With a offer to star in Showtime’s pilot Ray Donovan, Liev Schreiber could one day grow to be the face of the spend cable network. But at the very same time, it seems to be like he will no lengthier be the exceptional voice of the sports activities division of rival HBO. I’ve realized that HBO has opted not to renew its general deal with the actor to be the the voice of HBO Sports, which has incorporated narrating practically all HBO passe-temps documentaries, the 24/seven fact sequence, and the NFL reality sequence Tough Knocks. HBO is not severing ties with Schreiber, who has been voicing HBO Jeu’ programs for the prior sixteen years. “Liev is set to start off operate following week on his following HBO Sports project, 󈧜/seven Flyers/Rangers: Street to the NHL Winter Common,” HBO Sports said in a assertion, declining further comment. I hear that Schreiber also is scheduled to do yet another HBO Sports project in January.

According to an HBO supply, the network does not strategy to indication an general offer with yet another actor, opting for a variety of voices. Considering that starting in 1995, Schreiber has narrated almost all HBO Sports activities documentaries. (One of really few exceptions was the 2003 Red Sox docu The Curse Of The Bambino voiced by die-tough Red Sox enthusiast Ben Affleck). He has narrated all but one particular version of Tough Knocks given that the series’ kick off in 2001 (the Kansas City Chiefs edition in 2007 was carried out by Paul Rudd), and of 24/7 because its 2007 start.

The transfer coincides with the leadership adjust at HBO Sports. Ken Hershman was lately tapped as new HBO Passe-temps president, and he will be a part of the shell out cable channel in January. But it also coincided with Schreiber’s substantial-profile casting as the lead in Showtime’s pilot Ray Donovan in the attribute actor’s 1st typical sequence gig, with some declaring that the decision by HBO was created soon right after the announcement of Schreiber’s Showtime casting. Other people inside HBO insist the two are not connected.

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