Not your ordinary zombie story
THERE ARE TV shows that feature zombies, others focus on detective stories, and then there are those with superheroes. There is just one series that mixes all these together -- Warner TV’s newest offering, iZombie.
The DC Comics-inspired TV series starts when Olivia, a medical student, attends a party that turns into a zombie frenzy. Scratched in the process, she joins the ranks of the living dead. Eating brains at the morgue where she works, she discovers that she absorbs the memories of the brains she feeds on, including those of murder victims. She decides to work as a detective to help the victims claim justice. The show is cute and funny, nothing scary (except when Olivia eats brains).
iZombie will premiere on March 18, 9 p.m., on Warner TV, the same day that it premieres in the US.
“We’ve made sure that the airing in the Philippines is the same or as close to the original US telecast as possible,” said Turner’s vice-president of content-general entertainment Marianne Lee during the show’s launch on Wednesday. She said that as much as they would like to air the show at the same time as it does in the US -- which would discourage viewers from downloading from Torrent -- the different time zone makes it inconvenient.
Warner TV has allotted a “dedicated feed” for the Philippines, said Ms. Lee, The schedules cater to local TV audiences’ series viewing preference, which is at 8 and 9 p.m. The rest of the Warner TV Asia countries watch these shows earlier in the day and do not have same-day telecasts because the shows need to be subtitled. Different countries also have different tastes. Hong Kong and Singapore, for example, love serious Warner series like Stalker and Gotham. Locally, comedies like The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, and Two Broke Girls enjoy high ratings.
iZombies is one in a lineup of new shows and seasons for this year, which includes The Last Ship, Murder in the First and The Vampire Diaries season 5, among others.
Warner TV has also launched its new logo and refreshed branding, “promising a younger, fresher, and hipper TV series and movie shows,” said Ms. Lee.
Warner TV is available on Sky cable channel (77), Destiny (80), Cable Link (30), and Cignal (116) -- Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
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