInter Press Tour presentation in Pasadena, Calif. (l. To r.) Janel Parish , I. Marlene King and Sasha Pieterse of Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.

Warner Bros. renamed its Stage 25 after The Big Bang Theory to mark its status as the longest-running single camera sitcom (l. To r.): co-star Kaley Cuoco, executive producers Steven Molaro and Chuck Lorre; co-stars Melissa Rauch, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik, Simon Helberg, Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons; executive producer Bill Prady; and co-star Kevin Sussman.

(From l.): Actor Marvin Jones III, moderator Carama Horn and actor Cress Williams at the “An Electrifying Black Lightning Conversation on Good vs. Evil” panel on The CW show at The Paley Center for Media in New York.

(From l.): Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Al Roker, Melissa Roxburgh and Jeff Rake at The Paley Center for Media’s preview screening and discussion for NBC’s Manifest in New York.

At Turner’s TCA Winter Press Tour session (l. to r.): Geraldine Viswanathan, Karan Soni and Daniel Radcliffe of Miracle Workers; Brett Weitz, GM of TBS & TNT; Steve Buscemi and creator/EP Simon Rich of Miracle Workers; and Thom Hinkle, EVP, original programming, TBS.

At Opening Ceremony’s “Pig Out” Lunar New Year event in New York (l. to r.): Nielsen’s Mariko Carpenter, VP, strategic alliances; Mia Scott, VP, communications; and Andrew McCaskill, SVP, global communications and multicultural marketing.

Freeze Frame | Feb. 11, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:27:52 +0000

(From l.): Golf Channel and NBC broadcasters Johnny Miller, Paul Azinger and Dan Hicks at their broadcast position for the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale, the last telecast in Miller’s 29-year TV career.

At Pop’s TCA Winter Press Tour party in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Justin Rosenblatt, EVP of original programming; Florida Girls stars Laci Mosley, Melanie Field, Laura Chinn and Patty Guggenheim; and Brad Schwartz, Pop TV president.

(From l.): Sarah Aubrey, EVP of original programming, TNT; stars India Eisley and Chris Pine; Patty Jenkins, director; and Sam Sheridan, writer; at the premiere of I Am the Night at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles.

Actor Chris O’Dowd (l.) and author Nick Hornby at the red carpet before the Sundance Film Festival premiere of State of the Union at The Ray in Park City, Utah.

(From l.): Frances Berwick, president, Lifestyle Networks, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment; Alexandra Cunningham of Bravo’s Dirty John; and Dawn Parouse Olmstead, president, UCP and Wiltshire Studios, at the “UCP Showrunners Cocktail Reception” at the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.

(From l.) Arvin Haddad, Morgan Trent, Nyeshia Go and Aaron Kirman of CNBC’s Listing Impossible and Jim Ackerman, EVP, primetime alternative, CBNC, at the NBCUniversal TCA Winter Press Tour presentation at the The Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif.

Executive producer Tina Fey, host/EP Busy Phillips and EP/showrunner Caissie St. Onge of E!’s Busy Tonight at the NBCU TCA Winter Press Tour session in Pasadena, Calif.

(From l.): Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer and Don Cheadle of Showtime’s Black Monday backstage at the network’s TCA Winter Press Tour presentation in Pasadena, Calif.

At Showtime’s TCA Winter Press Tour session in Pasadena, Calif: (l. to r.): Desus & Mero co-star Desus Nice, Adlis Hodge of City on a Hill and Desus & Mero co-star The Kid Mero.

Co-executive producer and key creative consultant Nicole Fosse (l.) and executive producer/writer Joel Fields of FX’s Fosse/Verdon on the network’s TCA Winter Press Tour panel in Pasadena, Calif.

(From l.): Mikey Madison, Hannah Alligood, Pamela Adlon and Olivia Edward of FX’s Better Things arrive at FX’s 2019 Winter TCA Star Walk at The Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa in Pasadena, Calif.

FX Networks and FX Productions president John Landgraf speaks to reporters during the programmer’s Winter TCA Press Tour session.

Freeze Frame | Jan. 28, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:43:52 +0000

Former Warner Bros. syndication exec Dick Robertson (l.) presents Entertainment Studios founder Byron Allen with a 2019 Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards during the ceremony at the NATPE Convention in Miami Beach, Fla.

Betty White (l.) accepts her Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award from fellow actress Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Henry Winkler poses with his Legacy Award trophy.

(From l.): Actress and award presenter Yvette Nicole Brown, NATPE CEO JP Bommel and Legacy Award honoree Mara Brock Akil.

Sean Hayes of NBC’s Will & Grace with honoree Robert Greenblatt, former chairman of NBC Entertainment.

Miami’s own Gloria Estefan presents a Legacy Award to triple-threat performer Rita Moreno

At the NATPE Miami Opening Night Party (l. to r.): Charlie Weiss, NATPE head of business development; Jennifer Rogers, Univision Agency; JP Bommel, NATPE CEO; Elisa Segovia and Roberto Ruiz, Univision; and Univision on-air talent Chiquinquira Delgado, Alan Tacher and Los Pichy Boys.

