Showtime arch says risk paid off with Sacha Baron Cohen TV show

LOS ANGELES – The conduct of wire channel Showtime on Monday heaped regard on British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, observant a risk of broadcasting his satirical new array had paid off and that he hoped there would be more.

Showtime President David Nevins pronounced a channel had taken a “leap of faith” with a array “Who is America?” in that Baron Cohen adopts opposite personas and pranks American politicians, cocktail enlightenment total and others into observant vast things.

“It has generated a lot of debate and a lot of new sign-ups. It’s a risk I’m unequivocally blissful that we took,” Nevins told a Television Critics Association while compelling a arriving lineup for Showtime, a section of CBS Corp.

Nevins pronounced a assembly for a seven-episode array had “grown dramatically” over a initial month though did not yield details.

“I consider Sacha is one of a good comedians of a time. we consider he is a Daniel Day-Lewis of comedy,” pronounced Nevins, referring to a 3 time Oscar-winning British star of “Lincoln.”

The series, in that a sheltered Cohen interviews subjects who do not comprehend they are operative with a comedian,