STARZ SHOOTS AND SCORES FOR TWO – OFFERS SAMPLING OF ORIGINAL SERIESCOMEDY BLOCK
“SURVIVOR’S REMORSE” SECOND SEASON PREMIERE EPISODE STREAMED EXCLUSIVELY ON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LEBRON JAMES’ FACEBOOK PAGE
“BLUNT TALK” STAR PATRICK STEWART DEBUTS SERIES PREMIERE EPISODE ON FACEBOOK
FIRST TWO EPISODES OF “BLUNT TALK” AND
FIRST FULL SEASON OF “SURVIVOR’S REMORSE” AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
Comedy Block Sampling Featuring “Survivor’s Remorse” and New Half-Hour Scripted Comedy Starring Patrick Stewart Available Prior to Series Premiere on August 22 with Select U.S. Cable, Satellite & Telco Affiliates; Starz.com, STARZ PLAY + More
Beverly Hills, Calif., August 17, 2015 –Starz is currently offering multi-platform, nationwide sampling of its upcoming comedy block featuring the first two episodes of its new Original series “Blunt Talk” and the entire six-episode first season of “Survivor’s Remorse.” In addition, “Survivor’s Remorse” Executive Producer LeBron James and “Blunt Talk” series star Patrick Stewart are also sampling their respective series premieres on Facebook for a limited time prior to the linear season premieres on Saturday, August 22 at 9 PM ET/PT on STARZ.
James began hosting free access to the premiere episode from Season 2 of “Survivor’s Remorse” directly on his Facebook page exclusively for his 22 million followers on Friday, August 14. Stewart posted the premiere episode of “Blunt Talk” for his legions of Facebook followers on Saturday, August 15.
“Starz has sampled many new original series on multiple platforms – including Facebook – over the past few years and we continue to witness first-hand the importance of engaging fans in the social media community who have migrated the ‘water cooler talk’ to a much bigger and virtual break room, ” said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht. “The network and our shows, including ‘Power’ and “Outlander,’ are definitely benefitting from the tremendous online community engagement.”
Alison Hoffman, executive vice president of marketing for Starz, added: “Having LeBron James and Patrick Stewart share early previews of their shows directly with their passionate Facebook fans is an exciting opportunity for Starz. It’s a great way to get viewers watching, buzzing and sharing our content.”
On-demand and online sampling opportunities of the two “Blunt Talk” episodes and first season of “Survivor’s Remorse” were made available beginning August 15 and will continue through August 25 via select U.S. cable, satellite and Telco affiliates, Starz.com, STARZ ON DEMAND and the free STARZ PLAY app for all users in the United States. “Survivor’s Remorse” season one is also available on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Sony Entertainment Network and Xbox Video.
The sampling begins one week in advance of the comedy block premiere of the 10-episode, first season of “Blunt Talk” from MRC and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Jonathan Ames (creator and showrunner), Stephanie Davis and Tristram Shapeero; and the sophomore season of “Survivor’s Remorse” from showrunner/executive producer Mike O’Malley and executive producers Tom Werner, Maverick Carter, LeBron James, Paul Wachter, Victor Levin and Hilton Smith.
In addition to the online and on-demand sampling, a first season marathon of “Survivor’s Remorse,” which The Washington Post called “screamingly funny,” will air on STARZ on August 18-20 at 11 PM PT/ET. A sneak-peek of episode 201 from “Survivor’s Remorse” Season 2 will be available on STARZ PLAY and STARZ ON DEMAND immediately following the season finale of the STARZ Original series “Power” on August 15 exclusively for STARZ subscribers.
“SURVIVOR’S REMORSE” SECOND SEASON PREMIERE EPISODE STREAMED EXCLUSIVELY ON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LEBRON JAMES’ FACEBOOK PAGE
“BLUNT TALK” STAR PATRICK STEWART DEBUTS SERIES PREMIERE EPISODE ON FACEBOOK
FIRST TWO EPISODES OF “BLUNT TALK” AND
FIRST FULL SEASON OF “SURVIVOR’S REMORSE” AVAILABLE ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS
Comedy Block Sampling Featuring “Survivor’s Remorse” and New Half-Hour Scripted Comedy Starring Patrick Stewart Available Prior to Series Premiere on August 22 with Select U.S. Cable, Satellite & Telco Affiliates; Starz.com, STARZ PLAY + More
Beverly Hills, Calif., August 17, 2015 –Starz is currently offering multi-platform, nationwide sampling of its upcoming comedy block featuring the first two episodes of its new Original series “Blunt Talk” and the entire six-episode first season of “Survivor’s Remorse.” In addition, “Survivor’s Remorse” Executive Producer LeBron James and “Blunt Talk” series star Patrick Stewart are also sampling their respective series premieres on Facebook for a limited time prior to the linear season premieres on Saturday, August 22 at 9 PM ET/PT on STARZ.
James began hosting free access to the premiere episode from Season 2 of “Survivor’s Remorse” directly on his Facebook page exclusively for his 22 million followers on Friday, August 14. Stewart posted the premiere episode of “Blunt Talk” for his legions of Facebook followers on Saturday, August 15.
“Starz has sampled many new original series on multiple platforms – including Facebook – over the past few years and we continue to witness first-hand the importance of engaging fans in the social media community who have migrated the ‘water cooler talk’ to a much bigger and virtual break room, ” said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht. “The network and our shows, including ‘Power’ and “Outlander,’ are definitely benefitting from the tremendous online community engagement.”
Alison Hoffman, executive vice president of marketing for Starz, added: “Having LeBron James and Patrick Stewart share early previews of their shows directly with their passionate Facebook fans is an exciting opportunity for Starz. It’s a great way to get viewers watching, buzzing and sharing our content.”
On-demand and online sampling opportunities of the two “Blunt Talk” episodes and first season of “Survivor’s Remorse” were made available beginning August 15 and will continue through August 25 via select U.S. cable, satellite and Telco affiliates, Starz.com, STARZ ON DEMAND and the free STARZ PLAY app for all users in the United States. “Survivor’s Remorse” season one is also available on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Sony Entertainment Network and Xbox Video.
The sampling begins one week in advance of the comedy block premiere of the 10-episode, first season of “Blunt Talk” from MRC and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane, Jonathan Ames (creator and showrunner), Stephanie Davis and Tristram Shapeero; and the sophomore season of “Survivor’s Remorse” from showrunner/executive producer Mike O’Malley and executive producers Tom Werner, Maverick Carter, LeBron James, Paul Wachter, Victor Levin and Hilton Smith.
In addition to the online and on-demand sampling, a first season marathon of “Survivor’s Remorse,” which The Washington Post called “screamingly funny,” will air on STARZ on August 18-20 at 11 PM PT/ET. A sneak-peek of episode 201 from “Survivor’s Remorse” Season 2 will be available on STARZ PLAY and STARZ ON DEMAND immediately following the season finale of the STARZ Original series “Power” on August 15 exclusively for STARZ subscribers.
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