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Who’s Screening in Los Angeles and Where Page 8

Hollywood Studios’ Executive Sales Teams Page 18

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1. Record TV’s Delmar Andrade 2. Pierluigi Gazzolo and his Viacom’s team (l. to. r.): Guillermo Borensztein, Sebastian Vibes, Mercedes Reincke, Federico Cuervo, Gazzolo, Rita Herring 3. Multicom’s Irv Holender, Niloo Badie, Jesse Baritz 4. Calinos’ Duda Rodrigues 5. A+E’s Helen Jurado, Jossie Capon 6. All3media’s Janel Downing 7. Ledafilms’ Alejandro Leda, Moira McNamara

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8. Kanal D’s Kerim Emrah Turna, Mikaela Perez 9. Armoza Formats’ Sharon Levi 10. Pre-market conferences on May 13 started at 1 p.m. and ended at 5 p.m., and included sessions such as “International Co-Production: Content Trends and Insights” 11. Global Agency’s Ivan Sanchez 12. Telefilms’ Humberto Delmas, Alfredo Andreotti, Alejandro Carballo 13. ATV’s Emre Görentas 14. At the NATPE Opening Party on May 14 (l. to r.): Dinter’s Tomás Silva, Fox’s Dorothy Crompton, Lucid Dream’s Nilüfer Küyel, Netminds’ Rene Leda

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As or those who, like us at VideoAge, wonder how Wall And disagreeing with their colleagues in long as the Street can continue supporting Netflix despite its academia, as well as traditional financiers, U.S. government Fnegative cash flow and multi-billion dollar debt, Wall Street economists are using MMT continues spending wonder no more. to build economic forecasts and trading money to keep the Wall Street, apparently, is enamored with a macroecono- strategies. economy going, the mic philosophy called “Modern Monetary Theory,” or MMT, “I do find some of the [MMT] ideas useful,” pool of investors with and Netflix is one of the beneficiaries of this idea. Jan Hatzius, chief economist at Goldman available savings will MMT isn’t anything new — it was formulated in 1905 Sachs, told The New York Times. Similarly, be Netfl ix’s cash by German economist Georg Friedrich Knapp — but it is the Times quoted financial strategist James machines. nonetheless overturning current conventional economic Montier as saying that “MMT thrashes neoclassic models, and prompting financiers like Laurence D. Fink, economics, hands down.” And Daniel Alpert of CEO of investment firm BlackRock, and industrialists the investment bank, Westwood Capital, said to such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates to call MMT “crazy talk” and the Times: “MMT successfully debunks 40 years of “garbage.” misassumptions According to MMT, a govern- of how markets ment that can create its own and public credit money cannot default on debt work.” MAIN OFFICES denominated in its own currency. 216 EAST 75TH STREET In effect, MMT goes a bit farther So it seems that NEW YORK, NY 10021 to the left than the framework Wall Street’s love for Netflix TEL: (212) 288-3933 developed by British economist has to do with the MMT fra- E-MAIL: [email protected] WWW.VIDEOAGE.ORG John Maynard Keynes. For this mework that helped produ- WWW.VIDEOAGELATINO.COM

and other reasons, MMT also ce billion-dollar stock gains P.O. BOX 25282 appeals to progressive politicians for the streaming company, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 who see it as a way to increase dismissing alarms about its VIALE ABRUZZI 30 public spending. outsized debt. And, as long 20123 MILAN, ITALY However, conservative economic as the U.S. government con- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF DOM SERAFINI thinkers, like those generated by tinues spending money to the University of Chicago Business keep the economy going, the EDITORIAL TEAM “Okay Gentlemen, let’s call on Wall Street. ISME BENNIE (CANADA) School, are reportedly split be- We have a lot of losses to monetize.” pool of investors with availa- ENZO CHIARULLO (ITALY) tween those who “disagree” and ble savings will be Netflix’s LUIS POLANCO those who “strongly disagree” LEAH HOCHBAUM ROSNER cash machines. Indeed, the SUSAN HORNIK (L.A.) about MMT. Times also quoted Ray Dalio, founder of hedge fund Bridge- GLENN HOULIHAN (U.K.) Economists on Wall Street, however, who are in favor of water, as saying that “too much attention [is paid] to budgets CAROLINE INTERTAGLIA AKIKO KOBAYACHI (JAPAN) MMT, are citing the example of the U.S. economy of the relative to returns on investments.” OMAR MÉNDEZ past decade. Despite big government deficits, interest rates MARIA ZUPPELLO (BRAZIL) Apparently, MMT can make Wall Street “bullish” on fell, saving rates climbed, the economy expanded, unem- PUBLISHER Netflix and help it monetize its losses. ployment and inflation rates were at record-low levels, and MONICA GORGHETTO investors were awash in capital. Dom Serafini BUSINESS OFFICE LEN FINKEL LEGAL OFFICE STEVE SCHIFFMAN WEB MANAGER BRUNO MARRACINO DESIGN/LAYOUT CARMINE RASPAOLO PREPRESS CLAUDIO MATTIONI

