World Screen

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash's Mansha Daswani met with actor Patrick Fugit and Sharon Tal Yguado, the executive VP of global programming at FOX International Studios, to discuss the genesis of Outcast and some of the universal themes found within the series.

The trend-trackers at The WIT shed light on which new dramas coming to U.S. networks’ fall schedules are generating the most buzz. The reboot of the ’80s series MacGyver stirred up the most social-media buzz of all the new shows coming to CBS …

LOS ANGELES: The one "designated survivor" (this year) of vertical integration is the intrepid indie player Entertainment One (eOne), which has clinched two network pick-ups, both on ABC, Designated Survivor and Conviction.

LOS ANGELES: From The Mark Gordon Company, Designated Survivor is a conspiracy thriller in the Entertainment One Television catalogue starring Kiefer Sutherland, Maggie Q, Kal Penn, Natascha McElhone, Adan Canto and Italia Ricci.

NEW YORK: The Last Panthers stars Tahar Rahim, Samantha Morton and Goran Bogdan discuss the crime drama, which was shot in various locations across Europe, including Marseille, Belgrade and Montenegro.

NEW YORK: Executives from ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, UFA Fiction and RAI spoke about the power of German drama at home and abroad in a MIPTV panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

NEW YORK: Jens Richter, the CEO of FremantleMedia International, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s drama business.

CANNES: The Turkish drama Wedlock, which ATV is presenting in Cannes, tells the story of Aylin, who married a famous and successful surgeon while she was still a university student.

CANNES: Harlan Coben, a New York Times best-selling author, brings his talents to television in The Five, which STUDIOCANAL believes will drum up strong interest among the international broadcast community.

CANNES: From executive producer Steven Soderbergh comes The Girlfriend Experience, which Starz is presenting at MIPTV.