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Tracking YouTube trailer views, Facebook likes and Twitter activity, The WIT will be analyzing social media responses to the new U.S. network shows all week, beginning with NBC, where Manifest generated the most buzz.

Channel 5 has commissioned the landmark travel series Michael Palin in North Korea (working title) from ITN Productions.

A+E Networks Latin America and Mobius.Lab have signed a deal for the creation of exclusive short-form content for A&E, Lifetime, HISTORY and H2.

Pamela Kaufman has been appointed to the new role of president of Viacom/Nickelodeon Global Consumer Products.

Guru Studio (PAW Patrol, Ever After High) is rolling out the merchandising program for its preschool series True and the Rainbow Kingdom soon, with new partners on board.

The Ropes, a new four-part drama for SBS in Australia, has officially started production.

Lisa Perrin, the CEO of Creative Networks at Endemol Shine Group, discusses the format, which sees everyday people go on the run.

FUN Union has secured deals that will see PinCode, KikoRiki and BabyRiki air in several countries, including Brazil and Vietnam, in local languages.

FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has inked a first-look deal with Landscape Entertainment, and the initial project to come from the pact is a scripted drama centered on Michelangelo.

PREMIUM: A surprise appearance by movie star Forest Whitaker to promote a brand-new series called Godfather of Harlem and a clever clip from the upcoming animated pic Ralph Breaks the Internet highlighted Disney's annual bash for foreign TV buyers on the studio's backlot in Burbank Sunday night.