Disney hosts international upfront

May 25, 2009 The barbecue on the back lot was staged principally to take the wraps off its new fall primetime series and introduce foreign buyers to the stars and the producers behind them. Among the shows on offer are fall primetime dramas "Flash Forward" and "Happy Town" and comedy "Cougar Town" as well as new ABC Family fare like "Ruby and the Rockits" and the medieval-set syndicated series "Legend of the Seeker." Given the depressed global economy and a generally more cost-conscious spirit pervading the Hollywood studios these days, however, expectations for price increases for shows are decidedly lower this go-round: a modest uptick, if that, is how one veteran attendee put it.

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