MIPCOM Spotlight: NBCUniversal International Distribution

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jimmy Smits stars in Bluff City Law, which leads off the NBCUniversal International Distribution slate.

The drama is on NBC this fall in a Monday night slot following The Voice. “NBC is so confident in the show that they ordered six additional scripts ahead of its U.S. premiere,” says Belinda Menendez, the president and chief revenue officer, global distribution and international, at NBCUniversal.

Getting a lead-in from The Masked Singer on FOX this fall, Almost Family stars Brittany Snow, known from the hit movie franchise Pitch Perfect. “Patrick Dempsey is a huge draw among international audiences, and in Devils, our new international thriller from Sky Studios, he will star alongside Alessandro Borghi in his first major TV series since Grey’s Anatomy,” says Menendez.

Menendez adds, “This is an exciting MIPCOM for NBCUniversal’s global distribution sales team, as this will be the first market where we will be handling all the content licensing for Sky Studios.”