4/28/2009
JUNE 2009 PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
All Broadcast Times in Eastern Time (ET) / Mountain Time (MT)
Available in High Definition and On Demand
PROGRAMMING
TRUE BLOOD – SEASON 2
(WORLD PREMIERE; ORIGINAL SERIES)
Sunday, June 14 at 9 p.m. (day-and-date with HBO in the U.S.)
HBO’s Emmy® Award-winning series about vampires who live freely amongst their human counterparts in a small Louisiana town returns for a highly anticipated second season. True Blood picks up with Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire soulmate Bill Compton still together after Bill escapes with his life after coming to Sookie’s daylight defence. Also in the new season, Tara sets down new roots with an affluent benefactor; Sam Merlotte resolves to get in shape-shift shape after a forest foray; and Sookie’s brother Jason finds new purpose with an anti-vampire sect. Starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten, Michelle Forbes and Evan Rachel Wood. Viewers will also have the chance to catch up on the series with a True Blood season one marathon on HBO Canada. From June 6 to June 9, three episodes will air nightly back-to-back beginning at 8 p.m. ET/MT.
HUNG
(WORLD PREMIERE; ORIGINAL SERIES)
Sunday, June 28 at 10 p.m. (day-and-date with HBO in the U.S.)
In high school, Ray Drecker was athletic, popular, and destined for success. Now, as a teacher and basketball coach, he’s underpaid, uninsured, and embittered that his wife of 20 years has left him. After a fire damages the rundown Detroit home he inherited from his parents, Ray’s fortunes reaches an all-time low when his twin children, who had been living with him, move in with their mom and her clean-freak hubby. Lonely, run-down and at wit’s end, Ray attends a local self-help class where the mantra is to identify a personal “winning tool” to market for financial success and ends up finding a way to turn his fortune around by taking advantage of his greatest asset. Starring Thomas Jane, Anne Heche and Jane Adams.
SUGAR SAMMY: LIVE IN CONCERT
(WORLD PREMIERE; CANADIAN ORIGINAL COMEDY SPECIAL)
Sunday, June 14 at 10 p.m.
In this one-hour Canadian comedy special, homegrown comedian Sugar Sammy makes his triumphant return to Montreal for the final leg of his cross-country tour. Filmed in the beautiful Place-des-Arts theatre, Sugar Sammy: Live In Concert showcases a rising comedy star at the top of his game with A-list material guaranteed to bring the house down.
HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – COTTO VS. CLOTTEY
(WORLD PREMIERE; SPORTING EVENTS)
Live on Saturday, June 13 at 10:35 p.m. ET / 8:35 p.m. MT
Live from Madison Square Garden in New York City, Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto steps into the ring with Ghana native Joshua Clottey for the World Welterweight Championship. Featuring blow-by-blow commentary from the likes of Lennox Lewis, Bob Papa, Max Kellerman and Harold Lederman. Additional fight details to be announced.
HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING – KLITSCHKO VS. HAYE
(WORLD PREMIERE; SPORTING EVENTS)
Live on Saturday, June 20 at 4:45 p.m. ET / 2:45 p.m. MT
Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko defends his heavyweight title against Britain’s David Haye live from Frankfurt Germany’s Schalke soccer stadium. Featuring blow-by-blow commentary from the likes of Lennox Lewis, Bob Papa, Max Kellerman and Harold Lederman. Additional fight details to be announced.
HBO BOXING AFTER DARK (WORLD PREMIERE; SPORTING EVENTS)
Live on Saturday, June 27 at 9:30 p.m. ET / MT
Showcasing some of the most promising contenders as they battle it out in non-title, non-championship fight events. Fight details to be announced
DA ALI G SHOW – SEASON 2
(NETWORK PREMIERE; ORIGINAL SERIES)
Friday, June 5 at 12 a.m.
As fans gear up for the theatrical release of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno, catch the infamous British comedy chameleon in Da Ali G Show as he travels across the United States under the guise of his three uproarious characters: Ali G, a hip-hop journalist and wannabe gangster-rapper; Borat, an ignorant journalist from Kazakhstan; and Bruno, a campy Austrian fashionista. All three characters dissect American culture in a series of hilarious and awkward interviews with politicians and public figures.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING NOTES AND PREMIERES ON HBO CANADA
New episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher continue throughout June, Friday nights at 10 p.m. Angels In America (Network Premiere; Original Miniseries) – Friday, June 5 at 7:45 p.m. And The Band Played On (Network Premiere; Original Film) – Saturday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. Citizen Cohn (Network Premiere; Original Film) – Friday, June 26 at 8 p.m.
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Nicolle Balen
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Movie Central (western Canada)
(416) 530-2249
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