Bangkok--Mar 7--Total Quality PR
New series The Contender & Lost premiering first and exclusively on AXN, along with brand new season of The Amazing Race.
the heart of action and adventure television, this March will see one of the B!GGEST action-packed months with the premiere of the latest and hottest new series from Hollywood, only on AXN! A brand new season of The Amazing Race (Season 7) will kick-start the B!G buzz every Wednesday at 8pm* on AXN. Be the first to catch Sylvester Stallone and Mark Burnett’s new reality series The Contender, premiering with a 90-minute special in a same-day broadcast as the U.S. on Tuesday 8 March at 10.30am**, first and exclusively on AXN. Don’t miss the Asia-wide premiere of one of the most popular new drama series from the U.S. — Lost, on Thursday 17 March at 9pm***, only on AXN.
Get set for more around-the-world action with twenty-two fresh faces in the seventh season of the Emmy award-winning hit reality series, The Amazing Race 7! More adventures, tears and drama await the new set of eleven couples, including the first mother-and-son team in the history of The Amazing Race, two boyfriends who hope to marry in Amsterdam while on the Race, and a couple from Survivor: All Stars, Rob and Amber. Find out which team is the first to be eliminated as the teams embark on a race around the world for a cool US$1 million grand prize every Wednesday at 8pm*, starting 2 March, on AXN.
Be the first to catch the Asia-wide 90-minute special debut of Mark Burnett’s (Survivor, The Apprentice) latest big reality television series The Contender, exclusively on AXN in a same-time-broadcast with the U.S. on Tuesday 8 March at 10.30am**, with a repeat broadcast at 10pm on the same day. It’s hard-hitting, no-holds-barred action with Hollywood’s on-screen boxing icon Sylvester Stallone and five-time world boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard, who will take on the roles of boxing mentors to 16 aspiring boxers. Short-listed from across the country, the 16 contenders will undergo intensive training sessions under the watchful eye of their mentors, culminating in weekly bouts where they face off one another for one million dollars and a professional boxing contract!
The second episode of The Contender will air on Friday 11 March at 11pm. Thereafter, new episodes televise every Monday at 9pm**.
Don’t miss the chance to catch the latest hot new drama series from the U.S. as Lost makes its Asia-wide premiere first and exclusively on AXN. Created by J.J. Abrams (Alias) and Damon Lindelof (Crossing Jordan), Lost features a group of plane-crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island that appears to hold more secrets than the dark pasts that each survivor is hiding.
A new drama series that has garnered top prime-time viewership ratings in the U.S., Lost stars Matthew Fox (Party of Five) and Dominic Monaghan (Lord of the Rings), and new episodes air every Thursday at 9pm, starting 17 March***, first and exclusively on AXN.
* The Amazing Race 7 -New episodes are broadcast every Wednesday at 8pm, starting 2 March.
** The Contender-
90-min premiere - Tuesday 8 March at 10.30am, with a repeat broadcast at 10pm.
2nd episode — Friday 11 March at 10pm.
Regular episodes - Every Monday at 9pm
***Lost — Premieres 17 March, every Thursday at 9pm.
AXN Asia
Delivering top rated series, blockbuster features, adventure-reality and first-run lifestyle sports programming, AXN is a leading international television destination among young adults 18-34. AXN is seen in 46 countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, and is part of Sony Pictures Television International’s diverse portfolio of over 35 global networks. Sony Pictures Television International is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.
AXN Asia is available to more than 31 million households 24-hours daily throughout Asia in Taiwan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, South Korea, Macau, Papua New Guinea, and in hotels and VIP compounds in China. AXN can also be seen in 40 million cable television households on time-block basis in China. More information about AXN Asia can be found online at http://www.axn-asia.com.
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