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With the upcoming limited legal thriller set to premiere this December, Showtime has released a second official trailer for the Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)-starring Your Honor Written by Peter Moffat (The Night Of) and stemming from executive producers Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight), Cranston, and Moffat, the ten-episode series rips through all strata of[...]

Hall, showrunner Clyde Phillips, and Showtime were teaming up to bring Dexter back as a 10-episode limited series revival, the internet began tripping over itself with the hope that the series will find a way to fix the mess that was the 2013 series finale Now we're learning a little more about the series- at[...]

On our scale of the best-to-worst series finales that we've seen, Showtime's 2015 series finale to Michael C Hall-starring series Dexter has been our example of how not to end a series- essentially, our "1" on a 1-10 scale So news that Hall, showrunner Clyde Phillips, and the cable network are reteaming for a limited[...]

Fans of Showtime's Billions were treated to a trifecta of news on Thursday, with the cable network announcing that the Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti-starring series will be back for a sixth season When the sixth season hits screens, it will do so with Corey Stoll (Mike Prince) being upped from recurring to series regular[...]

Mercedes) as Donald Trump when Showtime's limited series adaptation of Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty (as well as additional interviews) The Comey Rule begins its two-night run Previously, viewers were offered a sneak preview of the infamous "loyalty" dinner between the two- a moment that continues to define both men to this day[...]

Showtime's limited series adaptation of former FBI head James Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty (as well as additional interviews) is proving to be even more essential viewing than anyone first thought considering the state of the country, and with a volatile presidential election right around the corner The Comey Rule stars [...]

With the upcoming limited legal thriller set to premiere on the cable network this December, Showtime released the official trailer for the Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)-starring Your Honor Written by Peter Moffat (The Night Of) and stemming from executive producers Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight), Cranston, and Moffat, the ten-episode series rips through all[...]

Showtime offered viewers a small taste of what they can expect when Emmy nominee Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), and Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee John C Reilly's (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) Moonbase 8 premieres on Sunday, November 9- and now they're getting a better look[...]

On Saturday, Showtime released an official teaser for Moonbase 8 created, written, and executive produced by Armisen, Heidecker, Reilly, and series director Jonathan Krisel (Baskets). (L-R): John C Reilly as Cap, Tim Heidecker as Rook and Fred Armisen as Skip in MOONBASE 8 "Rats" Photo Credit: Merie Wallace/SHOWTIME. The six-episode series is a workplace comedy that follows[...]

burning at all-time highs, Showtime's limited series adaptation of former FBI head James Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty (as well as additional interviews) is as essential now as ever before The Comey Rule stars  Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) as Comey and Brendan Gleeson (Mr Mercedes) as Donald Trump, as well as a[...]

Last time we checked in with Showtime's live-action Halo series, Pablo Schreiber (American Gods) aka Master Chief was expressing just how excited he is to be adapting the video game franchise Flash ahead close to six months and now we're getting a look at what Schreiber's been doing with all of that excitement: getting himself jacked[...]

Spending a reported $40 million to adapt former FBI head James Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty (as well as additional interviews) as a limited series, Showtime went all-in on The Comey Rule With a cast headlined by  Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) as Comey and Brendan Gleeson (Mr Mercedes) as Donald Trump, the[...]

Showtime's The Comey Rule (the cable network's $40 million adaptation of former FBI head James Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty as well as additional interviews) has seen its fair share of political headlines as much for the rumored shady dealings surrounding when the limited series would premiere as for the actual politics[...]

If Netflix's Space Force wasn't enough to fulfill your need for space-themed workplace comedy, Showtime's got you covered with Moonbase 8 The television series comes courtesy of Portlandia co-creators Fred Armisen and Jonathan Krisel, Tim Heidecker (Time and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), John C Reilly, and A24 The series is set to premiere fall[...]

The award-winning Matthew Weiner series saw a second syndication deal that landed it on Amazon and IMDbTV internationally and on AMC platforms domestically, with the series debuting on Lionsgate-owned Starzplay across their European and Latin American markets as well as in Japan. Weeds (Image: Showtime) Second, unlike Mad Men, the eight season, award-winning comedy-drama is heading into the[...]

