Sophie Turner Laing, Doug Herzog Among Tartikoff Legacy Award Honorees

LOS ANGELES: Steve Harvey, Doug Herzog, Quincy Jones, Sophie Turner Laing and Norman Lear have been selected to receive NATPE’s 13th annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award.

Turner Laing is the CEO of Endemol Shine Group. She oversees a network of more than 120 creative production companies in over 30 markets. Harvey is a comedian, businessman, radio mogul, TV personality and best-selling author. He is the host of the Emmy Award-winning daytime talk show Steve Harvey, currently in its fourth season. Herzog is the president of Viacom’s Music & Entertainment Group, which includes Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Spike and Logo. Jones is a multimedia entrepreneur. In 1997, he founded Quincy Jones Media Group, which develops and produces feature films, TV, live entertainment, direct-response marketing and cross-media projects for home entertainment and educational applications. Lear is a producer, writer, director and author. His TV credits include the iconic series All in the Family, as well as Sanford and Son, Good Times, The Jeffersons and many others.

The honorees will receive their award at a special reception on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach. The Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award was created to recognize a select group of TV professionals who exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming.

“Each of these honorees has had enormous impact on our culture and our business, which is dedicated to celebrating content excellence across multiple platforms,” said NATPE's president and CEO, Rod Perth. “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.”
 
"It would have meant so much to Brandon that NATPE has kept alive his love for what has become a new world of entertaining content that now reaches across every platform,” added Lilly Tartikoff. “Norman, Quincy, Sophie, Doug and Steve embody the creative brilliance and passion for the business that was his trademark. I wish warm congratulations to each of them!"