THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW. A NEW SEASON OF IN TREATMENT BEGINS ON HBO
CANADA

-     Golden Globe^® winner Gabriel Byrne returns in the third season of HBO's In Treatment, beginning Monday, October 25 at 9 p.m. ET/MT day-and-date with HBO in the US

-     Debra Winger, Irrfan Khan, Dane DeHaan and Oscar^®-nominee Amy Ryan join cast

TORONTO, Sept. 30 /CNW/ - HBO Canada, a multiplex channel of Corus Entertainment's Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral's The Movie Network (Eastern Canada), is taking viewers back into the therapist's office with a third season of HBO's half-hour drama series, In Treatment. The new season begins Monday, October 25 at 9 p.m. ET/MT with two back-to-back episodes, followed by another two new episodes on Tuesday, October 26 beginning at 9 p.m. ET/MT.

Set within the highly charged confines of individual psychotherapy sessions, the series centres around Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne), who continues to cope with the after-effects of his recent divorce, his relocation to Brooklyn and new physical challenges, including hand tremors that he fears might be the onset of Parkinson's Disease, which killed his father. In the new season Paul begins treating three new patients; Frances (Debra Winger), a well-known stage and screen actress who has been "blanking out" during rehearsals for a new play; Sunil (Irrfan Khan), a widower and retired math teacher from Bengal, coping with the move to the U.S. and living with his son's family; and Jesse (Dane DeHaan), a 16-year-old homosexual with troubling "patterns of promiscuity," who has actually been in therapy with Paul for some time as we first meet him. Paul also begins seeing a new therapist (Amy Ryan), a younger doctor whom Paul initially contacts in order to renew a sleeping-pill prescription.

New episodes of In Treatment Season 3 will continue to air on HBO Canada Monday and Tuesday nights with two new episodes airing at 9 p.m. ET/MT and 9:30 p.m. ET/MT

In Treatment is adapted from the popular Israeli series B'Tipul, and is executive produced by Hagai Levi, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Warren Leight, Paris Barclay and Rodrigo Garcia. This season's storylines, unlike the first two seasons, are original and not adapted from Levi's Israeli scripts.

The first season of In Treatment, which debuted in January 2008, received five Golden Globe^® nominations, the most of any television series that year. Gabriel Byrne won the 2009 Golden Globe^® for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama, and Dianne Wiest won a 2008 Emmy^® Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Glynn Turman was also awarded an Emmy^® in 2008 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

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To view, share and embed video content for the new season of In Treatment, including a 45-second trailer and a one minute in-production spot, please visit: http://www.hbocanada.com/intreatment/video.php

In Treatment will be simulcast on HBO Canada HD, and will be available on demand. It will also be available on The Movie Network OnLine with Bell TV following its network premiere.

HBO Canada is a multiplex channel offered by Astral's The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment's Movie Central (Western Canada). HBO Canada brings Canadians the current slate of signature dramatic programs for which HBO is known, together with new and never-before-seen programming including comedy series, live specials, sporting events, behind-the-scenes content and titles from HBO's extensive library - all in an uncut and commercial-free environment. HBO Canada is offered in high definition on HBO Canada HD and programming is accessible on demand where available by service provider. For more information, please visit www.hbocanada.com.

The Movie Network is a member of the Astral family. Astral is one of Canada's largest media companies. It operates over 100 of the country's most popular pay and specialty television, radio, out-of-home advertising and digital media properties. Astral plays a central role in community life across the country by offering diverse, rich and vibrant programming that meets the tastes and needs of consumers and advertisers. To learn more about Astral, visit astral.com.

Movie Central is owned by Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJR.B), a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's animation. Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com. 

For access to The Movie Network's media room or Movie Central's press site, please visit http://tv.astral.com or http://mediacentre.corusent.com. 

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