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in funding from venture capital and entertainment studios. Hollywood’s In-the-Know Gather Whitman is the former head of eBay and Hewlett Packard, at UCLA to Look into a Crystal Ball and Katzenberg once served as the chief of Studios he next big collaboration between technology and entertainment took center stage at March’s “Hollywood and DreamWorks Animation. Analytica,” the 43rd Annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium, where In his annual examination of Tsome of the industry’s biggest stars met to discuss the legal and economic the industry landscape, media impacts of innovations in an industry grappling with rapid evolution. analyst Tom Wolzien zeroed in More than 550 guests, who each paid $445, attended the sold-out two-day on the trends that undergird event, which raised funds for UCLA’s School of Law. the entertainment industry’s digital shift, including record Speaking with entertainment attorney Kenneth Ziffren, founder of UCLA Law’s levels of streaming content in Ziffren Center for Media, Entertainment, Technology and Sports Law, about the the U.S. and overseas. union of technology and entertainment, Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg (L. to r.) Kenneth Ziff ren, Meg Whitman and Jeff rey Katzenberg unveiled their new media company, Quibi, which aims to deliver high-quality In a discussion about “Get- video content in six-to-10-minute “quick bites” to mobile devices by the end of this year. It is backed by $1 billion ting to the Source” of material that may be turned into movies, theatrical productions, or TV shows, panelists described how the acquisition of books, life rights, or other underlying con- VideoAge’s tent has kept up with the times. “Underlying material is really hotter than ever right now,” said attorney Hillary Bibicoff of Int’l TV Distribution Holmes Weinberg. Another presentation, “Direct H Fame to Consumer — Existential Threat or Passing Fad,” warned that while the proliferation of Fascinating Stories Honoring 10 Additional new video services, including Executives Who Built An Industry a forthcoming streaming app from Apple, gives consumers Volume 2 more choice, they risk flooding the market. “The amount of By Dom Serafini money that’s being thrown around right now for deals is extraordinary,” said Adam Glick, executive vice president of business affairs at Warner Bros. Television. The personal impact of this widespread blending of technology and entertainment was the focus of “Spotlight on Privacy: How Data Is Reshaping the Entertainment Industry,” which sorted through the California Consumer Privacy Act, a law that takes effect in 2020. Its primary backer, Alastair Mactaggart, said that the law balances consumer- information protection with regulatory flexibility in order to ensure that businesses thrive. The symposium culminated with “The Moral Contract: Con- tractual Regulation of Personal Conduct in Entertainment De- als.” Speakers on that panel emphasized that the current intense focus on personal beha- vior has led dealmakers to try to avoid scandal by including robust termination clauses in deals between studios and ta- lent, brands and endorsers, and entertainment companies and Available in Print and e-Book their executives.

