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GRAMMY WINNER ALICIA KEYS AND OSCAR AND TONY WINNERS BENJ PASEK AND JUSTIN PAUL TEAM UP TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE UNTITLED MUSICAL DRAMA SERIES FOR SHOWTIME
Emmy® And Tony Winner Marc Platt And Emmy Winner R.J. Cutler To Executive Produce Tony Nominee Kyle Jarrow To Write And Executive Produce LOS ANGELES – July 17, 2019 – SHOWTIME has made a series commitment to an untitled musical drama series executive produced by multiple Grammy winner Alicia Keys and the Oscar, Tony and Grammy winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman). Pasek and Paul will contribute music to the series. Kyle Jarrow (The SpongeBob Musical) will write and executive produce. Tony winner and Oscar nominated producer Ma...
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CBS RECEIVES 44 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Increases Total by 10 Over Last Year “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden” Each Earn Multiple Nominations, Including Outstanding Variety Talk Series CBS’ “The Amazing Race” Scores with Nominations for Outstanding Competition Program for its 17th Consecutive Year, and Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program CBS Specials “The 61st Annual Grammy Awards,” “Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool,” and “The 72nd Annual Tony Awards” Garner Top Nominations in Their Categories Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke” Franchise Earn...
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SHOWTIME RECEIVES 18 EMMY NOMINATIONS
INCLUDING TOP HONORS FOR LIMITED SERIES ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA AND VARIETY SKETCH SERIES WHO IS AMERICA? ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA Recognized With 12 Emmy Nominations, Including Nods For Patricia Arquette, Benicio Del Toro, Paul Dano And Director Ben Stiller Freshman Comedy BLACK MONDAY Receives A Nomination For Star Don Cheadle [Click on image to download hi-res versions. Credit for all photos: SHOWTIME] LOS ANGELES – July 16, 2019 – Today, SHOWTIME was recognized with 18 Primetime Emmy Award nominations by the Television Academy, including the network’s second consecutive nominatio...
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THE CIRCUS
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THE CIRCUS RETURNS TO SHOWTIME
Eight New Episodes Start On September 22 At 8 PM ET/PT LOS ANGELES – July 10, 2019 – Tracking the largest field of presidential candidates in U.S. history, THE CIRCUS returns to SHOWTIME with eight new episodes this fall. Starting on Sunday, September 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, the network’s most-watched docuseries will continue its fourth season, which averaged more than one million weekly viewers earlier this year. Co-hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner, and Mark McKinnon will crisscross the country as an unprecedented cast of Democratic candidates barnstorm key states in their quests to face ...
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SHOWTIME APPOINTS MICHAEL ENGLEMAN AS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
LOS ANGELES – July 8, 2019 – Today, Showtime Networks Inc. announced that Michael Engleman has joined the company as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Engleman will oversee the network’s marketing, creative advertising and digital media divisions, including consumer and distribution marketing, promotions and media. He will also manage day-to-day operations of digital platform marketing, broadband, mobile, emerging platform initiatives and multiplatform content for Showtime Networks, as well as marketing oversight of Pop TV and Smithsonian Channel™. The announcement was made today by David ...
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'OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT' RELEASES TIMELY COLD OPEN RESPONDING TO THE FIRST 2020 DEMOCRATIC DEBATES, AIRING SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AT 8PM ET/PT
Photo: SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – June 28, 2019 – The creators of OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT released a new cold open today inspired by this week’s first 2020 Democratic debates for the upcoming episode on Sunday, June 30 at 8PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME, including cartoon versions of Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar. In less than 12 following the debates, the episode intro was written, recorded, and animated. You can watch the cold open on YouTube now: https://youtu.be/AFsmrfwGIv4. In Sunday’s episode, OUR CA...
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EMMY NOMINEE LENA HEADEY TO STAR IN SHOWTIME PILOT 'RITA'
Photo: Jack McMorran LOS ANGELES – June 27, 2019 – SHOWTIME has announced a pilot production order for the hour-long dramedy RITA, starring Emmy and Golden Globe® nominee Lena Headey (Game of Thrones). Headey will executive produce the pilot, a co-production of SHOWTIME and Platform One Media, with creator/showrunner Christian Torpe, who is writing the pilot based on his award-winning original Danish series. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine and Jana Winograde, Presidents of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. In RITA, Headey will play the title character, a headstron...
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MICHAEL GLADIS AND LORENZA IZZO JOIN PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS AS UPCOMING SHOWTIME DRAMA SERIES ROUNDS OUT CAST
Adam Rodriguez, Thomas Kretschmann, Dominic Sherwood And Ethan Peck To Recur Izzo To Recur In The Pivotal Role Of Santa Muerte Photos (L-R): Carrie Schaltz/Rich Fury, Getty Images/Joey Shaw/Showtime/Smallz & Raskind, Contour by Getty Images/Chelsea Curtis LOS ANGELES – June 25, 2019 – SHOWTIME has announced that Michael Gladis (Mad Men) has joined PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS, the next chapter of the PENNY DREADFUL saga, as a series regular. Lorenza Izzo (Aftershock) will recur in a pivotal role in the upcoming SHOWTIME series, along with Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), Thomas Kretsc...
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SHOWTIME ANNOUNCES NEW CAST FOR THE L WORD: GENERATION Q
Arienne Mandi, Leo Sheng, Jacqueline Toboni And Rosanny Zayas Join As Series Regulars With Original Stars Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey In Sequel Debuting This Fall LOS ANGELES – June 24, 2019 – SHOWTIME has announced four new series regulars joining the cast of THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, premiering this fall on SHOWTIME. Arienne Mandi (Baja), Leo Sheng (Adam), Jacqueline Toboni (Easy) and Rosanny Zayas (Orange is the New Black) are set to star as the new generation of LGBTQIA characters who will join original series stars and executive producers Jennifer Beals, K...