Two returning HBO Original comedy series and a brand-new HBO anthology series will premiere on HBO and CINEMAX this month. New seasons of the HBO comedy series, BALLERS Season 3, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and INSECURE Season 2, starring Issa Rae, will premiere back-to-back exclusively on HBO on Monday, July 24 at 10am (SIN) and 10.30am (SIN) respectively, while an all-new half-hour anthology seriesfrom brothers, Jay and Mark Duplass, ROOM 104, will debut on Saturday, July 29 at 11.30am (SIN) exclusively on CINEMAX. All series premiere same time as the U.S. with a same day primetime encore and will also be streaming on HBO GO.
In addition, for two weeks from July 26, the first episode of the news seasons of BALLERS and INSECURE, will be available to be viewed for free online at HBO Asia’s website (www.hboasia.com) and HBO Asia’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/HBOAsia) across *18 Asian territories including Philippines.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stars in a new season of the hit comedy that explores the glamorous, and often cutthroat,world of pro football, as seen through a group of past and present players striving to stay in the game. This hit HBOcomedy series from Steve Levinson (Entourage) digs deeper into the extravagant, high-stakes, big-money world offootball in Miami, Florida and beyond. In this ten-episode season, in an ever-changing business where the shelf life forstardom and multi-million-dollar contracts are oh-so-short, Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is intenton proving that the key to successful sports management isn’t just about making money and having fun – it’s aboutdelivering on the promises you make.
Created by and starring Golden Globe®-nominee Issa Rae, INSECURE returns for its eight-episode second season. The critically acclaimed HBO Original comedy series follows best friends Issa (Rae) and Molly (Yvonne Orji) on theirquest to “have it all,” dealing with work woes, romantic escapades and awkward moments along the way. This seasonpicks up where the last one left off, with Issa embracing her chance to explore the single-girl life in the aftermath of her breakup with Lawrence (Jay Ellis), just as a challenging a new work assignment puts her burgeoning friendship withwell-meaning colleague Frieda (Lisa Joyce) to the test. Punctuated by Issa’s hilarious and pointed rap monologues andfantasies, Insecure continues to be authentic, incisive and insightful in its exploration of the contemporary African American female experience.
Produced by the brothers Jay and Mark Duplass, ROOM 104 is a twelve-episode, half-hour anthology series that tellsassorted tales of the various characters who pass through a single room of an average American motel. Embracing theidea that “the banal” can be a most interesting place if you stop and take a look, each of the season’s episodes plays likea mini-movie and tells a different story, as the room stays the same everything else – the tone, the plot, the characters,even the time period – changes. Poignant, quirky, and filled with plenty of twists and surprises, the series taps into avariety of genres including comedy, drama, thriller and horror, the stories and characters featured in Season One include: the tale of a pizza- delivery boy who gets way more than he bargained for; a babysitting gig gone eerily awry; a love storybetween two octogenarians; a woman seeking to enter another realm of reality with the help of a cult-like priest; twoMormon missionaries thrust into a crisis of faith; and more.
Premiere details of July titles on HBO. All titles are also streaming on HBO GO.
- BALLERS Season 3 and INSECURE Season 2 will premiere on HBO same time as the U.S. on Monday, July 24 at 10am (SIN) and 10.30am (SIN) respectively with a same day primetime encore at 10pm (SIN) and 10.30pm (SIN).
- ROOM 104 will debut on CINEMAX the same time as the U.S. on Saturday, July 29 at 11.30am (SIN), with a same day primetime encore at 10pm (SIN).
- Also premiering in July is the new season of the HBO Original series GAME OF THRONES, which was previously announced. Season 7 will air the same time as the U.S. on Monday, July 17 at 9am (SIN) with a same day primetime encore at 9pm (SIN), exclusively on HBO.
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