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PREMIUM: Disney threw open its doors on its Burbank backlot Sunday evening to 750 overseas guests for its International Upfronts, the first official occasion for foreign program buyers to glimpse snippets of its new prime-time series on offer for its flagship network ABC and sibling cable outlet Freeform, as well as its upcoming theatrical tentpoles.

LOS ANGELES: High-concept experiments, comedies about homebodies, spin-offs and reboots, time-travel adventures and tested procedurals—all await the almost 2,000 international TV executives flocking right now to Tinseltown for the annual marathon known as the L.A. Screenings.

LOS ANGELES: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution will be busy next week screening such shows as the psychological thriller The Exorcist for buyers.

LOS ANGELES: International buyers attending the L.A. Screenings will have the opportunity to screen the new drama Bull, led by former NCIS star Michael Weatherly, from CBS Studios International (CBSSI).

LOS ANGELES: The new Shondaland drama Still Star-Crossed is among the series being presented for buyers at the L.A. Screenings by Disney Media Distribution (DMD).

LOS ANGELES: NBCUniversal International Television Distribution is screening a slew of new shows that were picked up by the U.S. networks for the 2016-17 season, among them Chicago Justice.

LOS ANGELES: Among the shows being screened for buyers by Sony Pictures Television (SPT) at the L.A. Screenings is The Blacklist: Redemption, a spin-off of NBC’s breakout hit series.

LOS ANGELES: The new Lethal Weapon series is part of the screenings roster for Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD).

LOS ANGELES: The first season of Wayward Pines, which starred Matt Dillon, proved to be a success for FOX, and there’s a second season coming soon, which the company is presenting at the L.A. Screenings.

NEW YORK: The WorldScreen.com L.A. Screenings Preview provides you with a number of useful services in one location, including a downloadable PDF of company suite numbers at the InterContinental.