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SHOWTIME ORDERS NEW COMEDY PILOT SMILF, BASED ON THE AWARD-WINNING SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FROM FRANKIE SHAW
LOS ANGELES – August 11, 2016 – Today, SHOWTIME announced that it has ordered a new comedy pilot based on Frankie Shaw’s Sundance Film Festival Jury Award-winning short film SMILF. Shaw will star, write, produce and direct the semi-autobiographical pilot, with Oscar® nominee Michael London (Sideways), and Emmy® nominees Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (The Office, Bad Teacher) executive producing. Set in Boston, SMILF will take a raw look at a single, 20-something whose desires for relationships, sex, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood. The pilot will be p...
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SHOWTIME ORDERS FIFTH SEASON OF RAY DONOVAN
The Hit Drama Series, Led by Two-Time Emmy® And Three-Time Golden Globe® Nominee Liev Schreiber, Will Begin Production Next Year LOS ANGELES, CA – August 11, 2016 – On the heels of RAY DONOVAN scoring five Emmy nominations for its third season, SHOWTIME has ordered a fifth season of its hit drama series. Production on season five’s 12, one-hour episodes will begin next year. One of the top-rated drama series on premium television this summer, RAY DONOVAN returned for its fourth season up double digits year over year and continues to air on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The announcement ...
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SHOWTIME TO PREMIERE ONE & DONE – DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLING TOP NBA DRAFT PICK BEN SIMMONS – FRIDAY, OCT. 21
SHOWTIME Sports® Releases First-Look Promo View, Embed ONE & DONE Promo: http://s.sho.com/2b8Peqd Download Promo For Your Video Player: https://we.tl/tW3NKakLw5 NEW YORK – August 11, 2016 – ONE & DONE, the SHOWTIME Sports documentary chronicling the sprawling journey of 2016 NBA No. 1 draft pick Ben Simmons, will premiere Friday, Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. The project, which was announced two days before Simmons was selected first overall in the 2016 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, is an intimate portrait that examines the coming-of-age of a basketball prodigy. ONE...
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SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY FILMS CONTINUES ITS STELLAR LINEUP WITH WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE OF ZERO DAYS ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 9 PM
NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 11, 2016 – On the heels of the Emmy®-nominated LISTEN TO ME MARLON, SHOWTIME adds another critically-acclaimed film to its Showtime Documentary Films roster. The world premiere of ZERO DAYS from prolific Oscar®-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney, is set to premiere on Saturday, November 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. The documentary, which premiered to great acclaim at the Berlin Film Festival, has captured audiences and critics’ attention during its theatrical run for its harrowing depiction of cyber warfare and its global implications. Written and directed b...
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SHOWTIME ORDERS NEW COMEDY PILOT MATING FROM JASON KATIMS AND STU ZICHERMAN
Taran Killam Cast In Lead Role LOS ANGELES – August 11, 2016 – SHOWTIME has ordered a new half-hour comedy project entitled MATING (working title), executive produced by Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights, Parenthood), and written and executive produced by Stu Zicherman (The Affair, The Americans). Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live) has been cast in the lead role. The comedy anthology pilot will center on a recently divorced guy who married young and now finds himself completely unprepared for the brave new, frank and fluid world of dating and hooking up. The project, produced by SHOWTIME, ...
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SHOWTIME CASTS COMEDIAN JAY PHAROAH IN LEAD ROLE FOR WHITE FAMOUS
Tim Story On Board To Direct And Produce The Pilot, Executive Produced By Academy Award® Winner Jamie Foxx And Showrunner Tom Kapinos LOS ANGELES – August 11, 2016 – SHOWTIME has cast actor and comedian Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) in the lead role for the new pilot WHITE FAMOUS, a half-hour comedy executive produced by Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx and showrunner Tom Kapinos (Californication). Tim Story, the prolific director who helmed the movie franchises Barbershop, Fantastic Four, Ride Along and Think Like A Man, has joined the project as an executive producer and will d...
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THE CIRCUS RETURNS SEPTEMBER 11th ON SHOWTIME
NEW YORK – August 11, 2016 – After revealing the pivotal behind-the-scenes presidential campaign moments that led to the Democratic and Republican nominations, THE CIRCUS returns Sunday, September 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. Following a brief hiatus, THE CIRCUS will return in time to track and cover the first presidential debate, continuing its unprecedented access to the players and key events leading up to the general election. Cameras will crisscross the country alongside nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to bring you every dramatic moment – from the intense head-to-he...
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SHOWTIME RELEASES THE OFFICIAL POSTER ART AND FIRST FOOTAGE FROM SEASON FOUR OF MASTERS OF SEX
Critically-Acclaimed Drama Starring Emmy® and Golden Globe® Nominee Michael Sheen And Emmy Nominee Lizzy Caplan Returns On September 11th At 10 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – August 2, 2016 – Today, SHOWTIME released the key art and first footage from season four of its critically-acclaimed drama series MASTERS OF SEX. Premiering on Sunday, September 11th at 10 p.m. ET/PT, MASTERS OF SEX stars Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Michael Sheen and Emmy nominee Lizzy Caplan as real-life pioneers of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Season four begins in 1968 and will take viewer...
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BABOU CEESAY, RORY KINNEAR AND DANIEL MAYS JOIN GUERRILLA
New Six Episode Limited Series Set To Air On SHOWTIME® And Sky Atlantic, Production Begins In London This Week Nathaniel Martello-White, Denise Gough, Brandon Scott, Zawe Ashton and Nicholas Pinnock Also Join To Download Images Go To http://appbox.sho.com/Z4Y8FM LOS ANGELES – August 2, 2016 – Babou Ceesay (Getting On, Eye In The Sky), Laurence Olivier Award winner Rory Kinnear (PENNY DREADFUL, Spectre) and Daniel Mays (Line of Duty, Mrs Biggs) have joined the cast of the new six-part drama thriller GUERRILLA. Also joining the cast are Nathaniel Martello-White (Deadmeat, Misfits, T...