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Lifeline (drama series) nanny, a demon who goes by the name of Yaga. Nefes was a child bride sold to Mustafa, a cruel Playmobil: The Movie (animation) and abusive man. When they move to Istanbul, Marla enters a magical portal that turns her into Mustafa’s brother witnesses the effects that this a Playmobil figure. She must then search for her abuse has on Nefes and her son. missing brother, who has been taken captive by Grand Family (drama series) the pirate Bloodbones. Hizir tries to balance time between his wife and The Queen’s Corgi (animation) his mistress, resolve his big family’s never-ending A spoiled little dog must find his way back to problems, and climb to the top of the mafia world. Buckingham Palace after mistakenly landing Don’t Leave Me (drama series) himself in a home with a bunch of tough strays. Arzu is happy with her marriage and her two Mia and the White Lion (drama) sons, but when her old friend Esin blackmails her Mia and her family move to South Africa to by threatening to reveal the true father of one of manage a lion farm, where she finds a friend in her sons, Arzu tries to maintain order. Participants are given the opportunity to upgrade a beautiful white lion. When she learns that her Love and Hate (drama series) their old household appliances by answering a pet white lion is in danger, she runs away to find Ali spent his youth in prison while Mavi never variety of trivia questions in order to win prizes a safe home for him. learned to love anyone. They exchange letters, on the spot. www.ledafilms.com but when the time comes to meet in real life, the Keep it or Lose it (game show) two have reservations. A team of contestants are given a sum of money www.atvdistribution.com to go shopping, but when they return they must answer seven questions correctly to keep their CALINOS ENTERTAINMENT prizes. Revival (drama series) (pictured) www.theglobalagency.tv After being trapped in an office fire, Kemal falls into a coma for 10 years. When he finally awakens, KANAL D INTERNATIONAL he must adjust to a future in which his family has Ruthless City (drama series) (pictured) moved on without him. When Seher moves her family to Istanbul, she meets Agah, a wealthy man from her small town. This chance encounter will have lasting repercussions on all their lives. LIONSGATE ENTERTAINMENT The Rook (drama series) (pictured) Suffering from amnesia after waking up in a park surrounded by dead bodies, a young woman attempts to recover her memory despite being hounded by paranormal adversaries.

