Charter and Starz On Demand Offer Free Sneak Preview of Full-Length Episodes of 'Crash' Season Two

Charter and Starz On Demand Offer Free Sneak Preview of Full-Length Episodes of 'Crash' Season Two

ST. LOUIS, and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. and Starz Entertainment, LLC are bringing Charter On Demand customers new episodes of season two of "Crash" with a special, free on demand sneak preview offered to all Charter Digital Cable customers on Charter On Demand.

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The first episode of the new season of "Crash," a co-production of Starz Entertainment and Lionsgate, will be made available for free and unlimited instant viewing on Charter On Demand beginning September 11th, while the second episode will debut on September 18th. High definition and standard definition versions of the premiere episodes of "Crash" will be available for the sneak preview.

The "Crash" season two early sneak preview precedes the September 18th Starz primetime premiere at 10PM ET/PT. Episodes for the entire season of the "Crash" season will remain a staple in the Starz On Demand programming mix and will debut on Starz the same day they debut on Starz On Demand.

Various "Crash" trailers and behind-the-scenes promotional material for the eagerly-anticipated series will also be made available on Charter.net.

"Bringing Charter customers these sneak preview episodes of 'Crash' on demand coupled with behind-the-scenes material on charter.net demonstrates the complete viewing experience they can have online and on television," said Rich DiGeronimo, vice president of product management for Charter. 'It's a great way for our customers to kick off the fall TV season.'

"Starz is delighted to return this series with full-length episodes for Charter's On Demand customers. On Demand sampling is an effective way to get re-introduced to this riveting series," said Christine Carrier, Starz Entertainment senior vice president, affiliate sales and marketing.

Dennis Hopper (Hoosiers, Speed, "24") reprises his role as legendary record producer Ben Cendars, just out of rehab and searching for clues surrounding a personal mysterious death. Joining the cast this season are Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, "Heroes") as Seth, a billionaire entrepreneur, who plans to give LA a long desired new professional football team, Dana Ashbrook ("Twin Peaks," Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, "The Kill Point") as Jimmy, a charismatic gambler who plays fast and loose with the law; Linda Park (Jurassic Park II, "Star Trek: Enterprise") as Maggie, a children's book author who writes of a joyful life but has trouble living it; Jake McLaughlin (In the Valley of Elah) as Bo, a former high school pitching ace and shoo-in for the big league, but derailed by career ending injury; Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, Tender Mercies) as his mother Wendy, a middle-class San Fernando Valley shop-owner forever reliving Bo's glory days; and Julie Warner (Doc Hollywood, "Nip/Tuck") as Andrea, an ambitious and manipulative right hand woman to Seth.

Returning cast members are Ross McCall ("Band of Brothers," "CSI: NY") as former LAPD cop Kenny Battaglia, now a strip mall security guard; Jocko Sims (Jarhead, Dreamgirls) as Anthony, Ben's former driver and protegee, whom Ben turns to for help in his search; and Moran Atias (You Don't Mess with the Zohan) as Inez, who's forsaken stripping and is making serious cash working as a hostess at an exclusive men's club.

Headed by executive producer Ira Steven Behr ("The 4400," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), the creative team for season two includes executive producer James DeMonaco (Assault on Precinct 13, The Negotiator), as well as executive producers Paul Haggis and Bob Yari, and co-executive producers Bobby Moresco, Tom Nunan, Don Cheadle, Mark Harris, Jorg Westercamp and Thomas Becker, all of whom were key members of the Oscar -winning movie Crash. Glen Mazzara is consulting producer. New this year with Behr and DeMonaco are supervising producers Todd Harthan ("The Kill Point") and Elizabeth Benjamin ("Bones"), consulting producer Devon Shepard ("Weeds"), and executive story editor Jennifer Schuur ("Big Love"). Lester Berman (Superman) is producer.

Set in Los Angeles, the series will continue to focus on an ensemble cast of characters. Season two will revolve around the intersecting lives of Angelenos from different social strata as they seek their own versions of fulfillment.

About Charter Communications

Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter Digital Cable(R) video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed(R) Internet access, and Charter Telephone(R). Charter Business(TM) similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment services, and business telephone. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.

About Starz Entertainment

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz and Encore brands with approximately 17.5 million and 31.5 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

Contacts:

Anita Lamont Eric Becker
Charter Communications Starz Entertainment
(314) 543-2215 (720) 852-4065
anita.lamont@chartercom.comeric.becker@starz.com

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CONTACT: Anita Lamont of Charter Communications, +1-314-543-2215,
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