CRI听力:Sohu.com Brings 'Conan' and 'Extant' to Chinese Audience

Sohu.com has announced that it will add 20 American TV shows to its streaming-video site, including hit late-night talk show, "Conan".

The company's CEO, Charles Zhang, announced the new line-up of U.S. programs available on the site during a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday (July 8, 2014).

After successfully introducing China's online viewing audiences to classic sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" and hit daytime talk-program, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", Zhang said he was "delighted" to start officially carrying "Conan" in its American line-up.

Among the 12 exclusive programs that Sohu is offering are director Michael Bay's "The Last Ship" and actress Halle Berry's television debut, "Extant". The other eight non-exclusive shows include "Ray Donovan" and "Masters of Sex".

In May, four U.S. shows, including "The Big Bang Theory", were ordered to be taken off Chinese video-streaming sites by China's media watchdog.

When asked about the risk of the shows in Sohu's new line-up being taken down in similar fashion, Zhang said that the removal of the four shows in May was an "isolated incident".