Hong Kong – Warner TV offers a dose of action, drama and comedy to round up the yearend programming. Leading the charge is new Warner Bros. Television series Lethal Weapon, complemented by Blindspot, last year’s breakout new series, and the best of DC Super Hero-inspired shows, including Gotham, Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
Marianne Lee, Vice President of General Entertainment Content at Turner Asia Pacific and Warner TV Content Head said, “With the arrival of Lethal Weapon to the slate, Warner TV is fully loaded with strength and depth right across the board. By October, we’ll be up to six ‘same-day’ titles, and when we launch one other Turner series in November and iZombie returns in 2017 it will be eight – making the channel the place to be for exclusive, first-run content.”
Continuing series that are first from the US are Murder in the First (S3) and The Last Ship (S3), while popular shows Major Crimes, Supergirl and The Flash also add to the depth of entertainment throughout the year.
Based on the hit movie franchise of the same name, Lethal Weapon tells the story of classic cop duo Riggs and Murtaugh, as they work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles. Grief-stricken after the loss of his young wife and unborn child, ex-Navy SEAL-turned-detective Martin Riggs (Clayne Crawford – Rectify) moves to California to “start over” at the LAPD.
He’s paired up with Roger Murtaugh (Emmy nominee Damon Wayans – My Wife and Kids, In Living Color), who’s just coming back to the job after a near-fatal heart attack. Riggs’ penchant for diving headfirst into the line of fire immediately clashes with Murtaugh’s prudent, by-the-book technique. In anticipation of the series launch, as part of Warner TV’s “Cinema Sundays” block, the four iconic Lethal Weapon movies will air in the build-up.
To celebrate Wonder Woman’s 75th birthday, the channel will be airing a number of movies in late October. The super-powered selection includes the 1976 original Wonder Woman with Lynda Carter, Man of Steel (starring Henry Cavill) and The Dark Knight Rises (with Christian Bale). Other films on the cards include some real blockbusters: 300: Rise of an Empire, Pacific Rim and Gravity.
