Matt LeBlanc Returns in His Golden Globe®-Winning Role for Season 2 of Episodes, Only on Movie Central and The Movie Network

• Showtime's Emmy^®-nominated comedy premieres Monday, July 2 at 9 p.m. ET /PT
• Free sneak peek of the first episode of Season 2 available now at www.themovienetwork.ca and www.moviecentral.ca

TORONTO, June 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Corus Entertainment's Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral's The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) present Season 2 of Showtime's Emmy^®-nominated comedy series Episodes. Starring Matt LeBlanc in his Golden Globe^®-winning role as a fictionalized version of himself,  the nine-episode second season of Episodes premieres Monday, July 2 at 9 p.m. PT on Movie Central and 9 p.m. ET on The Movie Network.

Season 1 of Episodes centred on Sean and Beverly, a husband and wife producing team forced to navigate the many pitfalls of the Hollywood television business when their successful British show is brought to America, and the U.S. network insists on making the show more audience friendly by replacing their venerable thespian lead with Matt LeBlanc. The series left off with Beverly sleeping with Matt in a moment of drunken madness, leaving her marriage as bruised and battered as the state of her and Sean's TV show.

The second season picks up four months later with Sean and Beverly no longer living together, but forced into an awkward working relationship with Matt, as Pucks! goes from a pilot to full-blown series. As Beverly struggles to save her marriage, Matt is determined to save his "bromance" with Sean, and all of them are forced to try to save Pucks! as its ratings start to plummet and the pressure mounts.

FREE SNEAK PREVIEW
The first episode of Season 2 is now available for free at www.themovienetwork.ca, and www.moviecentral.ca, and will also be available via the free video on demand services of participating television providers later this week. Movie Central and The Movie Network subscribers can also watch the second episode on demand starting Monday, July 2, immediately after the premiere of Episode 1.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES
Kathleen Rose Perkins (Carol Rance) will be available for telephone interviews leading up to the premiere. To book an interview, please contact Owen McCorquodale (Movie Central) or Nicolle Balen (The Movie Network). Interviews are subject to availability.

To view the complete release, please visit The Movie Network's media room or Movie Central's press site at http://press.astral.com/tmn/ or http://mediacentre.corusent.com.

Media contacts:
The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) 
Nicolle Balen
[phone]
[email protected] 

Movie Central (Western Canada)  
Owen McCorquodale 
[phone] 
[email protected]