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AUSTRALIA FRANCE ISRAEL Foxtel: Patrick Delany, Brian Walsh, Amanda Canal Plus: Pascale Chabert, Diane Reynald, Yes-DBS: Koby Gal-Raday, Keren Gleicher, Yaki Laing, Ross Crowley, Stephen Baldwin, Fleur Judith Sakarovitch, Cassandre Richard, Jacques, Mor Laor, Danna Stern Fahey, Alison Hurbert-Burns, Debra Darby, Françoise Guyonnet, Laure De Boissard, Nathalie Daniel Wallman Folloroux, Laurent Sicouri ITALY Network Ten: Paul Anderson, Beverley France TV: Nathalie Biancolli, Deborah Cohen, FOX: Alessandro Saba McGarvey, Daniel Monaghan Benoit Marchisio, Catherine Gaucher Kenturio: Luca Cadura, Giorgina Di Santo Nine: Hugh Marks, Hamish Turner M6: Thomas Valentin, Berengere Terouanne, RAI: Patrizia Cardelli, Maurizio Imbriale, SBS: Marshall Heald, Peter Andrews Sidonie Garrett, Marie Jaffrennou, Christine Giorgio Buscaglia, Luca Macciocca, Laura Seven: Angus Ross, Tim Worner, Zane Bair Bouillet Bortolozzi, Roberta Delli Carpini, Alessandra Turner: Robi Stanton Mediawan: Richard Maroko, Valerie Zannetti, Guido Pugnetti, Angelo Teodoli Vleeschhouwer, Sonia Latoui RTI/Mediaset: Marco Leonardi, Alberto AUSTRIA Orange: Guillaume Jouhet, Peggy Charlery, Bolognesi, Lucia Del Prete, Giacomo Poletti, ORF: Andrea Bogad-Radatz, Irene Heschl, Boris Duchesnay, Alix Goldschmidt, Dorothee Imma Petrosino, Sonia Danieli, Giancarlo Scheri, Roman Rinner Horps Sebastiano Lombardi, Maurizio Colombo, Marco TF1: Sophie Leveaux, Elisabeth Durand, Fabrice Costa, Piercarlo Guglielmi, Carlo Panzeri, BELGIUM Bailly, Gregoire Delarue, Xavier Gandon, Ludovica Fonda, Giovanni Alteri BETV: Christian Loiseau, Alexandrine Duez Benjamin Cappelle SKY: Nicola Maccanico, Luisa Borella, Antonella Medialaan: Ricus Jansegers, Luc Janssens, Nico Turner International: Julien Borde, Guillaume d’Errico, Antonio Visca Nulens Le Gros Turner International: Jaime Ondarza RTL: Valerie Lardinois, Laurent Bastin GERMANY Viacom: Sergio Del Prete SBS: Stefanie Segers 7TV: Thomas Münzner, Tassilo Raesig VRT: Bart De Poot, Sven Van Lokeren FOX: Diana Krepold JAPAN ProSiebenSat1: Max Conze, Conrad Albert, FOX: Kris Imai BULGARIA Thomas Lasarzik, Claudia Rühl, Christiane NHK: Masumi Kawaguchi, Ren Takahashi, Chie FOX: Vessela Dimitrova Goldberg, Katja Hofem, Christine Flickenschild, Muto Christian Kohler, Verena Gebendorfer, Wolfgang Star Channel: Keiichi Kosaka CANADA Link, Henrik Pabst, Nanni Erben, Oliver Berben Super Network: Daisuke Nukata Bell Media: Randy Lennox, Mike Cosentino, RTL Interactive: Moritz Pohl TFC: Tetsu Uemura, Shigeki Sujino, Daiji Patricia DiVittorio, Katrina Kowalski, Karine RTL Mediengruppe: Manuela Huhn, Silke Yoshida, Yoshitake Iizuka, Yukio Tamura, Noriko Moses, Dany Meloul, Justin Stockman Regier, Bernd Reichart, Henning Tewes Yoshida, Takuya Owari, Shuhei Ozaki, Asako CBC: Jenna Bourdeau, Sally Catto RTL TV: Jörg Graf, Jan Lacher, Oliver Schablitzki Kamiya, Takayuki Terashima, Setsuko Hatate, Channel Zero: Cal Millar, Romen Podzyhun, RTL2: Andreas Bartl, Anabell Grieß-Nega, Julian Rumi Nakamura Sonya Davidson, Jennifer Chen, Jayme Millar Krietsch Corus: Maria Hale, Daniel Eves, Troy Reeb, SKY: Rainer Ingber, Nadja Raoufi, Elke MALAYSIA Arthur Reinstein, Shauna Smith, Richard Jones, Walthelm Vision Plus: Lim Beng Teck, Ho Poh Lin, Lim Siu Heather McAdam SuperRTL: Frank Dietz, Claude Schmit Min Highway Entertainment: Adam Ivers TMG: Herbert L. Kloiber, Cosima von Spreti : Ellen Baine, Sharon Steves Turner International: Marion Rathmann, THE NETHERLANDS NTV: Scott Stirling, Lorraine Pope, Jesse Stirling Andreas Meissner, Bernhard Prokop, Josef FOX: Alphons Martens Quebecor: Yann Paquet, Christine Maestracci, Andorfer, Oliver Herrgesell NPO: Mignon Huisman Louis Pearson, Isabel Machard Vox: Ladya van Eeden Talpa: Rozan Hamaker, Annelies Sitvast, Roald Radio-Canada: Dominique Chaloult, André ZDF: Simone Emmelius, Norbert Himmler, Schigt Beraud, Christiane Asselin, Michel Pelletier Frank Zervos, Florian Kumb, Fred Burcksen Super Channel: Don McDonald NEW ZEALAND TLN: Aldo DiFelice GREECE Mediaworks: Andrew Szusterman, Ben Quinn Antenna: Alexandra Theodoris TVNZ: Cate Slater, Andrew Shaw, John Kelly, CZECH REPUBLIC FOX: George Makris Juliet Peterson iPrima: Jan Rudovsky, Roman Mrazek HONG KONG NORWAY DENMARK Fox: Keertan Adyanthaya, Dean Dezius, Michael Altibox: Tim Horan, Nan-Karin Ulsnes NENT: Peter Slot, Kenneth Kristensen Dick FOX: Vibeke Lia TV2: Anne Stig Engdal Christensen, Sune Promo Group: Lanny Albina Huang, Ko Ping NENT: Kristjana Brynjolfsdottir, Andreas Bakka Roland, Anette Rømer, Anders Leifer, Katrine Yeung Hjerto Vogelsang, Mette Rysø Johansen Turner: Marianne Lee, Ricky Ow NRK: Fredrik Luihn TV2: Nina Lorgen Flemmen, Guro Saele Helland, FINLAND HUNGARY Christopher Haug, Ingunn Onarheim Bernson MTV: Marko Karvo, Jani Hartikainen, Hanna AMC: Katalin Radoczy, Levente Malnay Kallankari-Junnola RTL: Gabriella Vidus, Peter Kolosi, Eva Kis-Bocz, PHILIPPINES Nelonen: Ville Toivonen, Ville Nylund, Tiina Tibor Forizs ABS-CBN: Macie Imperial, Isabel Imperial, Karo Ronald Arguelles, Rachel Simon YLE: Tarmo Kivikallio, Johanna Salmela IRELAND RTÉ: Dermot Horan, Brian Walsh, Andrew Fitzpatrick (Continued on Page 22)

