World Screen

PREMIUM: "It exceeded all our expectations." That's how one of Europe's top program buyers, ProSiebenSat.1's Rüdiger Böss, described his reaction to the pilot for Young Sheldon, one among seven series that Warner Bros. screened on its lot Monday morning for foreign clients.

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 Will & Grace generated the most buzz.

PREMIUM: "You'd have to be a moron not to take into account the global market when putting shows together." That's the view of Shondaland producing partner Betsy Beers, who spoke briefly with World Screen Newsflash Sunday night between glad-handing with overseas program buyers on the Disney backlot.

The brand-new The Big Bang Theory spin-off Young Sheldon is one of the series on the L.A. Screenings roster for Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD).

Next week, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution will be screening for buyers such new series as The Orville from Seth MacFarlane and 9-1-1 from prolific creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) will be screening for international buyers in Los Angeles the new medical drama The Good Doctor.

Among the new series being presented for buyers at the L.A. Screenings by NBCUniversal International Television Distribution is Will & Grace, which is returning a decade after its original eight-season run.

International buyers attending the L.A. Screenings will have on preview an array of new series from Disney Media Distribution (DMD), including the upcoming Shondaland drama For the People.

CBS Studios International (CBSSI) will be screening for buyers next week new dramas such as SEAL Team, which stars Bones' David Boreanaz.

The ever-shrinking but determinedly energetic indie sales sector will wind up its four-day content market today at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles on an upbeat note.