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HBO Canada Confirms January Premiere Dates for TRUE DETECTIVE, GIRLS, and LOOKING
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TORONTO (October 17, 2013) – HBO Canada, a multiplex channel of Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Bell Media’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada), announced today the premiere dates for HBO’s January premieres including the series premieres of TRUE DETECTIVE and LOOKING, and the third season of GIRLS. All new HBO programming premieres day-and-date with HBO in the U.S.
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TRUE DETECTIVE debuts Sunday, Jan. 12 at 9 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada. The eight-episode, one-hour anthology series stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as Louisiana detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, whose lives collide and entwine during a 17-year hunt for a killer, beginning with the original investigation of a bizarre murder in 1995, to the reopening of the case in 2012. Michelle Monaghan also stars as Hart’s wife, Maggie, who struggles to keep her family together as the men in her life become locked in a cycle of violence and obsession. TRUE DETECTIVE is written by Nic Pizzolatto and directed by Cary Fukunaga, who are executive producers along with Steve Golin and Scott Stephens.
GIRLS returns for its third season immediately after the debut of TRUE DETECTIVE with a special presentation of two back-to-back episodes Sunday, Jan. 12 at 10 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada, followed by new half-hour episodes on subsequent Sundays at 10 p.m.. Created by and starring Lena Dunham, the Emmy®-Award-winning series is a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their 20s. Dunham executive produces along with Judd Apatow, Jenni Konner, and Ilene S. Landress; Bruce Eric Kaplan is consulting producer. The cast also includes Jemima Kirke, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet, Adam Driver, and Alex Karpovsky.
LOOKING debuts Sunday, Jan. 19 at 10:30 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada. The series revolves around three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men. Created by Michael Lannan and executive produced by Andrew Haigh (Weekend) and Sarah Condon (BORED TO DEATH), the show stars Jonathan Groff, Frankie J. Alvarez, and Murray Bartlett. Special guest stars include Russell Tovey and Scott Bakula.
In Eastern Canada, episodes are available in High Definition and on TMN GO, HBO Canada OnDemand and HBO Canada OnLine.
In Western Canada, episodes are available in High Definition on HBO Canada HD; on demand, via mobile and online with participating service providers.
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HBO Canada brings Canadians HBO’s current slate of signature dramatic and comedic programs, together with new and never-before-seen programming including comedy series, live specials, sporting events, behind-the-scenes content and titles from HBO’s extensive library – all in an uncut and commercial-free environment. HBO Canada is offered in high definition on HBO Canada HD and programming is accessible On Demand, Online and on TMN GO, where available by service provider. For more information, please visit www.hbocanada.com. In Eastern Canada, HBO Canada is a division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. In Western Canada, HBO Canada is offered by Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada).
About Movie Central
Movie Central is owned by Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJR.B), a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, television broadcasting, children’s book publishing and children’s animation. Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.
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For more information:
For Movie Central (Western Canada):
Owen McCorquodale, 416.479.6068 or owen.McCorquodale@corusent.com
For The Movie Network (Eastern Canada)
Scott Campbell, 416.956.8645 ext. 6064 or scott.campbell@bellmedia.ca
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