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he following new scripted series have been Production Team: Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz, Perfect Harmony (NBC) picked up for the 2019-20 U.S. broadcast TV Stephanie Savage, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Larry A rural church choir gets a new director — an Ivy Tseason. Series are listed by international Teng, Lis Rowinski League music professor. distribution company. Production Team: Lesley Wake Webster, Jason Tommy (CBS) (midseason) Winer, Bradley Whitford, Adam Anders, Jon CBS STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL Edie Falco stars as a former high-ranking NYPD Radler officer who becomes the first female chief of DRAMA COMEDY police for Los Angeles. Production Team: Paul Attanasio, Darryl Frank, 9-1-1: Lonestar (FOX) (midseason) Broke (CBS) (midseason) Justin Falvey, Kate Dennis This 9-1-1 spin-off follows a New York cop as he When a trust-fund baby is cut off by his dad, he relocates to Austin, Texas, with his son. and his wife move in with her estranged sister. DISNEY GLOBAL CONTENT Production Team: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Production Team: Alex Herschlag, Jennie SALES & DISTRIBUTION Tim Minear, Rob Lowe Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein, Ben Silverman, Jaime Camil, Guillermo Restrepo, Gonzalo COMEDY Emergence (ABC) Cilley, Maria Lucia Hernandez Frieri Focuses on a sheriff who takes in a young child Bless the Harts (FOX) that she finds near the site of a mysterious Carol’s Second Act (CBS) Constantly-broke Southerners struggle to achieve accident, who has no memory of what happened. After raising her children and retiring from the American dream in this animated series. Production Team: Michele Fazekas, Tara teaching, Carol decides to become a doctor. Production Team: Emily Spivey, Phil Lord, Chris Butters, Paul McGuigan, Robert Atwood Production Team: Emily Halpern, Sarah Miller, Kristen Wiig, Seth Cohen, Aubrey Lee Haskins, Patricia Heaton, David Hunt, Adam Filthy Rich (FOX) (midseason) Griffin, Rebecca Stay, Aaron Kaplan, Dana The Great North (FOX) (midseason) When the CEO of a Christian network dies in Honor, Pam Fryman This animated series follows the Alaskan ad- a plane crash, his wife and adult children are ventures of the Tobin family, led by single dad, shocked to discover that he has grown illegitimate The Unicorn (CBS) Beef. kids who are also in his will. A widower realizes that he’s unprepared both to Production Team: Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Production Team: Tate Taylor, Brian Grazer, raise his two daughters and to reenter the dating Molyneux, Minty Lewis, Loren Bouchard Francie Calfo, John Norris, Kim Cattrall world. Production Team: Bill Martin, Mike Schiff, Mixed-ish (ABC) neXt (FOX) (midseason) Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling, This black-ish spin-off centers on a 12-year-old About a brilliant yet paranoid former tech CEO Peyton Reed, John Hamburg version of Bow, who is intellectually brilliant, but who joins a Homeland Cybersecurity agent socially awkward. and her team to stop the world’s first artificial DRAMA Production Team: Peter Saji, Kenya Barris, intelligence crisis. Tracee Ellis Ross, Randall Winston, Brian Production Team: Manny Coto, John Requa, Evil (CBS) Dobbins, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, Glenn Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak A skeptical female psychologist joins forces with Anthony Anderson a priest-in-training, and a blue-collar contractor Stumptown (ABC) to investigate miracles, demonic possessions, and Outmatched (FOX) (midseason) Centers on an Army vet working as a a private other unusual happenings. (pictured) A blue-collar couple in South Jersey raise four investigator in Portland. Production Team: Robert and Michelle King, Liz kids — three of whom are certified geniuses. Production Team: Jason Richman, Ruben Glotzer, Robert King Production Team: Lon Zimmet, Jonathan Judge Fleischer, Dave Bernad, Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, Justin Greenwood, James Griffiths

FBI: Most Wanted (CBS) (midseason) This spin-off of FBI centers on the division that tracks and captures criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Production Team: Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer, Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski, Fred Berner

