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MIPCOM Insider: Five Key Takeaways From Cannes — Squeezed Scripted, Nostalgia & ‘NCIS’ In Spotlight
MIPCOM was dominated by 'NCIS', scripted squeeze chat and nostalgic formats, Deadline identifies in its takeaways.
The trend could also be seen in two of the market’s most talked about shows, Paramount’s NCIS spin-offs Origins and Tony & Ziva, which were heavily advertised across the Palais des Festivals and attracted attendees to one of the most fun sessions with franchise stars Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly. This buzz will likely will out in some of the sales coming out of the market and could already be seen in deals we broke on cozy crime shows like Cineflix’s Whitstable Pearl, while we revealed the BBC’s Doctor Foster and France’s High Intellectual Potential were the top-selling scripted formats of the past 18 months. One of the bigger formats under the spotlight was Stranded on Honeymoon Island, our Global Breakout from Monday, which has already sold to the BBC and Australia’s Channel 7, and there is talk that a U.S. deal is close — a reminder that the dating genre rarely goes out of fashion.
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