On a NATPE Miami ad-sales panel (l. to r.): moderator Sara Fischer of Axios; Mark Marshall, president, advertising sales and partnerships, NBCUniversal; Jon Steinlauf, chief U.S. advertising sales officer, Discovery; and Steve Mandala, president, advertising sales, Univision.

(From l.): Pollyanna McIntosh and Josh McDermitt of AMC’s The Walking Dead; Adriana Cisneros, CEO, Cisneros; Wared Seger, CEO, Parrot Analytics; and Denise Huth, executive producer, The Walking Dead; at the Global TV Demand Awards, held at NATPE Miami.

(From l): Sydney to the Max cast members Ruth Righi, Christian J. Simon, Jackson Dollinger, Ava Kolker and Caroline Rhea at a special Disney Channel screening and meet-and-greet with kids from Los Angeles-area Boys and Girls Clubs.

(From l.): WE tv president Marc Juris and Growing Up Hip Hop star and executive producer Romeo Miller at the show’s season four premiere in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Patty Jenkins, India Eisley and Golden Brooks at the premiere of TNT’s I Am the Night at Metrograph in New York.

(From l.): Cast members Michael Harney, Neal McDonough, Michael Malarkey, Aidan Gillen, Laura Mennell and executive producer Robert Zemeckis at the Los Angeles premiere party for History’s Project Blue Book.

(From l.): Stars Ben McKenzie, Morena Baccarin and Cory Michael Smith of Fox’s Gotham at the PaleyLive event “Meanwhile, Back in Gotham” at the Paley Center for Media in New York.

(From l.): Arthur Smith, executive producer; Cari Champion; and Toby Gorman, executive producer at NBC’s The Titan Games viewing party at The Parlor in Los Angeles.

Singer Debbie Gibson stops by the Pedigree VIP (Very Important Pooch) Suite at the taping of Hallmark Channel’s American Rescue Dog Show special.

Freeze Frame | Jan. 14, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:01:43 +0000

Actress Rachel Brosnahan of Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel gets her Golden Globe statuette engraved at the official Golden Globe Awards afterparty at the Wilshire Garden at the Beverly Hilton.

(From l.): Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette and CBS chief content officer and Showtime president and CEO David Nevins at the network’s Golden Globe Awards event at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif.

(From l.) Actors Aldis Hodge, Jonathan Tucker, Sarah Shahi and Steve Howey at Showtime’s West Hollywood, Calif., Golden Globe Awards event.

Gretchen Burke (l.) and NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke take in the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony from a table at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Arriving on the Golden Globe Awards red carpet (l. to r.): Dawn Parouse Olmstead, president, Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios; Bonnie Hammer, chairman, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment; and Frances Berwick, president, Lifestyle Networks, NBCU Cable Entertainment.

Actor Michael Douglas with his Best Actor, TV Series, Musical or Comedy Golden Globe for his work in Netflix’s The Kominsky Method.

Creator Joe Weisberg (c.) accepts the Golden Globe for Best TV Series, Drama for FX’s The Americans as cast and crew members look on.

(From l.): Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Sam Esmail and Emmy Rossum at the Amazon Prime Video Golden Globes Post Show Celebration at the Beverly Hilton’s Stardust Penthouse.

Brad Simpson (l.), Pose executive producer, and Nick Grad, president of original programming, FX and FX Productions, at FX’s Golden Globes after party at the Fox Terrace on the Roof Deck of the Beverly Hilton.

Darren Criss (l.) of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and his fiancée, Mia Swier, at FX’s Golden Globes afterparty at the Beverly Hilton.

Freeze Frame | Jan. 07, 2019

MCN Staff — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:46:28 +0000

Announcing Antietam Broadband’s a tech partnership with Brooke’s House, a sober living center for women in Washington County, Md. (l. to r.): Curt Pendleton, VP, business services, Antietam; Kevin Simmers, co-founder, Brooke’s House; and Brian Lynch, president, Antietam.

At a screening of INSP’s Christmas on the Coast in The Villages, Fla. (l. to r.): Christine Rodocker, INSP; Julie Zuniga and Jorge Masihy, Comcast; Kimberly O’Meara and Tammy Burklin, INSP; and cast members Cait Pool and Burgess Jenkins.

(From l.): Jeniffer Kim, SVP, original programming, TBS; Brett Weitz, EVP, programming, TBS; Samantha Bee; and Thom Hinkle, EVP, original programming, TBS; at the New York taping of the Full Frontal With Samantha Bee holiday special “Christmas on I.C.E.”

(From l.): Kevin Bacon, CBS chief content officer and Showtime Networks chairman and CEO David Nevins and Kyra Sedgwick at Showtime’s Holiday Event at The Hearth & Hound in Hollywood.

Mediacom’s Catherine Commisso, group VP of administration, and Rocco Commisso, chairman and CEO, hosted 500 employees at the company’s annual Holiday Party.

Diversity Week 2018

MCN Staff — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:48:30 +0000

At the Walter Kaitz Foundation Fundraising Dinner in New York (l. to r.): Dave Watson of Comcast Cable, dinner co-chair; Johnathan Rodgers, former TV One president and Discovery executive; Alfred Liggins, chairman and CEO of TV One and this year’s Diversity Champion Award winner; and Josh Sapan of AMC Networks, dinner co-chair.

