Mansha Daswani

TV Drama explores some of the key trends that emerged from last week’s U.S. broadcast network upfront announcements.

Distributors across Asia are opening new markets with their drama series.

Ten series from around the world were selected for the inaugural CANNESERIES competition, which ran alongside MIPTV this year. The international jury—led by best-selling author and creator of Safe and The Five, Harlan Coben—selected the Israeli drama When Heroes Fly …

Harlan Coben, creator and executive producer of Safe, sat down with World Screen Newsflash to talk about the psychological thriller and shared his perspective on the new golden age of international drama following his stint as jury head at the inaugural CANNESERIES this April.

Nearly 200 hours of British drama, including Luther, Maigret and Wolf Hall, are headed to HOOQ India following a deal with BBC Studios.

Producers and distributors were networking, pitching and making deals for new projects as part of the In Development initiative in Cannes.

Deutschland 83’s Jörg Winger, 1992’s Ludovica Rampoldi and Nobel’s Mette Bolstad talked about their creative processes and trends in European drama at In Development in Cannes in a session moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe & Africa has signed up for a second season of its first regional scripted commission, Deep State, which premieres on FOX in 50-plus markets today.

Inter Medya has licensed the Turkish drama Broken Wings to Chilevision in Chile.

Steven Bochco, the acclaimed showrunner, producer and writer known for hits such as Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, passed away on Sunday at the age of 74 after a battle with leukemia.