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ENTERTAINMENT ONE WARNER BROS. INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION DRAMA COMEDY Deputy (FOX) (midseason) A career lawman becomes acting sheriff of Los Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS) Angeles county. The series is produced with the After suffering a heart attack, Bob falls in love cooperation of the L.A. Sheriff’s Department. with his Nigerian nurse. Production Team: Will Beall, David Ayer, Chris Production Team: Chuck Lorre, Eddie Long Gorodetsky, Al Higgins, Gina Yashere, Beth McCarthy Miller LIONSGATE DRAMA DRAMA All Rise (CBS) Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist (NBC) (midseason) Takes a peek at the crazy lives of the judges, A musical dramedy about a smart, but socially assistant district attorneys, and public defenders awkward twenty-something who finds herself A scene from new NBC drama series Bluff City Law who bring justice to the streets of Los Angeles. suddenly able to hear the innermost thoughts of Production Team: Greg Spottiswood, Leonard the people around her as songs and big musical centers on a father who is diagnosed with a Goldstein, Mike Robin, Gil Garcetti numbers that they perform just for her. terminal illness, who assembles a group of Production Team: Austin Winsberg, Paul friends to support his family during this most Batwoman (CW) Feig, Jesse Henderson, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric challenging time. Revolves around Kate Kane, who protects the Tannenbaum, Jason Wang, Richard Shepard Production Team: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and highly trained street fighter. NBCUNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL KristieAnne Reed Production Team: Caroline Dries, Greg Berlanti, DISTRIBUTION Sarah Schechter, Geoff Johns, David Nutter, Not Just Me (FOX) Marcos Siega COMEDY An only child’s life is turned upside down when she learns that her fertility doctor dad used his Katy Keene (CW) (midseason) Duncanville (FOX) (midseason) own sperm to conceive dozens of kids over the This Riverdale spin-off — and musical dramedy Animated series about 15-year-old Duncan and his course of his career. — follows the lives of four iconic Archie Comics friends and family, including his overprotective Production Team: Annie Weisman, Jason characters, including fashionista Katy Keene, as mom, Annie. Katims, Imogen Banks, Jeni Mulein, Sharon they follow their hearts to New York City. Production Team: Mike Scully, Julie Scully, Levy, Leslye Headland Production Team: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Amy Poehler, Dave Becky Michael Grassi, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, SONY PICTURES Jon Goldwater, Maggie Kiley The Kenan Show (NBC) (midseason) TELEVISION Prodigal Son (FOX) A newly widowed father tries to be everything for Focuses on Malcolm Bright, a criminal psy- his kids. And to complicate things, his father-in- COMEDY chologist and son of a notorious serial killer law decides that he needs to be closer to them by called “The Surgeon,” who uses his skills to help moving down the street! Indebted (NBC) (midseason) the NYPD stop killers. Production Team: Jackie Clarke, Chris Dave and Rebecca, a young couple with kids, learn Production Team: Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver, Rock, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer, Kenan that they have to take care of Dave’s parents, who Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Lee Toland Thompson have mismanaged their finances for years. Krieger Production Team: Dan Levy, Doug Robinson, Sunnyside (NBC) Alison Greenspan, Adam Pally A former New York City councilman gains a new perspective on America while leading a United We Fall (ABC) (midseason) citizenship class for immigrants. A realistic sitcom about about two people with Production Team: Matt Murray, Kal Penn, young kids and overzealous extended families. Michael Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett, Production Team: Julius “Goldy” Sharpe, Julia Dan Spilo Gunn, Seth Gordon, Mark Cendrowski DRAMA DRAMA

The Baker and the Beauty* (ABC) (midseason) For Life (ABC) (midseason) Based on an Israeli series, this drama tells the A serialized drama about a prisoner who becomes story of an unlikely romance between a baker and a lawyer and tries to help other inmates while an international superstar. also fighting to overturn his own conviction for a Production Team: Dean Georgaris, Becky crime that he didn’t commit. Hartman Edwards, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Production Team: Hank Steinberg, George David Frankel, Rachel Kaplan, Peter Traugott, Tillman Jr., Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Isaac Assi Azar Wright Jr., Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan *Mixed/split rights with Keshet Tom Payne and Michael Sheen Lincoln (NBC) (midseason) star in new FOX drama series Prodigal Son Bluff City Law (NBC) Based on the bestselling Bone Collector book A legal drama about the attorneys at an elite series, the drama revolves around a forensic Memphis law firm that specializes in controversial criminologist named Lincoln Rhyme, who was civil rights cases. injured while hunting for a serial killer known as Production Team: Dean Georgaris, Michael the Bone Collector. When the killer resurfaces, Aguilar, David Janollari he’s called back into action. Updates at Production Team: VJ Boyd, Mark Bianculli, Avi Council of Dads (NBC) (midseason) Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel www.videoageinternational.com Based on Bruce Feiler’s memoir, this drama Kaplan, Seth Gordon

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