Harvey, Herzog, Lear Among Tartikoff Winners

Five industry luminaries have been named to receive NATPE’s annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award at next January’s 2016 NATPE Market and Conference in Miami Beach.

The honorees, announced today, are:

• Talk show and game show host Steve Harvey

• Viacom cable honcho Doug Herzog, president of Viacom’s music and entertainment group (including Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Spike and Logo)

• Producer and show business impresario Quincy Jones

• Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group

• Legendary sitcom producer Norman Lear

The awards will be presented at a reception on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Fontainebleu Resort where this year’s NATPE conference is scheduled to be held from Jan. 19 to 21.

NATPE President-CEO Rod Perth said: “Each of these honorees has had enormous impact on our culture and our business, which is dedicated to celebrating content excellence across multiple platforms. Steve Harvey, Doug Herzog, Quincy Jones, Sophie Turner Laing and Norman Lear are fearlessly creative innovators and we can’t think of a more fitting group to honor for this year’s Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award. We look forward to honoring their achievements in television at this momentous event at NATPE Miami 2016.”