NBCUniversal: ‘Suits’ spin-off on the spot

NBCUniversal’s international TV distribution unit returns to Cannes for MIPCOM, presenting a slate of content produced by its studio. Among the highlights is the spin-off of the 2011 hit created by Aaron Korsh, Suits.

**Belinda Menendez, President & Chief Revenue Officer, Global TV Distribution**

Among the top highlights at the market, is the new drama series Suits: L.A., a continuation of the popular Suits franchise. This series follows Ted Black, a former prosecutor turned lawyer, who must navigate the high-pressure legal world of Los Angeles while balancing personal and professional challenges. The series counts with a star-studded cast, including Stephen Amell and Josh McDermitt.

Another notable offering is Grosse Pointe Garden Society, a 13-episode drama that revolves around four members of a suburban garden club who find themselves entangled in murder and intrigue. The series is starring Melissa Fumero and AnnaSophia Robb, and has already been broadcast by its linear channel in the USA.

For crime procedural enthusiasts, The Hunting Party will be a must-watch. This 10-episode drama features a small team of investigators tasked with capturing dangerous criminals who escaped a secret prison. The drama is starred by Melissa Roxburgh, Nick Wechsler, Patrick Sabongui, and was executive-produced by JJ Bailey and Jake Coburn.

On the documentary side, The Americas is an 11-part event series produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and narrated by Tom Hanks. The series will explore the rich and diverse wildlife of the Americas, utilizing cutting-edge technology to reveal stories from Earth’s largest landmass. Featuring a score by Hans Zimmer, the docu-series is set to be a visually stunning and emotionally resonant journey through the natural world.

And rounding out the lineup is St. Denis Medical, a comedy series set in a struggling Oregon hospital. Shot in a mockumentary style, the show follows the daily lives of doctors and nurses who try to maintain both their patients’ health and their own sanity in a chaotic environment. Wendi McLendon-Covey is leading a talented cast formed by Eric Ledgin, Justin Spitzer, and other stars.

SUITS: L.A.

Drama Series – TBD x 60

Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles. His firm is at a crisis point and to survive he must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career. Ted is surrounded by a stellar group of characters who test their loyalties to both Ted and each other while they can’t help but mix their personal and professional lives.

GROSSE POINTE GARDEN SOCIETY

Drama Series – 13 x 60

Four members of a suburban garden club, all from different walks of life, get caught up in murder and mischief as they struggle to make their conventional lives bloom.

THE HUNTING PARTY

Drama Series- 10 x 60

A high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist.

LOCKERBIE: A SEARCH FOR TRUTH

Drama Series – 5 x 60

On 21st December 1988, 259 passengers and crew were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie 38 minutes after take-off, with a further 11 residents losing their life as the plane came down over the quiet, Scottish town. In the wake of the disaster and his daughter’s death, Dr Jim Swire (Colin Firth), is nominated spokesperson for the UK victims’ families, who have united to demand truth and justice. Travelling across continents and political divides, Jim embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardises his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under Jim’s feet, his view of the world is left forever changed. Exploring events from the disaster and its aftermath, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth provides an intimate account of a man, a husband, and a father who risks everything in memory of his daughter and the unflinching pursuit of truth and justice.

THE AMERICAS

Event Series – 11 x 60

From BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the creators of the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy Award-winning Planet Earth and Blue Planet, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, comes the epic 11-part tentpole event series The Americas. Marking the first time acclaimed actor, producer and writer Tom Hanks will narrate an unscripted entertainment series, The Americas will also feature music by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer. This incomparable project will employ revolutionary filmmaking technology that will showcase the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas – Earth’s largest landmass and the only one to stretch between both poles – and reveal extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that deeply connect with millions around the world. The Americas is executive produced by renowned Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife producer Mike Gunton (Life, Planet Earth II, and Dynasties) for BBC Studios Natural History Unit, the world’s largest production unit dedicated to wildlife filmmaking, in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group.

ST. DENIS MEDICAL

Comedy Series – 18 x 30

St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.

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Sales Executives

Belinda Menendez

President International TV Distribution