NEWS & VIEWS
December 2016
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Jeff Ross brings more laughter to Comedy Central
SINGAPORE – Comedy Central has debuted a
four-part series Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle and
the special Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at Brazos
County Jail in Asia.
Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at Brazos County
Jail shows the three days Jeff Ross spent in an orange
jumpsuit, experiencing life behind bars at Brazos
County Jail in Bryan, Texas. From playing basketball
in the yard to spending time in solitary confinement
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Catch some
fist-pumping action
on HBO Asia
BEIJING – HBO Asia is
premiering an anthology of martial acts
action TV movies this
month.
Produced in collaboration with China Movie Channel
(CMC), these include
Master of the Drunken
Fist: Begger So and
Master of the Shadowless Kick: Wong KeiYing.
One of four HBO Asia
Original productions
Set in ancient Chithis year is Master of the
na at the end of the
Drunken Fist: Beggar So,
Qing dynasty, both
starring Cao Jun as Beggar
movies were shot in
So Chan who picked up
martial arts after losing his the Chinese language
wealth in a conspiracy.
in Hengdian, China,
and are dubbed in
English with local language subtitles on
HBO Asia. Concurrently, the movies are also
debuting on the Red by HBO movie channel,
in its original language with English subtitles.
Directed by Guo Jian-yong, the actionpacked movies will also be available on HBO
GO and HBO On-Demand in Asia, as well as
on CCTV6 in China at a later date.
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Turner airs Oggy and
the Cockroaches in
4K/UHD
Join Oggy and the roaches
as they travel through time
in the fifth season of Oggy
and the Cockroaches.
CANNES – The upcoming season of
Oggy and the Cockroaches is slated for
broadcast early next
year across Turner
Asia-Pacific channels,
including Car toon
Network, Boomerang
and Pogo. The fifth
season of the slapstick
comedy series, produced by Paris-based
animation production company Xilam,
will be the first Oggy
series produced in 4K/
Ultra HD (UHD).
The new season revisits Oggy and the
roaches, as they travel back in time through
the ages and meet icons such as Caesar,
Leonardo da Vinci and the Cyclops, as well as
rocketing forward into the year 3000.
Turner has also acquired Seasons 6 and
7 of the series, which will comprise a mix of
brand-new episodes along with remakes
of classic stories from the first and second
seasons, all produced in 4K/UHD.
himself, Ross gets up-close with the inmates, hears
their stories, and performs a stand-up show for them.
In the four-part roast-off Jeff Ross Presents Roast
Battle, featuring Ross as Roastmaster General and
host Brian Moses, 16 comedians enter the ring in
one-on-one standoffs with a panel of celebrity
judges deciding their tournament fate.
Ross is an American actor, writer, director, producer and comedian.
PHOTO CREDIT: BOB LEVEY
What’s New on TV
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In the hour-special Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at Brazos County Jail, Jeff Ross
(holding the mic) experienced life behind bars and performed a stand-up show for
the inmates.