At the 32nd annual NAMIC Conference: CNN’s Don Lemon (l.), the conference’s keynote speaker, and A. Shuanise Washington, NAMIC president and CEO.

Bonnie Hammer, chairman, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group, and Stephanie Ruhle, MSNBC Live anchor, during the Opening General Session of the 2018 WICT Leadership Conference in New York.

(From l.): WICT president and CEO Maria Brennan, Walter Kaitz Foundation executive director Michelle Ray and NAMIC president and CEO A. Shuanise Washington at the Walter Kaitz Foundation fundraising dinner in New York.

Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin made an on-stage appearance at the Kaitz dinner.

WICT Conference “Profiles of Champions” panelists (l. to r.): Molly Qerim Rose, ESPN, moderator; Scout Bassett, U.S. Paralympic Team; Sarah Kustok, YES Network Brooklyn Nets analyst; Lisa Wang, Hall of Fame gymnast and founder of SheWorx; and Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theater.

Panelists on the WICT Leadership Conference panel “Beyond the Hashtags” (l. to r.): WICT president Maria Brennan, moderator; Michelle Rice, TV One; Alyssa Milano, actress/activist/producer; Susan Chira, The New York Times; and Fernanda Merodio, Hemisphere Media Group.

At the NAMIC Conference’s Annual Awards Luncheon (l to r.): Joiava Philpott, NAMIC national board chair; Charlie Weiss, VP and group publisher, Multichannel News/B&C; Debra Lee, chairman and CEO emeritus of BET and the Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award honoree; and A. Shuanise Washington, NAMIC president and CEO.

Cable-Tec Expo 2018

MCN Staff — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:20:47 +0000

(From l.): SCTE/ISBE board chair Bill Warga of Liberty Global, president and CEO Mark Dzuban and program chair Kevin Hart of Cox welcomed the industry to Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center for Cable-Tec Expo.

Six high-school robotics teams from the Atlanta area took part in the FIRST Robotics competition.

Paul Widman of Arista Networks is ready to dole out some booth tchotchkes.

Gretchen Hauptmann (l.) of Corning chats with Abe Robinson of Charter and Greg Harlan of PCI International.

Mark Risley (l.) of Makita shows off some hardware to Bill Mastrototaro of IOT Solutions.

Rhys Myers (l.) of Channell with Tim Mitchell of USA Communications.

Cox colleagues Matt Neese (l.), Sherri Mabrey and Selene Wade arrive at Cable-Tec Expo registration.

VIncent Matthew (l.) and Antonio Lewis of Viya check out some gear.

The Cable TV Pioneers inducted their 2018 class at a gala held in conjunction with Cable-Tec Expo (front, l. to r.): Jane Bulman, Arthur Sando, Vicki Lins, David Zaslav, Holly Leff-Pressman, Tom Rogers, Judi Allen, Glyndell Moore. Back row (l. to r.): Jeff Baumgartner, Shawn Tylka, Larry Beauchamp, Rob Shema, Craig Cuttner, Guy McCormick, Fred Kaiser, Andy Parrott, Enrique Yamuni Robles, Michael Bates, Curtis Symonds, Steve Williams, David Baldwin, Fred Rogers, Chris Ewing, Tony Speller, Hank Fore.

Comcast’s Ed Marchetti (l.) presents the SCTE/ISBE Member of the Year award to fellow Comcaster Larry Wolcott at the Annual Awards Luncheon.

Maria Stebneva of Netcracker Technologies practices her putting on the show floor.

Freeze Frame | May 14, 2018

MCN Staff — Tue, 15 May 2018 18:50:07 +0000

At the New York premiere screening of National Geographic’s America Inside Out With Katie Couric (l. to r.): Norah O’Donnell, anchor, CBS This Morning; Katie Couric, host and executive producer, America Inside Out; and Courteney Monroe, CEO, National Geographic Global Networks.

Muskegon, Mich., viewer Holley Pelkey (c.) receives her $500 prize for winning Game Show Network Daily Draw from Halona Gustin (l.), manager of the Comcast Xfinity Store in Muskegon, and Caryn Borresen Tubero, account director, GSN Distribution.

(From l.): Eric Kuhn of T-Mobile/Layer3 TV; Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Jon Steinberg of Cheddar at the annual Bytes & Bylines party kicking off White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend in Washington, D.C.

Noah Hawley, creator/executive producer/writer/director; cast member Dan Stevens; and Lauren Shuler Donner, executive producer, at the season two premiere of FX’s Legion at the Soho House in Los Angeles.

FCC chairman Ajit Pai paid a visit to Cable One in Pascagoula, Miss., to promote rural broadband (l. to r.): Patrick Large, deputy chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Stephen Palazzo; Charles McDonald and Jim Duck, Cable One; Pai; Charlie Oakes and Greg Capranica, Cable One; and Mississippi State Rep. Scott DeLano.

At ESPN’s NewFront in New York (l. to r): Matt Derella, Twitter; Adam Berger, Facebook; Rita Ferro, Disney/ABC Television; Ed Erhardt, ESPN; and Nick Bell, Snapchat.

Director Jack Bender (l.) and actress Kelly Lynch at a FYC screening of DirecTV Audience Network’s Mr. Mercedes at Hollywood Forever in Los Angeles.

