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SHOWTIME ORDERS NEWS-MAGAZINE PILOT FROM AMANDA DE CADENET
LOS ANGELES – July 10, 2018 – SHOWTIME has ordered a new pilot NOW WHAT WITH AMANDA DE CADENET (working title), for a half-hour weekly news-magazine format created and hosted by Amanda de Cadenet (The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet). The show takes a thematic approach exploring America’s current social, sexual, cultural and political issues, seen through de Cadenet’s sharp, feminist lens. Emmy® nominee Inuka Bacote (Eastsiders), and Danielle Oexmann (Vice Does America) will serve as co-showrunners. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Net...
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SACHA BARON COHEN RETURNS TO TELEVISION WITH NEW SHOWTIME COMEDY SERIES WHO IS AMERICA? PREMIERING THIS SUNDAY, JULY 15
LOS ANGELES – July 9, 2018 – Today, SHOWTIME announced a brand new satirical half-hour series from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Famous for creating a roster of iconic moments and incendiary characters, Baron Cohen returns to series television for the first time in more than a decade, writing and directing WHO IS AMERICA? In the works over the past year, the seven-episode series will explore the diverse individuals, from the infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural spectrum, who populate our unique nation. The first episode will debut on streaming, online and On Demand this...
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SHOWTIME BRINGS ITS HIT DRAMA THE CHI AND HOT NEW COMEDY BLACK MONDAY TO 2018 ESSENCE FESTIVAL
THE CHI Creator Lena Waithe To Give Empowerment Stage Keynote, BLACK MONDAY Star Regina Hall To Debut First Footage NEW YORK – June 28, 2018 – SHOWTIME is bringing its hot new comedy BLACK MONDAY and hit drama THE CHI to 2018 ESSENCE Festival. On Friday, July 6, THE CHI creator and executive producer Lena Waithe will headline a keynote conversation on the ESSENCE Empowerment Experience Stage and will later appear in the Great Hall to discuss THE CHI. All 500 fans who attend Waithe’s Q&A at the Great Hall will receive $25 gift certificates to the SHOWTIME streaming service. On Saturda...
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SHOWTIME TO PREMIERE DOCUMENTARY JEFF LYNNE’S ELO: WEMBLEY OR BUST ON FRIDAY, JULY 27 AT 9 PM ET/PT
Photo Credit: Carsten Windhorst/SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – June 29, 2018 – The concert documentary, JEFF LYNNE’S ELO: WEMBLEY OR BUST, will make its U.S. television premiere on SHOWTIME on Friday, July 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on-air, on demand and over the internet. Celebrating Lynne’s enduring and ongoing musical legacy, director Paul Dugdale documents Lynne's ELO performance in England’s famed Wembley Stadium in front of a sold-out crowd of 60,000 fans. To watch and share a new clip from JEFF LYNNE’S ELO: WEMBLEY OR BUST, go to: https://youtu.be/iDL54-Euqg8. JEFF LYNNE’S ELO: ...
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HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ADAPTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL HIT VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE HALO TO LAUNCH AT SHOWTIME
Kyle Killen Will Executive Produce Series And Will Serve As Showrunner Rupert Wyatt To Direct Multiple Episodes And Executive Produce Photo Credits: Mars Killen (left), David Buchan/Rex/Shutterstock (right) LOS ANGELES – June 28, 2018 – Halo, the award-winning and record-shattering series of video games, is bringing its universe to SHOWTIME. The network has ordered a 10-episode season of the live-action, scripted drama HALO (working title), based on the hallowed Xbox® franchise, with Kyle Killen (Awake) serving as executive producer, writer and showrunner. Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Pl...
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SHOWTIME TO AIR THE WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE OF THE OSCAR® NOMINATED BABY DRIVER ON JULY 14
Starring Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx And Jon Hamm, The Film Will Debut Exclusively On SHOWTIME at 10 PM ET/PT LOS ANGELES – June 27, 2018 – SHOWTIME will offer the world television premiere of the Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominated film BABY DRIVER on Saturday, July 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. SHOWTIME subscribers will also be able to watch the film across all platforms including SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, SHOWTIME ANYTIME® and the SHOWTIME stand-alone streaming service. BABY DRIVER received three Oscar nominations, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for lead actor Ansel Elgort. From TriSt...
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OSCAR WINNER RUSSELL CROWE TO STAR IN THE SHOWTIME LIMITED SERIES ADAPTATION OF THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM, THE BESTSELLING BOOK ON ROGER AILES
Academy Award® Winner Tom McCarthy And Emmy® Winner Jason Blum To Executive Produce Based On Reporting By Acclaimed Journalist Gabriel Sherman LOS ANGELES – June 25, 2018 – SHOWTIME has announced the order for an eight-episode limited series about Fox News founder Roger Ailes, starring Academy Award® and Golden Globe winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind) in the title role and based upon the extensive reporting of Gabriel Sherman in New York magazine and his bestselling book, The Loudest Voice in the Room. Sherman co-wrote the initial episode with Oscar® winner Tom McCart...
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SHOWTIME ORDERS FIRST EVER WEEKLY LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW STARRING DESUS AND MERO
Photo: Seth Olenick NEW YORK – June 18, 2018 – SHOWTIME has ordered a weekly half-hour late-night series starring Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, scheduled for premiere in 2019. The first ever weekly late-night talk show on SHOWTIME will feature popular TV and podcast personalities Desus and Mero, speaking highly off the cuff and chatting with guests at the intersection of pop culture, sports, music, politics and more. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc. “We have waited a long time to enter the talk-show space, and we were only going...
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SHOWTIME ORDERS BLACK MONDAY TO SERIES
Comedy Stars Golden Globe® Winner Don Cheadle, Tony® Nominee Andrew Rannells And Regina Hall Created By Showrunners David Caspe And Jordan Cahan Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Directed Pilot And Will Executive Produce LOS ANGELES – June 14, 2018 – SHOWTIME has ordered the comedy series BLACK MONDAY, starring and executive produced by Emmy® nominated and Golden Globe® winning actor Don Cheadle – returning to SHOWTIME after a five-season run as star and executive producer of HOUSE OF LIES – with two-time Tony Award® nominee and Grammy® winner Andrew Rannells (Girls) and Regina Hall (Girls...