MipTV, Canneseries 2024: 20+ Shows You Don’t Want to Miss

variety.com:

MipTV may be its most boutique in recent years, but shows are coming onto the market – or screened at the parallel Canneseries TV festival which begins Friday – that will whet buyers’ appetites.

Some roll of buzz from the London TV Screenings or Series Mania. Others are completely fresh, or pretty much off the radar. To help you cut through the slates, here’s Variety’s picks of 20-plus shows: “The Americas,” (NBCU, BBC Studios) Narrated by Tom Hanks, his first unscripted narrator gig, and billed as an epic natural history series from “Planet Earth” producer BBC Studios Natural History Unit in association with Universal Television Alternative Studio.

Scored by two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and using groundbreaking technology to reveal the continent’s natural wonders. Previewed at MipTV, just how that worked will be unveiled at a fireside chat with NBCU’s Toby Gorman, president of Universal Television Alternative Studio and BBC Studios Natural History Unit’s Mike Gunton and Holly Spearing.

JH “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld,” (Disney+) White ponytail, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves and a cat named Choupette – this iconic German designer – and Chanel’s creative director until his death in 2019 – needs no introduction.