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Comedian Russell Peters Pledges Allegiance to the World's 'RED, WHITE AND BROWN'
New Comedy Special Premieres on SHOWTIME September 4th,
Followed By Series Premiere of New Multi-Cultural Stand-up Comedy Series
COMICS WITHOUT BORDERS
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 -- International comedy sensation
Russell Peters will premiere his latest comedy special RED, WHITE AND BROWN
on SHOWTIME on Thursday, September 4th at 10 PM ET/PT. In addition, Peters
will host SHOWTIME's new stand-up comedy series COMICS WITHOUT BORDERS -- a
half-hour, nine-episode series to premiere the following Thursday,
September 11th at 10 PM ET/PT.
In RED, WHITE AND BROWN, Peters delivers material from his
record-breaking HOMECOMING TOUR, which includes tales of his travels to
India and Dubai, as well as his own issues with body hair, the World Cup
and his take on cheap Indians. The special is recorded live before a
sold-out audience at The WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden.
Premiering the following week, Peters will host COMICS WITHOUT BORDERS,
a showcase of multi-cultural stand-up comedians -- both well known and
up-and-coming.
During his 19 years as a professional comic, Peters has headlined and
sold out shows from London to Sydney to Toronto to New York City. He is
also the first comic of South Asian heritage to sell out Madison Square
Garden. Much of his comedy speaks to immigrant communities around the world
-- Indian, Arab, Caribbean, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese --
that even now remain invisible to mainstream media. As an Anglo-Indian, his
comedy is rooted in the reality of growing up brown in white Canadian
society. His YouTube videos have been viewed by more than 14 million unique
viewers and his website, http://www.russellpeters.com, gets more than 10,000 hits
a day. Last year, Peters was the first North American comic to tour India.
RED, WHITE AND BROWN is executive produced by Russell Peters and
Clayton Peters.
COMICS WITHOUT BORDERS is executive produced by Scott Montoya, Gary
Binkow, Russell Peters, Clayton Peters, Michael Green and Jeff Golenberg
and is produced by Salient Media.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS
Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME(R),
THE MOVIE CHANNEL(TM) and FLIX(R), as well as the multiplex channels
SHOWTIME(R) TOO(TM), SHOWTIME(R) SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME(R), SHOWTIME
BEYOND(R), SHOWTIME NEXT(R), SHOWTIME WOMEN(R), SHOWTIME FAMILYZONE(R) and
TMC XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD(R), THE MOVIE CHANNEL HD(TM),
SHOWTIME ON DEMAND(TM) and THE MOVIE CHANNEL ON DEMAND(TM). SNI also
manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the
Smithsonian Institution. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby
Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events
for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME(R)
PPV.
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