Staffers from Spectrum NY1 News celebrate their two wins at the New York Emmy Awards (l. to r.): Dan Komarinetz, producer/editor; Kevin Dugan, executive producer; Frank DiLella, host/producer; Audrey Gruber, executive producer; and Joi DeLeon, producer/editor.

(From l.): Homeland executive producers Howard Gordon and Lesli Linda Glatter and cast members Claire Danes and Mandy Patikin and former CIA director Michael Hayden at a Washington, D.C., panel on the Showtime series hosted by George Mason University’s Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security.

Benedict Cumberbatch (l.) and Gary Levine, president of programming, Showtime Networks, at the premiere afterparty for limited series Patrick Melrose at Beauty and Essex in Los Angeles.

Freeze Frame | April 16, 2018

MCN Staff — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:39:55 +0000

Industry party, event and premiere photos for the week of April 16

At a New York screening of the HBO film Paterno (l. to r.): Barry Levinson, director; Richard Plepler, chairman and CEO, HBO; and Al Pacino.

At The Atlantic and Discovery’s panel “Invisible Killers: A Documentary Screening and Conversation” at The Hamilton Live in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Marc Etkind, GM, Science; Steve Rivo, director, Invisible Killers; Margaret Low, Atlantic Live; Tom Yellin, executive producer; Gabrielle Tannenbaum, senior producer; John Bardin, senior director, production, Discovery; and Alexandra Moss, supervising producer.

(From l.): Sarah Barnett, president and GM, BBC America; Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh, stars of Killing Eve; and Yohana Desta of Vanity Fair at a special screening of the series in New York.

Fuse visited the New York office of OMD for an upfront presentation (l. to r.): Jason Miller, executive VP, ad sales and integrated marketing, Fuse Media; Chris Geraci, president, national video investment, OMD; singer/songwriter Elley Duhé; hip hop magician Smoothini; and J-T Ladt, chief content officer, Fuse Media.

(From l.) David Harbour, Milli Bobby Brown and Caleb McLaughlin at the PaleyFest LA 2018 event honoring Netflix’s Stranger Things at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

At the world premiere watch party for Freeform’s Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger at SXSW in Austin, Texas (l. to r.): Jeph Loeb, Marvel Television; Olivia Holt; Joe Pokaski, executive producer; Karey Burke, Freeform; Aubrey Joseph; and Gina Prince-Bythewood, director.

(From l.): Ava DuVernay, creator/executive producer; Kat Candler, executive producer; and Rutina Wesley at the PaleyFest 2018 event honoring OWN’s Queen Sugar at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Wrenn Schmidt (l.) and Lawrence Wright at an Emmy for your consideration screening of Hulu’s The Looming Tower at the Television Academy in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Tom Ascheim, Freeform president; Yara Shahidi; and Karey Burke, Freeform EVP, programming and development, at an Emmy for your consideration event for Grown-ish.

At the Hollywood Radio-Television Society’s “Who’s Buying and Watching Documentary on TV” Breakfast Spotlight panel at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (l. to r.): Molly Thompson, A+E Networks; Alex Gibney, filmmaker; Dawn Porter, director/producer; Liesl Copland, Endeavor Content; and Vinnie Malhotra, Showtime Networks.

2018 Cable Hall of Fame

MCN Staff — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:19:28 +0000

Photos from the The Cable Center's 2018 Cable Hall of Fame ceremony, held April 4 at New York's Ziegfeld Ballroom. (Photos by Roey Yohai Photography courtesy of The Cable Center)

(From l.): Paul Maxwell; Josh Sapan, chairman and CEO, AMC Networks; Vince Gilligan, creator of Cable Hall of Fame-honored series Breaking Bad; and Char Beales, former president and CEO, CTAM.

(From l.): Jana Henthorn, CEO, The Cable Center; June Travis, recipient of the Bresnan Award for Ethics in Business; Barbara York; and Michael Willner, chairman, Cable Center board of directors.

Liberty Latin America president and CEO Balan Nair gives his Cable Hall of Fame acceptance speech.

Comcast vice chairman Neil Smit delivers his Hall of Fame induction speech from the Ziegfeld Ballroom stage.

At the 2018 Cable Hall of Fame ceremony at New York’s Ziegfeld Ballroom: class member John Bickham of Charter (c.) with Cable Center CEO Jana Henthorn (l.) and event host Carla Hall.

Cable Center CEO Jana Henthorn (second from l.) and Patriot Media’s Steve Simmons are greeted by performers on the Hall of Fame’s red carpet.

Multicultural Summit 2018

MCN Staff — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:59:09 +0000

Photos from the 2018 Multichannel News/Broadcasting & Cable Multicultural Summit, held April 3 at New York's Stewart Hotel. (Photos by Mark Reinertson)

NAMIC chair Joiava Philpott, VP of regulatory affairs at Cox, announces the 2018 NAMIC Vision Awards nominees during the Multichannel News/B&C Multicultural Summit.

Taking part in the luncheon keynote “Taken From the Headlines: Why Multicultural TV Matters” (l. to r.): Philip Mena of Early Today and MSNBC; Juan Williams and Arthel Neville of Fox News Channel; and moderator Mark Robichaux, managing director of content for Multichannel News and B&C.

