Pete Holmes makes his way to Star World Premiere HD with 'Crashing'

Pete Holmes makes his way to Star World Premiere HD with 'Crashing'

MUMBAI: Star World Premiere HD, India’s leading English entertainment channel is known for handpicking some of the most award-winning, star-studded and critically acclaimed shows on television today. Taking its entertainment quotient a notch higher, the channel that exclusively airs comedy series - Emmy and Golden Globe winning series Veep, Silicon Valley, Baskets, Better Things among others is all set to add another comedy series in its bucket with the premiere of Crashing. The series will premiere tonight, 27 February at 10pm on Star World Premiere HD and will continue to air every Monday at the same time on the channel.

Directed by Golden Globe nominee and Emmy award winning director, writer, producer, Judd Apatow, who is popular for his work in Jim Carrey starrers Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty, Katherine Heigl starrer Knocked Up and Mark Ruffalo – Kera Knightley – Adam Levine starrer Begin Again among others, Crashing stars celebrated stand-up comedian, writer and actor – Pete Holmes.

A semi-autobiographical comedy, ‘Crashing’ follows Holmes’ life when he ends up couch surfing at other comedians’ apartments in New York. The series starts with Pete Holmes in his hometown when he discovers his wife cheating on him. Subsequently, he moves out of the suburbs to double down on trying to make it as a comic in New York City leading to hilarious sequences on the show as was the case in his real life.

Renowned comedians – T.J. Miller of Silicon Valley fame and Sarah Silverman also appear on the series as guest stars.