SHOWTIME SPORTS® and
CBS ANNOUNCE NEW EDITION OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOXING DOCUMENTARY SERIES
FIGHT CAMP 360°: Pacquiao vs. Mosley
Premieres
Saturday, April 2, 12 Noon ET/ 9 a.m. PT on CBS With Three Episodes Airing on
America s Most Watched Network Including a Prime Time Telecast on
Saturday, April 30
NEW YORK (Feb. 10, 2011) SHOWTIME Sports is producing a four-part documentary series titled FIGHT CAMP 360°: Pacquiao vs. Mosley
to air on both CBS and SHOWTIME® that will give fight fans
unprecedented access into the lives of boxing superstars Manny Pacquiao and Sugar Shane Mosley. The
SHOWTIME critically acclaimed
series will follow both fighters
through their unique preparations leading up to the year s biggest event
on the boxing calendar the forthcoming WBO welterweight championship
clash and SHOWTIME PPV® blockbuster event on May 7 from the MGM
Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas .
This series
will open a lot of eyes and surprise casual television viewers as well as
boxing enthusiasts, said Ken Hershman,
Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports.
These athletes are global personalities that transcend sports, and their
path to an event of this scope is complex, provocative and quite
entertaining. From Pacquiao s home and life as a Congressman in the
Philippines to
Mosley s high-altitude training camp in Big Bear, Calif. ,
and into the offices of Top Rank Inc. in Las
Vegas , FIGHT CAMP
360°: Pacquiao vs. Mosley will turn a powerful backstage spotlight
on this marquee boxing event.
The series premieres
on Saturday, April 2 on CBS
(12:00 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT) before the network s coverage of the
Men s NCAA Basketball Championship Final Four.
Below are the
premiere dates and times for FIGHT CAMP 360°
Pacquiao vs. Mosely
Episode
1 CBS
Saturday,
April 2 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m.
PT
Episode 1
SHO
Saturday, April 16 10 p.m.
ET/PT
Episode 2
SHO
Saturday, April 23 10 p.m.
ET/PT
Episode
3 CBS
Saturday, April 30 8 p.m. ET/PT
Episode 4
SHO
Friday, May 6
10 p.m.
ET/PT
Episode
4
CBS
Saturday, May
7 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m.
PT
FIGHT
CAMP 360°: Pacquiao vs. Mosley will be available on SHOWTIME On Demand with
multiple re-airings on SHO Extreme
FIGHT
CAMP 360° launched in 2009 to follow the lives of the participants in
the Super Six World Boxing Classic on
SHOWTIME and was met by critical acclaim for its originality and revealing
content. Created to connect viewers with fighters and not as a singularly
focused promotional device, FIGHT CAMP 360°
is the first-of-its-kind boxing series examining the entirety of the
prizefighting business.
About Showtime Networks Inc.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS
Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®,
THE MOVIE CHANNEL"! and FLIX®, as well as the
multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2"!, SHOWTIME® SHOWCASE,
SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME BEYOND®, SHOWTIME NEXT®,
SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE® and THE MOVIE
CHANNEL"! XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD"!,
THE MOVIE CHANNEL"! HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® and THE
MOVIE CHANNEL"! ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian
Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which
offers Smithsonian Channel"!. All SNI feeds provide enhanced
sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and
entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis
through SHOWTIME PPV®.
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