Bangkok--Mar 7--Total Quality PR
the heart of action and adventure television, you’ll be the first to catch the latest B!G reality television series from reality-TV guru Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, Eco-Challenge) - The Contender, premiering first and exclusively on AXN Asia-wide on Tuesday 8 March, 10.30am. Featuring on-screen boxing legend Sylvester Stallone, the 90-minute premiere special of The Contender airs across Asia in a same day broadcast as the U.S., with a repeat broadcast at 10pm. Its second episode airs on Friday 11 March at 11pm, and thereafter new episodes televise every Monday at 9pm*.
Produced alongside Hollywood action icon Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man) and heavyweight production studio DreamWorks SKG (Collateral, Minority Report, Gladiator), The Contender offers a one-million-dollar prize and a chance for sixteen aspiring boxers to become professional prizefighters under the watchful eyes of their boxing mentors, Sylvester Stallone and boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard.
Short-listed from a USA-wide search, the sixteen contenders will undergo weekly intense training, culminating in a series of bouts where friendships and rivalries are put to the test as they face off one another in the ring. Acting as mentor to them is Hollywood’s boxing legend Sylvester Stallone, whose iconic boxer character Rocky has become the epitome of inspiration in the world of boxing, and Sugar Ray Leonard, the boxing Olympic gold medallist who won an unprecedented five world titles in five weight classes and went on to be named the Fighter Of The Decade for the 1980s. Both Stallone and Leonard will guide and evaluate the prizefighter-wannabes as the fighters embark on the rough and emotional journey to victory.
The winner, to be determined in a live telecast of the grand finale fight from Las Vegas, will receive a boxing contract and a professional title to his name.
*The Contender broadcast details:
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.
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, Cambodia, South Korea, Macau, Papua New Guinea, Nepal, Maldives, Mongolia 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 www.axn-asia.com.
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