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SHOWTIME BULLISH FOR BILLIONS
NETWORK UNVEILS THE FIRST LOOK TEASER FOR ITS NEW DRAMA SERIES STARRING Emmy® and Golden Globe® winners PAUL GIAMATTI AND DAMIAN LEWIS BILLIONS Premieres In Early 2016 On Linear, On Demand And Over The Internet NEW YORK, NY – July 8, 2015 – Today, SHOWTIME unveiled a first look teaser for the new drama series BILLIONS, premiering in early 2016. Starring Oscar nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti (John Adams) and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis (Homeland), BILLIONS is a 21st-century examination of the profit and peril of chasing the American dream. BILLIO...
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SHOWTIME SERVICE IS AVAILABLE NOW OVER THE INTERNET
Today Consumers Can Access SHOWTIME Via Apple®, Roku®, Hulu And PlayStation™ Vue NEW YORK – July 7, 2015 – A new era has arrived. Starting today, SHOWTIME is available as a stand-alone streaming service on Apple TV®, iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch® and the Roku streaming platform, and consumers can subscribe to the service for one monthly price of $10.99. Viewers can also subscribe to SHOWTIME via PlayStation Vue’s cloud-based TV service, or can get the SHOWTIME service through their Hulu subscription and stream on a wide range of the most popular internet-connected streaming devices. The lau...
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SARAH SILVERMAN RETURNS TO MASTERS OF SEX FOR MULTI-EPISODE ARC
Third Season Premieres July 12 At 10 PM ET/PT On Showtime® LOS ANGELES, CA - June 24, 2015 -- Emmy®-winning comedian and actress Sarah Silverman will reprise her role as “Helen” on the third season of MASTERS OF SEX premiering July 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. Starring Emmy and Golden Globe® nominee Michael Sheen and Emmy nominee Lizzy Caplan as real-life pioneers of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson, MASTERS OF SEX chronicles their unusual lives, romance and pop-culture trajectory. Masters and Johnson’s research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from...
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SHOWTIME AND HULU PARTNER TO LAUNCH SHOWTIME STREAMING SERVICE THROUGH HULU IN EARLY JULY
SHOWTIME Becomes First Premium Service Offered On Hulu NEW YORK – June 23, 2015 – Hulu subscribers will soon have the ability to add the SHOWTIME service to their Hulu subscription and stream on a wide range of the most popular internet-connected streaming devices. The announcement was made today by Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc. and Mike Hopkins, CEO, Hulu. Starting in early July, SHOWTIME will become the first premium service to be offered to Hulu’s nearly nine million subscribers nationwide. Hulu will make SHOWTIME available for purchase prior to the highly-a...
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SHOWTIME PICKS UP SEASON THREE OF THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED HIT DRAMA PENNY DREADFUL
Season Three to Begin Production in Dublin, Ireland This Fall NEW YORK, NY – June 16, 2015 – SHOWTIME has renewed the critically-acclaimed, BAFTA Award-winning drama series PENNY DREADFUL for a third season, it was announced today by David Nevins, President, Showtime Networks Inc. Created, written and executive produced by three-time Oscar® nominee John Logan, PENNY DREADFUL stars Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Eva Green. A co-production with Sky Atlantic, PENNY DREADFUL will once again shoot on location in Dublin, Ireland for a nine episode order to debut in 2016. The second seaso...
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SHOWTIME EXECUTIVE TRANSITION PLAN IS ANNOUNCED
MATTHEW C. BLANK WILL CONTINUE AS CHAIRMAN OF SHOWTIME NETWORKS DAVID NEVINS PROMOTED TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE DIVISION Matthew C. Blank David Nevins Transition of Title and Duties to Be Effective Jan. 1, 2016 NEW YORK – June 11, 2015 – Matthew C. Blank, who has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Showtime Networks since 1995, will pass his title and duties as CEO to a key lieutenant on Jan. 1, 2016. Blank will continue on in his role as Chairman of the division after the transition. “Matt Blank ha...
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SHOWTIME ORDERS MORE EPISODES
Led By Three-Time Emmy® Nominee & Golden Globe® Winner Matt LeBlanc, Series Returns For Fifth Season LOS ANGELES, CA – June 10, 2015 – SHOWTIME has ordered a fifth season of EPISODES, consisting of nine, half-hour episodes. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Showtime Networks Inc. The series stars Matt LeBlanc in his three-time Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role as a fictionalized version of himself. Creators and executive producers David Crane & Jeffrey Klarik have also received three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series...
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SHOWTIME ACQUIRES TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL OPENING GALA DOCUMENTARY PLAY IT FORWARD
ABOUT LEGENDARY NFL STAR TONY GONZALEZ NEW YORK – June 10, 2015 – Showtime Networks Inc. has acquired the rights to PLAY IT FORWARD, an intimate portrait on the life, family and career of legendary NFL tight end and future Hall of Fame inductee Tony Gonzalez, and his relationship with his older brother Chris. The documentary premiered as the Opening Gala of the 2015 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival — which screens sports movies as part of the annual Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary was the only non-ESPN film in the festival’s nine-year history to win the coveted opening gala spot. ...
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SHOWTIME SPINS INTO THE 1960s WITH MASTERS OF SEX
Network Unveils Season Three Key Art and New Teaser “We are the Sexual Revolution” Series To Premiere On Linear, On Demand And Over The Internet With Partners Apple, Roku and PlayStation Vue On the heels of today’s announcement of the new SHOWTIME over-the-internet partners, the network unveiled the season three key art and a newly released teaser for the award-winning drama series, MASTERS OF SEX, which premieres Sunday, July 12th at 10:00 PM ET/PT. To watch the season premiere of MASTERS OF SEX, in early July consumers will have the option to subscribe to SHOWTIME through the stand...