Diana Mogollón, senior VP and GM of Stage 13/Warner Bros. Digital Networks talked content development with MCN’s R. Thomas Umstead during the summit’s super session titled “Shifting Focus: A New Approach to Serving Viewers.”

(From l.): Jesus Chavez of mitú, Juan Carlos Sosa of Cisneros Studios and Luis Romero of NBCUniversal took part in the summit’s programming panel, “How to Offer the Best New Content Options and Make Sure Audiences Are Watching.”

At the post-summit networking reception (l. to r.): Carlos Cabrera, Cisneros Media; Nicole Wang, International Media Distribution; and Bridgette Jean-Jacques, Frontier Communications.

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Freeze Frame | Jan. 29, 2018

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000

At Univision's “Behind the Camera: Where Diversity Begins” panel at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah (l. to r.): Tonia O’Connor, chief revenue officer, Univision; Kimberly Brooks of Fusion; Mynette Louie, Gamechanger Films; Camila Jimenez Villa, FMG Studios; Adrian Molina, co-director of Pixar’s Coco; Ashley Judd, actress; and Darnell Strom of CAA.

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The Independent Show -- July 24-26, 2017

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Freeze Frame -- July 10, 2017

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:00:00 +0000

With the winners at the Spectrum News NY1 Scholar Athlete Luncheon in New York (l. to r.): Dan Ronayne, SVP, Spectrum News NY1; Yolanda Alford, Public Schools Athletic League; Marc Weingarten, executive sports producer, Spectrum News NY1; Jennifer Jones Austin, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies; and New York State Assemblyman Michael Blake.

At a New York public screening of TNT’s Will (l. to r.): cast members Max Bennett, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ewen Bremner, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Oliva DeJonge and Laurie Davidson; Sarah Aubrey, EVP, original programming, TNT Originals; executive producers Shekhar Kapu and Craig Pearce; and cast members William Houston and Mattias Inwood.

(From l.): Tom Ascheim, president, Freeform; Joanna Coles, Hearst Magazines chief content officer and executive producer; and Karey Burke, EVP, programming development, Freeform; at the New York premiere of The Bold Type.

At the Los Angeles premiere event party for FX’s Snowfall (l. to r.): Eric Schrier, president, FX original programming; cast member Damson Idris; and executive producer John Singleton.

Phil Keoghan (l.) and Jane Lynch, hosts of National Geographic Channel’s Earth Live, at a summer cocktail party celebrating the show in New York.

Helping to revitalize Banana Kelly’s South Bronx, N.Y., community center and garden in concert with Rebuilding Together NYC (l. to r.): Allison Aylward, public affairs manager, Altice USA; Jeff Wilke, VP of content and distribution marketing, Scripps Networks Interactive; and DIY Network on-air personality Jason Cameron.

The Challenger Cable foursome (l. to r.) — Philip Bernard, Jeremy Zaucha, Bennett Duval and Jon-En Wang of Comcast — was the winning foursome at the SCTE’s annual Tom Polis Golf Classic in Malvern, Pa., which raised $70,000 for the SCTE Foundation.

Experts from Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science took part in a panel at Awesome Con in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Saad Sarwana, physics expert; Adam Ruben, molecular biologist; Wyatt Channell, executive producer; and Hakeem Oluseyi, astrophysicst.

At INSP and Shentel Cable’s “Movie Under the Stars” in Lynchburg, Va., at which INSP donated $1,000 to the Campbell County Youth Advisory Council (l. to r.): Bill McCall, VP, worldwide distribution, INSP; Tyler Stark, Hannah Schrock and Megan Pickett, CCYA; and Tom Whitaker, SVP, Shentel Cable.

Next Wave of Leaders

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:45:00 +0000

(From l.): Hulu’s Jennifer Smith, Brenda Oakcrum, honoree Asaf Davidov, Jennifer Knuckles and Victoria Drake raise a glass at the Next Wave of Leaders event.

Honoree Monica Halperin, VP of strategy and business operations, content distribution, at Viacom, speaks at the Next Wave of Leaders event.

Marcello Bellisario (l.), senior VP, talent and casting, Lionsgate, with event host Baruch Shemtov, entertainment reporter for WNYW New York.

Honoree James Shaut, executive director, technology environments and strategy, Comcast Cable, with Jennifer Shaut.

VIDWeek 2017

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:45:00 +0000

Co-host Kerry Drew of Fox 5 New York introduces a Next TV panel session.

Susanne Mei (l.) of People/Entertainment Weekly Network and Ambika Nigam of Bloomberg Media spoke at the Next TV panel session “Personalization and Monetization Through Content Search and Discovery.”

Mike Bologna (l.), president, One2One Media, and Nick Troiano, CEO, CrossMedia Works, tackle “The State of Advanced TV Advertising” for a Programmatic Summit keynote conversation.

Dish Media Sales director, advanced TV and digitial sales Adam Lowy speaks to the Programmatic Summit audience.

Freeze Frame -- June 19, 2017

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:30:00 +0000

(From l.) David Hill, president of Hilly Inc., Courteney Monroe, CEO, National Geographic Global Networks and Declan Moore, CEO, National Geographic Partners, at the UJA- Federation of New York Broadcast, Cable & Film Division celebration honoring Monroe’s professional and philanthropical achievements in New York.

