MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has announced it has licensed several series including its three new scripted shows - ‘Last Resort, ‘The Mob Doctor‘ and ‘Made in Jersey‘ - to subscription broadcasters across Latin America ahead of the television trade event Mipcom in Cannes, France next week. The announcement was made by SPTsenior VP, distribution, Latin America, US Hispanic and the Caribbean Alexander Marin.

SPT has sold its new medical drama ‘The Mob Doctor‘ to FOX International Channels Latin America and ‘Made in Jersey‘ to A&E. Meanwhile, Sony Pictures Television Networks, Latin America has picked up ‘The Client List‘, which will premiere on Set this month, as well as the one-hour drama Last Resort to air on AXN in November. In addition, SPT has sold ‘Men at Work‘ and ‘Kathy‘ to Viacom International Media for Comedy Central.

Marin said, "Demand for our new slate of scripted series has been overwhelmingly high in Latin America. Whether it is thrilling dramas, light-hearted comedies or thought-provoking procedurals, our diverse catalog of US content equips broadcasters with a variety of high-quality shows that fit their programming needs".

‘The Mob Doctor‘ follows a young female thoracic surgeon who becomes indebted to the South Chicago mafia and is forced to moonlight as a "mob doctor" while also working full time at Chicago‘s most prominent hospital.

‘Made in Jersey‘ is a legal drama that centers on a working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm.

‘Last Resort‘ is a thriller set in the near future when the country is fractured and revolves around the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who become hunted after ignoring an order to shoot nuclear missiles. They escape to a NATO listening outpost where they publicly declare themselves to be the world‘s smallest nuclear nation with 24 nuclear warheads.