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At this year's L.A. Screenings sales bazaar, a relatively business-like affair that wrapped Thursday, the shows on offer were largely upstaged by the high drama playing out across the Hollywood industry. And causing jitters among its partners and customers around the world.

Whether it was the “touching yet still funny" antics of the sitcom The Unicorn, or "the big questions and mysteries raised" by the heady drama Evil, or the "couldn't take my eyes off Russell Crowe" response to The Loudest Voice, there appeared to be something for just about everyone at the all-day CBS Studios International screenings session on the Paramount lot Wednesday.

Uplift, empowerment and support for underdogs were themes that enthused a disparate mix of foreign program buyers at an L.A. Screenings session on the NBCUniversal lot Tuesday.

The complex characters in the new Warner Bros. slate of shows, including Prodigal Son, struck a chord with the buyers who took part in the studio's screenings yesterday.

Executives from Hemisphere Media Group, Viacom International Studios and more weigh in on the scene at the InterContinental Hotel as the L.A Screenings for the independents wraps today.

Insights from Warner Bros.'s Jeffrey Schlesinger and a number of buyers on what are expected to be the major trends at the Hollywood studios' screenings of new U.S. pickups this year.

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.