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

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.

The L.A. Screenings roster for Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) includes the new Murphy Brown, which sees Candice Bergen reprise her starring role as the eponymous broadcast news legend.

International buyers attending the L.A. Screenings will have the chance to preview Schooled, a spin-off of The Goldbergs, on the Sony Pictures Television (SPT) lot.

NBCUniversal International Distribution will be screening the new Magnum P.I., a modern take on the classic series, for buyers next week.

The comedy Rel, based on the life of Lil Rel Howery, is one of the shows that buyers can preview from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution at next week’s L.A. Screenings.

Among the series that buyers can preview from Disney Media Distribution (DMD) at next week’s L.A. Screenings is The Fix, co-written and executive produced by attorney and author Marcia Clark.

Next week, buyers from around the world will be busy screening new shows from CBS Studios International (CBSSI) such as FBI, which comes from Dick Wolf and the team behind the Law & Order franchise.

Let the games begin—the guessing games, that is, as an estimated 1,800 overseas program buyers flock to Los Angeles for the annual week-long viewing marathon at the Hollywood studios, scouring the three dozen or so new dramas and sitcoms that will grace the U.S. broadcast networks starting this fall.  

Passion Distribution has presold Planes Gone Viral in several countries and secured agreements to bring more than 160 hours of programming to Germany.