On Monday night, Hollywood insiders briefly put aside their concerns about industry issues and found a reason to celebrate with Walt Disney Co.’s “Cheers to Television.” This event, held at Soho House Hollywood, was just that. It was a moment when media’s biggest stars, creators, writers, executives, producers and directors stood shoulder to shoulder to celebrate the fact that great storytelling is alive and well.
Stars and producers from ABC, Disney+, Hulu, 20th TV and other Disney affiliates will join the cast of “9-1-1,” “Abbott,” He has worked on shows such as “Elementary,” “Alien: Earth,” “American Dad,” “The Bear,” “Chad Powers,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Deli Boys,” “Disneyland Handcrafted,” “Family Guy,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “High.” Potential”, “Ironheart”, “Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery”, “A Love Story”, “Malcolm in the Middle: Life Isn’t Fair”, “Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice”, “Murdo: A Death in the Family”, “Paradise”, “Reasonable Doubt”, “R.J. ‘Decker’, ‘Scrubs’, ‘Shift Gear’, ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Swipe’, ‘The Testament’, ‘Amanda Knox’s Twisted Tale’, ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, ‘Wonder Man’ and more.
Dana Walden, the Walt Disney Co.’s new president and chief creative officer, said in her opening remarks that “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane had a little fun teasing the event title, “Cheers to Television.” But “that’s what we’re calling it, and I want to say thank you and welcome to everyone here. I see these amazing faces and people who have done so much extraordinary work with us. I thought a lot about what I wanted to say tonight, and I decided I wanted to do two things.
“First of all, I wanted to end this very quickly because I want you all to spend some time talking to each other. Secondly, I wanted to say that this past year has been amazing in some ways for you all. You guys are just a dream partner. We all spend a lot of time at Disney thinking about who we want to partner with, and looking at this crowd, I have to say, this is our dream.
“And the second thing I want to say is, we see people who have been to parties like this many times. But we also want to say, ‘Welcome’ to those who are joining us for the first time. We’ve met some wonderful new partners whose work is so meaningful and beautiful, and we’re so proud of it. So Seth, this is a toast to television. And to people like you. , a toast to our long-time partners, and a big welcome to all our new partners. On behalf of everyone at Disney, (new CEO) Josh (D’Amaro), (Disney Entertainment Studios chairman) Alan Bergman, and (FX boss) John Landgraf, and the new head of Disney Entertainment Television, Debra O’Connell.”
Here are some photos from the event.
William Stanford Davis, Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Chris Perfetti, “Abbott Elementary School.” (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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“Paradise” by Shailene Woodley and Thomas Doherty. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs”) and Ryan Reynolds (“Welcome to Wrexham”). (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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“Testament” by Lucy Halliday and Chase Infinity. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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‘Deli Boys’ by Sagar Sheikh, Poorna Jagannathan and Asif Ali. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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Sterling K. Brown “Paradise” (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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“Love Story” by Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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Dana Walden, Shailene Woodley, Dan Fogelman “Paradise.” (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
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Deena Katz, Derek Hough, Conrad Greene, Alfonso Ribeiro “Dancing with the Stars”. (Disney/Johnny Marlowe)
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Chris Perfetti, Tyler James Williams (“Abbott Elementary”), Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison (“Scrubs”) (Disney/Johnny Marlowe)
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Rob Mack (Welcome to Wrexham), Dana Walden, Sidney Chandler (Alien: Earth), Caitlin Olson (High Potential). (Disney/Frank Micelotta)
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