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Cable channel Showtime said the seven episode
"Who Is America?" will launch on Sunday in the United States and
on July 16 on Britain's Channel 4.
The announcement gave few details about the new series other
than to say it will "explore the diverse individuals, from the
infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural
spectrum."
In a trailer, former U.S. defense secretary Dick Cheney is
pictured signing what is described as a water-boarding kit, and
saying, "I hope you'll tune in next week for an interview with
me."
Showtime Chief Executive David Nevins called Baron Cohen "the
premier provocateur of our time" and said the series had been in
the works during the past year.
It was not clear whether Baron Cohen, 46, would resurrect his
cheeky alter ego Ali G., a white English rapper, whose
interviews with subjects including Donald Trump and Newt
Gingrich launched his comedy career some 20 years ago.
His award winning 2006 faux-documentary film "Borat," in which
he played an anti-Semitic reporter from Kazakhstan who interacts
with real Americans unaware they were being set up, earned some
$261 million at the global box office. Recent projects,
including "The Dictator" and "The Brothers Grimsby" have been
less successful.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Susan Thomas)
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