Showtime announces its 2013 Fall Programming Overview.
ORIGINAL SERIES
MASTERS OF SEX (Season 1 - NEW SERIES) 1 hour, 12 episodes Premieres: Sunday, September 29th at 10pm (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/masters-of-sex/home
MASTERS OF SEX stars Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, who will portray the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The series chronicles the unusual lives, romance and pop-culture trajectory of Masters and Johnson. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a mid-western teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine. The series is an adaptation of Thomas Maier's book Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How To Love. The pilot episode was directed and executive produced by Academy Award(R) nominee John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), and also stars Caitlin Fitzgerald (It's Complicated) in the role of Masters' wife; Nicholas D'Agosto (Heroes) and Teddy Sears (American Horror Story). Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) Award-winning actor Beau Bridges, and Margo Martindale also appear.
Masters of Sex was created and executive produced by Michelle Ashford (The Pacific). The series will also be executive produced by Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly and Judith Verno. Michael Sheen, Tammy Rosen and Thomas Maier will serve as producers.
Masters of Sex is produced by Sony Pictures Television.
HOMELAND (Season 3) 1 hour, 12 episodes Premieres: Sunday, September 29th at 9pm (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/homeland/home
HOMELAND Season 3 opens during the aftermath of the horrific terror attack that decimated the U.S. intelligence apparatus, and prompted a global manhunt for the world's most wanted terrorist - Nick Brody (Damian Lewis). As Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin) begin to pick up the pieces of their shattered professional and personal lives, they are swept up in the political and media firestorm surrounding the terror attack and the subsequent search for Brody's whereabouts. The series also stars Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend, Sarita Choudhoury, Morgan Saylor, Tracy Letts, Jackson Pace and F. Murray Abraham. One of Showtime's top-two rated series (along with DEXTER),
Homeland tied for the most wins of any program at the 2012 Emmy Awards, honored with six wins including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama Series; and has garnered 11 Emmy Nominations in 2013. Additionally,
Homeland has been awarded Golden Globe Awards, SAG, Peabody, Television Critics Association, AFI and Critics' Choice Awards.
TIME OF DEATH (Season 1 - NEW SERIES) 1 hour, 6 episodes Premieres: Fall 2013 Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/series
SHOWTIME will take an unflinching, in-depth look at some remarkable individuals facing their own imminent mortality in the six-episode documentary series TIME OF DEATH, from executive producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of the award-winning Magical Elves production team (Top Chef, Fashion Star, The Real L Word(R)). Cameras will follow brave, terminally ill individuals as they live out their final days, supported by family, friends, healthcare teams and hospice workers, who gently help guide the process. TIME OF DEATH will weave together these complex,
Unforgettable stories into an affecting portrait: a single mother of three with Stage IV breast cancer; a grandmother with inoperable pancreatic cancer who is also a psychotherapist who specializes in the field of death and dying; a veteran with a rare cancer facing the end with his parents beside him; and a young woman with Stage IV melanoma, among other profiles. Each unique, emotionally resonant tale will serve as a tangible reminder of the finite nature of time and mortality.
LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY SPECIALS
BILLY GARDELL PRESENTS ROAD DOGS: LAS VEGAS Planned Airdate: October 2013 Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/specials#/index
Billy Gardell (Mike & Molly) presents Don Learned, Bob Zany and Earthquake - three hilarious stand-up veterans who have polished their routines on the road night after night and earned the right to be called Road Dogs. Taped live at the Bonkerz Comedy Club at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, Road Dogs is a comedy experience that takes you on a road trip that will keep you laughing the whole ride long.
DANA GOULD: I KNOW IT'S WRONG Planned Airdate: November 2013 Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/specials#/index
In his highly anticipated special I Know It's Wrong, Gould takes on the absurdities of modern life through his pop-culture obsessed lens. There's no middle-ground when it comes to this blaring, unapologetic, and off-the-wall funny special. Gould has arrived, and the stand-up world is all the richer for it, in this special taped at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, WA.
F#CK NICK CANNON Planned Airdate: November 2013 Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/specials#/index
In his follow up to his tremendously successful debut comedy special Mr. Showbiz, the wildly popular comic-actor-musician-host responds to anyone who's ever said: F#ck Nick Cannon. A recent health scare has changed how he sees the world and he is here to share his unique perspective on getting older, raising children, and living with his famous wife (Mariah Carey). Nick Cannon doesn't care what the haters think, and that's what gives him his hilarious edge. Taped at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver, BC.
