Charity gala for Sony TV’s Steve Mosko fills Saban Community Clinic coffers

Sony Pictures Television Chairman Steve Mosko was honored in a star-studded banquet that raised a record sum for the Saban Community Clinic, which provides affordable healthcare services for low-income residents of Los Angeles.

Top TV industry executives, agents, lawyers and others who attended the clinic’s 39th annual dinner gala at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Monday raised $1.6 million for the center.

Billionaire Haim Saban and his wife Cheryl quickly matched that amount -- bringing the one-night fundraising total to $3.2 million.

“Haim, I don’t what to say: That is unbelievable,” Mosko said. “Thank you, that is so generous on your part.”

It was the largest haul ever generated by the annual gala, according to a representative for the clinic, which provided services for an estimated 100,000 patient visits in 2014.

About 11% of the facility’s patients are homeless, and the clinic also provides shower facilities for the homeless. Julie Hudman, recently hired as the clinic’s chief executive, introduced herself, and associate medical director Dr. Tinh Vuong spoke in a moving video that recounted her family’s migration to the United States after fleeing Vietnam in a crowded raft as well as her passion helping patients who cannot afford heathcare.

Hugely popular within Hollywood, Mosko did not disappoint Monday’s boisterous crowd, which represented a who’s who of the TV industry.

The TV chief, in a video produced by his Culver City studio, appeared with swagger in skits on the various sets of Sony-distributed shows, including as a contestant on “Jeopardy,” in which Mosko provided correct responses to host Alex Trebek. Mosko also stopped by the set of “Dr. Oz” to give unsolicited medical advice, then stood before the panel of dubious judges on “Shark Tank.”

Mosko attended the event with his wife of 35 years, Marianne. Two of their three children, Matt and Mallory, introduced their father.

The event provided a bookend for a crazy year for Sony Pictures Television as Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of a massive data hack against the studio, attributed by the federal government to North Korea, that resulted in the release of thousands of emails from executives’ accounts. Leaders of the communist nation had been incensed by Sony’s buddy movie “The Interview.”

“We have been through a lot,” Mosko said, speaking directly to his Sony team. “Certain things happen to you in life that either break you or make you unbreakable. And the experience that we have all gone through together has made us one amazing team, and I am proud to be part of that team.”

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