At the 45th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute to Diane Keaton in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Brett Weitz, EVP, original programming, TBS; Sandra Dewey, president of TBS & TNT productions and business affairs and head of Studio T; Diane Keaton; Michael Bloom, SVP, unscripted series and specials, TBS & TNT; and Pola Chagnon, SVP, marketing, brand creative and talent, TCM.

(From l.): Gina Torres, Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle and Gabriel Macht of USA Network’s Suits celebrate the show’s 100th episode with a table read of the pilot at the ATX Festival in Austin, Texas.

Danielle Brooks (l.) and Kimiko Glenn at the season five premiere party for Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black at Catch in New York.

Tatiana Maslany of Orphan Black (l.) and BBC America president Sarah Barnett at a network screening of the series at the Split Screens Festival at IFC Center in New York.

At the season two premiere event for Pop’s Nightcap at The Crosby in New York (l. to r.): actors Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, Nightcap star Ali Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos of ABC News.

At the Split Screens Festival at New York’s IFC Center (l. to r.): John Vanco, GM and SVP, IFC Center; Matt Zoller Seitz, artistic director and moderator, Split Screens Festival; Hank Azaria, executive producer and star, and Amanda Peet, star, IFC’s Brockmire; and Raphaela Neihausen, executive director, Split Screens Festivals.

Altice USA presented $2,500 to students from Northport (N.Y.) High School for the Ecumenical Lay Council Food Pantry of Northport/East Northport as a 2016-17 Charity Champions winner (with the students, l. to r.): New York State Sen. Carl Marcellino; Irene Witthoff, Ecumenical Lay Council Food Pantry; Linda Johansen, adviser, Northporth High School Art Club; and Lou Brogno, Altice.

At the 2017 Ford’s Theater Annual Gala in Washington, D.C. (l. to r.): Robert Fisher, Verizon, and Rebecca Fisher; Donna Caruso and Marc Caruso, Angry Mob Music; Karen Anderson, Results for America; Carole Gilligan; Lyndon Boozer, AT&T; Phil Gilligan, Ovation; Alice Segars; Gena Haddox; Melissa Maxfield, Comcast; Jessica Yas, Ovation; Stu Schreiberg, Levity Entertainment Group; Adam Falk, Charter; Noah Falk; Sol Doten, Ovation; Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.); Rear Admiral Susan J. Blumenthal; and Charles Segars, Ovation.

Freeze Frame -- June 5, 2017

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:30:00 +0000

Zazie Beetz (l.) and Bryan Tyree Henry of FX’s Atlanta celebrate the show’s win at the 76th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony in New York.

(From l.): Marc Juris, president and GM, WE tv; Da Brat; and Rick Ciaffone, VP, creative director, brand creative at WE tv; at the New York premiere screening event for Growing Up Hip Hop Atlanta.

(From l.): Laura Dern, Twin Peaks creator and executive producer David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan and Showtime Networks president and CEO David Nevins at the Los Angeles premiere of Twin Peaks.

At the season-two screening of Sundance Now’s Take 5: A More Perfect Patriot at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Calif. (l. to r.): panelist Aisha Tyler and Linda Pan, AMC Networks.

At the UJA-Federation of New York’s 15th annual Sports for Youth Luncheon (l. to r.): Russell E. Wolff, ESPN; honoree David Stern, former NBA commissioner; Donna Orender, Orender Unlimited; and Peter Land, Finsbury.

At Disney Media Distribution’s 2017 International Upfront Event & Party in Burbank, Calif. (l. to r.): Bruce Rosenblum, president, business operations, Disney/ABC Television Group; Ben Pyne, president, global distribution, Disney Media Networks; and Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group.

AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson (l.), 2017 recipient of the Stephen J. Ross Humanitarian Award, and Time Warner Inc. chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes at the UJA-Federation of New York Leadership Awards Dinner at Cipriani 25 Broadway.

At a press event at Trejo’s Tacos in Los Angeles (l. to r.): Tim Noonan, host of El Rey Network’s Rite of Passage; Kerry Stagmer, weapons builder, and Danny Trejo, host, Man at Arms; and Daniel Tibbets, president and GM, El Rey.

Josiah Casildo (l.), sophomore Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York scholar, presents the group’s Vision of Hope Award to Randy Falco, CEO of Univision Communications, at a New York event.

At Investigation Discovery’s “IDCON 2017: Notorious Headlines” event in New York (l. to r.): Sara Kozak, SVP, production; Tony Harris, emcee; Paula Zahn of On the Case With Paula Zahn; Henry Schlieff, group president, ID; Maria Elena Salinas of Real Story; Chris Hansen of Killer Instinct; and Tamron Hall of Deadline Crime.

Freeze Frame -- May 22, 2017

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 22 May 2017 16:30:00 +0000

At a Television Academy screening and Q&A for FX’s Fargo in North Hollywood, Calif. (l. to r.): Noah Hawley, executive producer; Ewan McGregor; and Warren Littlefield and John Cameron, executive producers.

