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SHOWTIME RELEASES FIRST LOOK AT TEKASHI 6IX9INE DOCU-SERIES SUPERVILLAIN
Directed by Karam Gill and Featuring a Post-Prison Interview, The Three-Part Series Will Premiere Early 2021 Photo: SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – October 23, 2020 – SHOWTIME today released a first look from the provocative SUPERVILLAIN, profiling hip-hop artist Tekashi 6ix9ine’s epic rise to notoriety. Through an exclusive interview with the incendiary rapper after his release from prison earlier this spring, director Karam Gill (Ice Cold, G-Funk) examines the culture of manufactured celebrity through 6ix9ine’s mastery of social media. SUPERVILLAIN is produced by Imagine Documentaries, Rollin...
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SHOWTIME ORDERS UNTITLED SERIES STARRING ZIWE
Writer and Comedian To Star In and Executive Produce Variety Show Photo: Corbin Chase LOS ANGELES – October 21, 2020 – SHOWTIME has placed a straight-to-series order for an untitled variety series starring and executive produced by rising star Ziwe. The series will feature interviews, sketches and more – including unscripted and unpredictable real-world rendezvous between everyday people and Ziwe, a writer, comedian and performer. The announcement was made by Vinnie Malhotra, Executive Vice President, Nonfiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. In addition to writing for DESUS & ME...
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SHOWTIME SIGNS REGINA HALL TO FIRST-LOOK DEAL
Star of BLACK MONDAY To Develop Projects for the Network LOS ANGELES – October 19, 2020 – Regina Hall (BLACK MONDAY, Girls Trip) has signed a first-look deal with SHOWTIME, where she will develop and produce television projects under her production company, Rh Negative. Already in development is a one-hour comedy special featuring Hall as star and executive producer. The announcement was made today by Amy Israel, Executive Vice President, Scripted Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. “Regina is an undeniable and brilliant force in Hollywood, both in front of and behind the camera,” said ...
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STEPHEN COLBERT TO HOST ELECTION NIGHT SPECIAL ON SHOWTIME TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 AT 11 PM ET
Emmy® and Peabody® Award-Winning Late-Night Host Returns To SHOWTIME for a Live One-Hour Special STEPHEN COLBERT’S ELECTION NIGHT 2020: DEMOCRACY’S LAST STAND: BUILDING BACK AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BETTER 2020 NEW YORK – October 19, 2020 – Emmy and Peabody Award-winning late night host Stephen Colbert will return to SHOWTIME to host another live election night special. STEPHEN COLBERT’S ELECTION NIGHT 2020: DEMOCRACY’S LAST STAND: BUILDING BACK AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BETTER 2020. Airing Tuesday, November 3 at 11 p.m. ET, the one-hour special will feature the celebrated host of The Late Show w...
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SHOWTIME PICKS UP BLACK MONDAY FOR A THIRD SEASON
Comedy Series Starring Don Cheadle in His Emmy® Nominated Performance, Tony Nominee Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall and Paul Scheer Will Return to the Network In 2021 NEW YORK – October 15, 2020 – SHOWTIME is picking up a third season of its comedy series BLACK MONDAY, starring Emmy® nominee and Golden Globe® winner Don Cheadle, who also executive produces. The comedy about a motley crew of underdogs causing the worst stock market crash in the history of Wall Street also stars two-time Tony Award nominee and Grammy® winner Andrew Rannells (Girls) and Regina Hall (Little, Girls Trip),...
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DEXTER RETURNS TO SHOWTIME
Photo: SHOWTIME Network Picks Up New Limited Series Starring Golden Globe® Winner Michael C. Hall Clyde Phillips Returns as Showrunner LOS ANGELES – October 14, 2020 – America’s favorite serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) will return to SHOWTIME in a new 10-episode limited series that will once again bring together series star Michael C. Hall and showrunner Clyde Phillips. The new limited series is set to begin production in early 2021, with a tentative premiere date in the fall of 2021. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine and Jana Winograde, Presidents of Entert...
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SHOWTIME ANNOUNCES PREMIERE DATE FOR FINAL SEASON OF SHAMELESS
Season 11 To Launch Sunday, December 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT Photo: SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – October 13, 2020 – SHOWTIME has announced the 11th and final season of its hit comedy series SHAMELESS will premiere Sunday, December 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. SHAMELESS, which originally premiered in the winter of 2011, ranks as the network’s No. 1 comedy and its longest-running series, and has the youngest-skewing audience of any SHOWTIME series. Season 10 of SHAMELESS aired its finale on January 26 and averaged 5.7 million weekly viewers across platforms. The final season of SHAMELESS finds the Gallagher f...
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SHOWTIME ORDERS NEW COMEDY SERIES FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS
Award-Winning Comedians and Creators Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman To Executive Produce and Star Photos: L: Kevin Iso (Gabriel Michael), R: Dan Perlman (N/A) LOS ANGELES – October 12, 2020 – SHOWTIME has made a straight-to-series order for 10 episodes of the new half-hour comedy FLATBUSH MISDEMEANORS, created and written by Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman, who will both star. The series is a co-production by SHOWTIME and Avalon (Breeders, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver), which will act as lead studio in adapting Iso and Perlman’s digital series of the same name. The announcement was made to...
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SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY FILMS ANNOUNCES ALEXANDRA PELOSI’S AMERICAN SELFIE: ONE NATION SHOOTS ITSELF FROM MTV STUDIOS PREMIERING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 AT 9 PM ET/PT
Executive Produced by Sheila Nevins, Project Marks First Collaboration Between SHOWTIME and MTV Documentary Films and Will Be Qualified for Awards Consideration LOS ANGELES – October 8, 2020 – Showtime Documentary Films announced today it will premiere acclaimed filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi’s new film AMERICAN SELFIE: ONE NATION SHOOTS ITSELF on Friday, October 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. A visceral cross-country journey during one of the most tumultuous years in history and chilling in its foreshadowing, the feature documentary fearlessly enters the heart of a nation and reflects back urgent, and...