Showtime to Air Comedian’s Special, New Series

LOS ANGELES, August 5:
Comedian Russell Peters will premiere his latest special, Red, White and
Brown, on Showtime and will host
the channel’s new stand-up series Comics Without Borders next month.

Red, White and Brown, which will air September 4 at 10 p.m., features
material from the comedian’s homecoming tour and includes tales of his travels
to India and Dubai. The special is recorded live before a sold-out audience at
The WAMU Theatre at Madison Square Garden.

Comics Without Borders, a half-hour nine-episode series, will premiere
September 11 at 10 p.m. and will showcase multicultural stand-up comedians. 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.

During his 19 years as a
professional comic, Peters has headlined and sold out shows across the world.
He is the first comic of South Asian heritage to sell out Madison Square
Garden.

—By Jackie Stewart