With student musicians from the Norwalk (Conn.) Youth Symphony, which received a $4,000 donation from the “Altice Connects” initiative: Jennifer Young, Altice USA (back row, second from l.).; Sara Watkins, the symphony’s executive director (back row, far l.); and Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (back row, far r.).

(From l.): Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler at the New York premiere of Bernie Madoff telefilm The Wizard of Lies.

Launching one2one Media at New York’s Troy (l. to r.): Jamie Power, chief operating officer, and Michael Bologna, president, one2one Media; and Nick Troiano, CEO, Cross MediaWorks.

At the Bleacher Report, CNN and Great Big Story NewFront in New York (l. to r.): Lenny Daniels, president, Turner Sports; David Levy, president and CEO, Turner; Dave Finocchio, GM, and Rory Brown, president, Bleacher Report; and Matt Hong, chief operating officer, Turner Sports.

Cutting the ribbon on the Univision Technology Center in San Jose, Calif. (l. to r.): Brent Wilkes, executive director, LULAC; U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.); Raúl Rodríguez, VP and GM, Univision Bay Area; San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo; Jessica Herrera-Flanigan, executive VP, government and corporate affairs, Univision Communications; former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed; and Univision Bay Area reporter Luz Peña.

(From l.): Asia Kate Dillon, Brian Koppelman, Maggie Siff, Paul Giamatti, David Levien, Toby Leonard Moore and David Costabile at Showtime’s panel discussion and reception for Billions at NYIT Auditorium in New York.

Snoop Dogg (l.) and Martha Stewart arrive for the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards Afterparty at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Rick Alessandri, EVP, enterprise development, Univision Communications; Univision on-air personalities Jackie Guerrido and Hristo Stoichkov; and Experience Kissimmee CEO DT Minich were joined by youth soccer players to announce that Kissimmee, Fla., would host the inaugural Prospects Cup youth-soccer tournament, to be televised by Univision Deportes Network.

Comcast Cable president Dave Watson (c.) helped build future “STEMgineers” one Lego at a time at Sarah J. Rawson Elementary School in Hartford, Conn. as part of the 16th annual Comcast Cares Day.

Freeze Frame -- May 15, 2017

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 15 May 2017 17:00:00 +0000

(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.

Freeze Frame -- April 17, 2017

michael.demenchuk@futurenet.com (Michael Demenchuk) — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 16:45:00 +0000

(From l.): Gary Arlen, contributor, Multichannel News; Laura Martin, Needham & Co.; Rob Stoddard, NCTA-The Internet & Television Association; and WICT Washington, D.C./Baltimore chapter president Stacy Hannah of the Multimedia Streaming Industry Association tackle the “State of the Industry” at a WICT event at NCTA headquarters in Washington.

At Spectrum Networks’s “Everyday Heroes” luncheon in Orlando, Fla. (l. to r.): Ybeth Bruzual, morning anchor, Orlando News 13; 102-year-old Barbara Madigo, the viewer-chosen “Hero of the Year” for her work making teddy bears for sick kids at Camp Boggy Creek; and Greg Pallone, reporter, News 13.

Sarah Paulson (l.) and John Landgraf, president and CEO of FX Networks and FX productions, at the network’s “2017 All-Star Upfront Red Carpet Event” at New York’s SVA Theater.

Baron Vaughn (l.), star of Fusion’s Fatherless, with Anne Loder, Fusion development directr, at the show’s premiere screening at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

At the pre-Wrestlemania 33 WWE Business Partner Summit in Orlando, Fla., where Snickers was honored as WWE’s Business Partner of the Year (l. to r.): Paul (Triple H) Levesque, EVP, talent, live events and creative, WWE; Stephanie McMahon, chief brand officer, WWE; Asuka, WWE NXT women’s champion; WWE “Superstar” Bayley; Ray Amati, media director, Mars Chocolate; Berta de Pablos, VP of marketing, Mars Chocolate; and WWE Superstars John Cena and Alexa Bliss.

(From l.): David Westin of Bloomberg TV’s Daybreak; Maureen Reidy, CEO, The Paley Center for Media; and Ken Lowe, CEO, Scripps Networks Interactive, at a Paley Media Council event in New York.

(From l.): Beverly Mitchell of Hollywood Darlings; Joey McIntyre of Return of the Mac; Jodie Sweetin and Christine Lakin of Hollywood Darlings; and Justin Rosenblatt, EVP, programming Pop TV, at the ’90s-themed premiere of Pop’s new series at the iPic Theaters in Los Angeles.

(From l.): Jacob Collins-Levy, actor; Emma Frost, executive producer; Jodie Comer, actor; and Scott Huff, executive producer, at the Starz/Refinery29 special screening for The White Princess at Metrograph in New York.

Ewan McGregor of Fargo bowls a frame during the 8th Annual FX All-Star Bowling Party at Lucky Strike Manhattan in New York.

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At Discovery’s upfront press breakfast in New York (l. to r.): Erik Logan, president, OWN; Rich Ross, group president, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel & Velocity; David Zaslav, CEO, Discovery Communications; Nancy Daniels, president, TLC and Discovery Life; and Henry Schleiff, group president, Investigation Discovery, Destination America and American Heroes Channel

Kicking off Altice USA’s partnership with the South Norwalk (Conn.) Community Center to promote adoption of the low-cost “Economy Internet” broadband service (l. to r.): Kevin Devaney, Altice; Katherine Villanueva and Warren Pena, SNCC; Connecticut Rep. Chris Perone; Liza Montgomery, director, After the Bell program; with students and student volunteers.

