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SHOWTIME TO AIR DARK COMEDY SERIES THE END FROM THE PRODUCERS OF TOP OF THE LAKE AND STATE OF THE UNION
Starring Emmy® Nominee Dame Harriet Walter and Golden Globe® Nominee Frances O’Connor Series To Make U.S. Premiere in 2021 Photo Credit: Mark Taylor/Courtesy of SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – September 15, 2020 – SHOWTIME has picked up the 10-episode first season of THE END, a half-hour dark comedy series starring Emmy nominee Harriet Walter (Succession, The Crown, Killing Eve) and Golden Globe nominee Frances O’Connor (The Missing, Mansfield Park). In THE END, three generations of a family live with separate but intersecting obsessions – trying to figure out how to die with dignity, live wit...
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SHOWTIME PICKS UP HIT DRAMA SERIES THE CHI FOR A FOURTH SEASON
Photo: SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – September 8, 2020 – SHOWTIME has picked up the hit drama series THE CHI for a fourth season. Created and executive produced by Emmy® winner Lena Waithe (Twenties, Boomerang) and executive produced by Academy Award®, Emmy and Golden Globe® winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents on the South Side of Chicago who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. Season three cast included Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Queen of Katwe), Jacob Latimore (Sleight), Alex Hibbert (Mo...
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THE CIRCUS EXAMINES THE AFTERMATH OF WISCONSIN UNREST
‘Law and Disorder’ Airs Sunday, September 6, at 8 PM on SHOWTIME® Credit: Andy Manis/SHOWTIME THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE CRAZIEST POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON EARTH continues its fifth season this Sunday as the presidential candidates visit Kenosha, Wisconsin in the aftermath of protests and violence over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon, along with guest contributor Jennifer Palmieri, are on the ground to explore how the demand for racial justice and the tension between police and protesters is impacting the presidential race in this key b...
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SHOWTIME® RELEASES TRAILER FOR KINGDOM OF SILENCE FROM EMMY® WINNING TEAM OF EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ALEX GIBNEY AND LAWRENCE WRIGHT AND DIRECTOR RICK ROWLEY PREMIERING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 9 PM ET/PT
Documentary Feature Explores U.S.-Saudi Arabia Relations Amid Murder of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi LOS ANGELES – September 3, 2020 – SHOWTIME announced today it will premiere the Showtime Documentary Film KINGDOM OF SILENCE, exploring the complicated dynamic between the United States and Saudi Arabia as a backdrop to the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, on Friday, October 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The film is directed by Oscar nominated and Emmy winning filmmaker Rick Rowley (16 SHOTS, Dirty Wars) and will premiere on the second anniversary of Khasho...
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ON THE CIRCUS, RACE AND RHETORIC COLLIDE AT GOP CONVENTION
‘Party of One’ Airs Sunday, August 30 at 8 PM on SHOWTIME® Photo: Courtesy of Showtime THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE CRAZIEST POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON EARTH continues its fifth season this Sunday with an inside look at the 2020 Republican National Convention. Hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon, along with guest contributor Jennifer Palmieri, convene in the nation’s capital as President Trump and his allies make a case for re-election amid an historic pandemic and mounting protests following the death of Jacob Blake, an African American man shot by Wisconsin police. For a pre...
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SHOWTIME OFFERS THE PREMIERE EPISODE OF NEW DOCU-SERIES LOVE FRAUD FOR FREE AHEAD OF ITS ON-AIR PREMIERE
Directed and Executive Produced by Oscar® Nominees and Emmy® Winners Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, Series Premieres on Sunday, August 30 at 9 PM ET/PT NEW YORK – August 28, 2020 – SHOWTIME has released the premiere episode of its new docu-series LOVE FRAUD early for free online sampling, on streaming platforms and on demand. The series is executive produced and directed by Emmy winners and Academy Award® nominees Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady. The premiere episode is available for free now on YouTube and SHO.com. LOVE FRAUD will officially premiere on air this Sunday, August 30 at ...
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SHOWTIME PICKS UP ASTRONAUT COMEDY SERIES MOONBASE 8 STARRING FRED ARMISEN, TIM HEIDECKER AND JOHN C. REILLY
Executive Produced by Armisen, Heidecker, Reilly and Series Director Jonathan Krisel Series From A24 To Premiere This Fall on SHOWTIME Photo Credit: Courtesy of A24 Films/SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – August 20, 2020 – SHOWTIME has picked up MOONBASE 8, a new half-hour comedy series from A24 set to debut this fall. Starring Emmy® nominee Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) and Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominee John C. Reilly (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), the six-episode series is a workplace comedy that follows three subpar astronaut...
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THE CIRCUS IS BACK ON SHOWTIME FOR BIDEN'S VP PICK
‘The New Abnormal’ Airs Sunday, August 16 at 8 PM Photo: Ben Hider/SHOWTIME THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE CRAZIEST POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON EARTH resumes its fifth season this Sunday with an inside look at Joe Biden's history-making selection of Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 presidential race. Hosts John Heilemann, Alex Wagner and Mark McKinnon, along with guest contributor Jennifer Palmieri, are back on the campaign trail to explore all sides of the Biden veepstakes rollout, what it means for the Democratic Party's convention next week and the state of the race amidst t...
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SHOWTIME RENEWS EMMY NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SERIES VICE FOR A SECOND SEASON
Season Two Comes as VICE Receives Its First 2020 Primetime Emmy Nomination on SHOWTIME Photo: Zachary Caldwell/VICE News/SHOWTIME LOS ANGELES – July 30, 2020 – SHOWTIME has picked up a second season of VICE, the award-winning documentary series that recently wrapped its first season on the network and received a 2020 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special. Delivering immersive reporting from the frontlines of global conflicts, civil uprisings and beyond, the VICE team of journalists rapidly adapted this past season to cover stories of the Covid-19 pandemic...