Photos: NATPE 2008

GE's Wright Receives Tartikoff Award

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:35:29 -0800

GE Vice Chairman Bob Wright was honored with a NATPE Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award Jan. 28 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Photo credit: Paul Drinkwater / NBC

Backstage With Tartikoff Award Honorees

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:39:57 -0800

Celebrating backstage are the 2008 Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards honorees: Mark Itkin, William Morris Agency executive VP/worldwide co-head of TV, left, CBS Paramount Television Entertainment Group President Nancy Tellem, GE Vice Chairman Bob Wright and Warner Bros. Television President Peter Roth. Photo credit: SWpix Photography

MyNet Hits NATPE

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:43:15 -0800

MyNetworkTV President Greg Meidel, left, and Fox Television CEO Jack Abernethy, second from right, were all smiles with “Jail” and “Street Patrol” creators John Langley, second from left, and Morgan Langley, at the network’s dinner Jan. 28 at Mandalay Bay’s Stripsteak restaurant. Photo credit: Denise Truscello

FremantleMedia CEO Kicks It Up a Notch With Emeril

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:44:55 -0800

FremantleMedia Enterprises CEO David Ellender kicked it up a notch with Chef Emeril Lagasse Jan. 29 at the company’s booth on the NATPE floor. Photo credit: Craig Mathew / Mathew Imaging

Network Heads Confab at NATPE Panel

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:46:45 -0800

A superimposed Universal Television Group President Jeff Gaspin, center, speaks at NATPE’s “Think Tank: Here Today, There Tomorrow” panel Jan. 28 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, moderated by CAA’s Michael Camacho, left, with BBC Worldwide President Garth Ancier, Next New Networks CEO Herb Scannell and Lifetime President-CEO Andrea Wong. Photo credit: Paul Drinkwater / NBC

'Mother,' 'Bones' Stars Party With Fox Execs

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:48:59 -0800

Actors Neil Patrick Harris, second from left, and Jason Segel, right of “How I Met Your Mother” and “Bones” star Emily Deschanel, center, joined Fox execs Dana Walden, Bob Cook and Gary Newman at the Twentieth Television party Jan. 29 at RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay.

NBCU Heads Attend NATPE With 'Deal's' Mandel

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:50:35 -0800

NBC Universal executives Barry Wallach, left, Marc Graboff and Jeff Gaspin had “Deal or No Deal” host Howie Mandel surrounded Jan. 29 at the NBC Universal booth at NATPE. Photo credit: Paul Drinkwater / NBC

'Earl' Star and Twentieth Exec Party at RM Seafood

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:24:04 -0800

“My Name Is Earl” star Jaime Pressly and Twentieth Television Executive VP/General Sales Manager Paul Franklin were all smiles at the Twentieth TV party Jan. 29 at RM Seafood.

Advertising Age Editor Hosts Q&A with Ogilvy's Lazarus

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:43:29 -0800

Advertising Age editor Jonah Bloom moderated a Q&A with Shelly Lazarus, Chairman-CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Jan. 30 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

Wright and Tarikoff at the Legacy Award Ceremony

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:52:53 -0800

Suzanne Wright, left, and Lilly Tartikoff watch as GE’s Bob Wright receives the Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award Jan. 28 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

Feldman and Hearst-Argyle VP Congratulate Klein

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:56:53 -0800

Rick Feldman, left, and Hearst-Argyle Programming VP Emerson Coleman congratulate Janet Klein, who accepted the inaugural NATPE Founders Award on behalf of her husband, NATPE co-founder Lew Klein, Jan. 29 at the Mandalay Bay.

TVWeek Hosts 'Women in Syndication' Lunch at NATPE

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:46:35 -0800

Lisa Hackner, far left, speaks at "Women in Syndication: Behind the Scenes and In Front of the Camera," a luncheon at NATPE presented by TelevisionWeek Jan. 30 at Mandalay Bay. Panelists included 44 Blue Productions' Stephanie Drachkovitch, second from left, Twentieth Television's Joanne Burns, “ET”/“The Insider" producer Linda Bell Blue and Barbara "Bo" Argento of NBC Universal.

Bell Blue Speaks at NATPE Luncheon

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:07:17 -0800

Linda Bell Blue, producer of "ET" and "The Insider," emphasizes a point as NBC Universal's Bo Argento looks on at TelevisionWeek's "Women in Syndication" luncheon Jan. 30 at NATPE.