Riz Ahmed in a scene from the show
HBO mini-series to premiere on OSN
DUBAI, UAE , June 27, 2016
OSN, a leading pay TV network in the region, will be premiering the eight-part HBO mini-series ‘The Night Of’, in a special preview screening, ahead of the series premier.
Customers will be able to access the special preview screening on July 1 via OSN Play and OSN On Demand, the company stated.
Non-OSN subscribers can also watch and sample the first two episodes of the series on OSN.com starting from July 12, it added.
The show will have its weekly airing on OSN First HD Home of HBO, the same minute as the US, every Monday at 10pm KSA time.
The show follows the story of Pakistani-American college student, Nasir “Naz” Khan, who lives with his parents in Queens, New York. It delves into the intricacies of a complex New York City murder case with cultural and political overtones.
It begins with Naz taking his father’s taxi to go to a party in Manhattan, but what starts as a perfect night for Naz becomes a nightmare when he’s arrested for murder.
The series stars John Turturro, who starred in, ‘Fading Gigolo’ and ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’, and Riz Ahmed from Nightcrawler. As the story unfolds, the police investigation, legal proceedings, criminal justice system and Rikers Island, are all examined in a chain of ricochet events as the accused await trial.
The drama explores the dark corners of the criminal-justice system where Naz soon finds himself staring down an avalanche of evidence in the murder of a young woman on the Upper West Side.
Offering viewers an invigorating perspective on the crime-drama genre, over a course of eight riveting hours, one single murder case is dissected into multiple, contentious points of view, leaving viewers on the edge of their seats. –TradeArabia News Service