{"id":12073,"date":"2019-10-11T03:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T03:15:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T07:15:05","slug":"mipcom-spotlight-nbcuniversal-international-distribution-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mipcom-spotlight-nbcuniversal-international-distribution-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"MIPCOM Spotlight: NBCUniversal International Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jimmy Smits stars in Bluff City Law<\/em>, which leads off the NBCUniversal International Distribution slate.<\/p>\n The drama is on NBC this fall in a Monday night slot following The Voice<\/em>. \u201cNBC is so confident in the show that they ordered six additional scripts ahead of its U.S. premiere,\u201d says Belinda Menendez, the president and chief revenue officer, global distribution and international, at NBCUniversal.<\/p>\n Getting a lead-in from The Masked Singer<\/em> on FOX this fall, Almost Family<\/em> stars Brittany Snow, known from the hit movie franchise Pitch Perfect<\/em>. \u201cPatrick Dempsey is a huge draw among international audiences, and in Devils<\/em>, our new international thriller from Sky Studios, he will star alongside Alessandro Borghi in his first major TV series since Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em>,\u201d says Menendez.<\/p>\n Menendez adds, \u201cThis is an exciting MIPCOM for\u00a0NBCUniversal\u2019s global distribution sales team, as this will be the first market where we will be handling all the content licensing for Sky Studios.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jimmy Smits stars in Bluff City Law, which leads off the NBCUniversal International Distribution slate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[1396],"class_list":["post-12073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-nbcuniversal-international-distribution","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n