Though we've covered the casting news and heard some of the rumblings, Showtime offered viewers their first full teaser for Bryan Cranston's (Breaking Bad) upcoming limited legal thriller Your Honor Written by Peter Moffat (The Night Of) and stemming from executive producers Robert and Michelle King (The Good Fight), Cranston, and Moffat, the ten-episode series[...]

If that's the case, then Showtime's The Comey Rule, the cabler's $40 million adaptation of former FBI head James Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty (as well as additional interviews), should be looking to rake in a ton of accolades when it airs on September 27 and 28, at 9 pm After rumors and[...]

Sitting in second place at 13% was the twisted Showtime series, with Lithgow walking away with an Emmy for his run as "typical everyman" Arthur Mitchell- and for three decades, he was also known as the Trinity Killer While Mitchell wouldn't make it out of the season alive, he would have an impact on Dexter's[...]

We're wondering if Showtime had any idea that The Comey Rule, its $40 million adaptation of former FBI head James Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty, would end up nearly as controversial as the individuals it highlights It's been a week since it was announced that the limited series' premiere had been moved[...]

We look at Showtime's interesting schedule change, a lack of Black Lightning love, how The Rookie moves forward with the third season, and how Black-ish could've ever been left off ABC's fall schedule in the first place We wrap up with a Twin Peaks tearjerker, a waste of The Alienist's time, the pro wrestling industry[...]

Showtime has released preview images and a premiere window for The Comey Rule, the cable network's $40 million adaptation of former FBI head James Comey's New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty Based on the book as well as a year's worth of additional interviews with key players from the time, the limited series[...]

Welcome back to our weekly preview of Showtime's long-running financial drama Billions, as we take a look at Sunday night's season 5 episode "The Limitless Shit." Directed by David Costabile and written by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Emily Hornsby, this week's midseason finale finds Axe (Damian Lewis) on the defensive on at least two[...]

With two episodes left after this Sunday night's "Hide and Seek," we're not quite sure how Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels will have a Los Angeles left for there to be a potential second season Unless a mini-apocalypse fueled by racism, corruption, Nazis, and a loss of faith was in the cards all along[...]

and losers. Asia Kate Dillon stars in Billions (Image: Showtime) (BCTV) Billions: Asia Kate Dillon Calls for Ending Gender-Specific Categories It still surprises me that we're dividing up acting award categories based on "male" and "female." Again, this feels like one of those things that haven't been changed only because "it's been that way for so long." But[...]

Billions star Asia Kate Dillon (Taylor Amber Mason on the hit Showtime series) isn't new to the fight to eliminate gender-specific categories In 2017, the first gender nonbinary performer to play a nonbinary character on a major television went public with their request for the TV Academy to clarify its gender distinctions Dillon would go[...]

Welcome back to our weekly preview of Showtime's long-running financial drama Billions, as we take a look at Sunday night's season 5 episode "The Nordic Model." Written by Shaz Bennett; with story by Adam R Perlman and Stephanie Mickus, and teleplay by Adam R Perlman and Eli Attie, the episode finds Axe's (Damian Lewis) plans running[...]

In last week's episode of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, "How It Is with Brothers" ran hard on the theme of the bonds that bind us, and some times hold us down For Tiago (Daniel Zovatto), it's the steps he's willing to take to protect his brother Mateo (Johnathan Nieves) from being arrested For[...]

Let the games begin! As you're about to see in the following preview for Sunday night's episode of Showtime's Billions, Axe's (Damian Lewis) next major move has already hit a roadblock and that "roadblock" has a name: Chuck (Paul Giamatti) Directed by Adam Bernstein and written by Theo Travers, "Contract" shows that old wounds don't[...]

You really do have to feel for Tiago (Daniel Zovatto), because Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, has been putting him through the wringer on a whole bunch of levels He wants to uphold law and justice, only to learn very quickly those are two very different things And to do right by the latter, sometimes[...]

Psych star James Roday shared his thoughts on why Twin Peaks was so important to him, and why he connected so much with Bobby Briggs.