YouTube star Jesse “McJuggerNuggets” Ridgway (l.) and documentarian Brian Spitz at the screening of the new go90/Complex Networks docuseries "Psycho Family" at New York’s Bryant Park Hotel Theater.

INSP and Comcast promoted the family entertainment network’s launch at the Xfinity Store in Roseville, Minn. (back row, l. to r.): Rachel Collingwood, Rikki Simpson, Nicole Jacobson and Nick Peck, Xfinity; and Tammy Burklin, INSP. Front row (l. to r.): Kimberli O’Meara, Nicole Black and Katie Eidelberg, INSP.

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Hulu’s Julie DeTraglia speaks during the panel session on crossplatform advertising. (Credit: Mark Reinertson)

At the post-event reception (l. to r.): Lauren Gilray and Mackenzie Smith of IRONWEB; Grant Parker, 4C Insights; and Michael Rasmussen, IRONWEB. (Credit: Mark Reinertson)

David Cohen (r.), president of MAGNA North America, talks with B&C business editor Jon Lafayette during the closing keynote. (Credit: Mark Reinertson)

Viacom head of marketing and partner solutions Sean Moran is interviewed for the opening keynote. (Credit: Mark Reinertson)

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(From l.): Andrew Lincoln, Slash and Meeghan Hodges at the PaleyFest LA 2017 session honoring The Walking Dead in Hollywood. (Credit: ©Michael Bulbenko for the Paley Center)

(From l.): Jason Miller, executive VP, ad sales & integrated marketing, Fuse Media; singer/songwriter Ruth B.; and Chris Geraci, president, national video investment, OMD; at Fuse Media’s upfront presentation at OMD’s New York office.

Kyle MacLachlan (l.) of Twin Peaks and Showtime Networks CEO David Nevins at the Showtime House at Clive Bar at SXSW in Austin, Texas. (Credit: Laura June Kirsch/Showtime)

(From l.): I’m Dying Up Here cast members Michael Angarano, Ari Graynor, Erik Griffin, Al Madrigal, Clark Duke and Andrew Santino at the Showtime House at Clive Bar at SXSW. (Credit: Disney Channel/Image Group LA)

At WICT Southern California’s membership mixer at the Culver Hotel (top, l. to r.): board members Kristina Davey, Prism; Lynn Nanta-Frazier, Vubiquity; Liz Achée, PlayStation Vue; Roxanne Johnson, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; chapter president Beth Bayer, Experian; and Ellen Schned, EJS Media. Bottom (l. to r.): Andrea Petzold, Univision; Lizzy Paulson, United Way of Greater Los Angeles; and Pamela Yu, Charter. (Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Crackle/AP Images)

(From l.): Actors Amanda Seals, Jay Ellis and Issa Rae; Prentice Penny, creator/host; and Melina Matsoukas, director; at the West Hollywood, Calif., premiere of truTV’s Upscale With Prentice Penny. (Credit: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for truTV)

Announcing Fox Sports’s partnership with the new “Big3” three-on-three basketball league on FS1’s Skip & Shannon: Undisputed (back, l. to r.): Shannon Sharpe; Roger Mason Jr., Big3 president/commissioner; Ice Cube, Big3 founder; and Skip Bayless. At front: Joy Taylor. (Credit: Fox Sports)

Race-car driver Danica Patrick (l.) welcomes Mickey Mouse to the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., to promote Disney Junior’s Mickey and the Roadster Racers, for which Patrick and other drivers contributed character voices.

At WICT New England’s Sturbridge, Mass., panel on workplace gender inequality (l. to r.): Shannon Piers, associate manager, ESPN Wellness; Tamara Bowens, VP, field marketing, Spectrum Enterprise; Justin Connolly, EVP, affiliate sales and marketing, Disney & ESPN Media Networks; Gary Roy, CEO, NESN; and WICT New England president Laura Ausmus, senior business analyst, ESPN.

Évelyne Brochu (l.) and Tatiana Maslany at the PaleyFest LA 2017 event for BBC America’s Orphan Black at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Credit: ©Imeh Bryant for the Paley Center)

Cast members (l. to r.) Ed Harris, James Marsden, Evan Rachel Wood and Thandi Newton of HBO’s Westworld at the series’ PaleyFest LA 2017 session. (Credit: ©Imeh Bryant for the Paley Center)

Brad Falchuk (l.), co-creator and executive producer, and Tim Minear, executive producer, arrive at the PaleyFest LA 2017 session honoring FX’s American Horror Story: Roanoke at the Dolby Theatre. (Credit: ©Michael Bulbenko for the Paley Center)

(From l.): Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kathy Bates arrive at the PaleyFest LA 2017 event honoring FX’s American Horror Story: Roanoke. (Credit: ©Imeh Bryant for the Paley Center)

Shay Mitchell (l.) and Ashley Benson on the panel session for Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars at The Paley Center for Media’s PaleyFest LA 2017 in Los Angeles. (Credit: ©Michael Bulbenko for the Paley Center)