DOCUMENTARY SPECIALS
SUNSET STRIP Premieres: Friday, August 16th at 8:00pm (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3365262/sunset-strip#/index
Premiering in 2012 at the South by Southwest Film Festival this feature-length documentary traces the 100-year history of the loudest street on the planet. The film explores this iconic West Hollywood location, starting as a trading route at the turn of the last century and taking center stage for music, fashion and all things rock and roll. Since its premiere, SUNSET STRIP has appeared in over 20 film festivals worldwide, including a win for Best Doc Honors at the prestigious Capri Hollywood Film Festival in Italy and Best Doc Honors at the Catalina Film Festival. An unconventional mix of storytelling, original concerts, live performances, animation and rare archival films, all come together to bring the storied history of the Strip to life. The film includes interviews with Tom Arnold, Alice Cooper, Clive Davis, Hugh Hefner, Lou Adler, Johnny Depp, Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Fleetwood, Robby Krieger, Sharon Stone, Slash, Tommy Lee and many more. Live performances feature America, Dita Von Teese, Jane's Addiction, The Head Cat, The Pussycat Dolls, RATT, Slash featuring Fergie, Smashing Pumpkins, Steel Panther and X. Along with historians, authors, former mobsters, kids who call it their playground and families who call it home, the film goes beyond a rock documentary and into a fascinating world called SUNSET STRIP.
FAME HIGH Premieres: Thursday, September 12th at 7:00pm (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3365250/fame-high
From the tentative first day of school to the amazing year-end performances; Fame High captures the in-class and at-home drama, competition, heartbreak, and triumph during one school year at the distinguished Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA), where talented teens reach for their dreams of becoming actors, singers, dancers, and musicians. LACHSA is one of the most respected and competitive public arts high schools in the country. The teachers are working professionals, and some of the famous alumni include singing phenomenons Josh Groban and Fergie, as well as actors Corbin Bleu, Jenna Elfman, Anthony Anderson, and current SNL cast member Taran Killam, as well as principal dancer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Matthew Rushing, to name just a few. From Academy Award nominee Scott Hamilton Kennedy (The Garden, OT: Our Town) Fame High is a unique hybrid film: a Robert Altman-esque, coming-of-age, documentary musical which follows a group of novice freshman and seasoned seniors struggling to find their voices - not only in their art but in life - with the help of, and sometimes in spite of, their passionate and opinionated families. Each has sacrificed countless hours to become artistically good, but will they become excellent and be satisfied both personally and professionally? Are the sacrifices we make to chase our dreams worth it? This question is as relevant to these young artists as it is to their parents. In a time when performance-based entertainment is commonplace, it is safe to call Fame High the facts behind the fiction. Overnight success is a myth, and the true reality is nothing trumps endless hours of hard work. Shot over the course of 16 months, we see these young people strive, struggle, grow, and change before our eyes. And you thought regular high school was tough...
ROMAN POLANSKI: ODD MAN OUT Premieres: Friday, September 27th at 9:00pm (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/movies/titles/3381329/roman-polanski-odd-man-out#/index
ROMAN POLANSKI: ODD MAN OUT is the much anticipated follow-up to Marina Zenovich's revelatory 2008 documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. The original film detailed the legal machinations and intense media circus which surrounded Polanski's trial for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1978. Polanski's lawyers used the first film as evidence to re-open the 30-year-old case. But did the documentary also trigger Polanski's dramatic arrest and subsequent ten-month detention in Switzerland? ODD MAN OUT picks up the story in February 2009 - When the LA Superior Court looks into the first film's allegations of "...significant misconduct" on the part of the original trial judge. But when Polanski refuses to return to Los Angeles, the 30-year old case is brought powerfully back to life in a way which affects everyone involved. ODD MAN OUT follows the latest cat and mouse moves in this now-legendary case. Will Polanski evade American justice one more time or will there finally be closure for the director, the victim and the legal system?
LT: THE LIFE & TIMES Premieres: Friday, September 20th at 8pm (ET/PT) Visit: http://s.sho.com/16egSWA
LT: The Life & Times, a feature-length documentary film chronicling the spectacular on-field Hall of Fame NFL career of Lawrence Taylor, as well as his tumultuous off-field life, comes to SHOWTIME(R) Friday, September 20, 2013 (8 p.m. ET/PT,). The documentary will be the first-ever in-depth look focusing on Taylor's life with never-before-heard stories from Taylor, his family and friends, his former teammates and coaches on his playing days with the New York Giants, as well as his infamous off-field challenges, including his criminal and civil trial, and the troubling times that have plagued him throughout his life. Today, Taylor is a husband, father and grandfather who credits the support of his family as the reason he is alive. For the first-time, LT: The Life & Times reveals insights from Taylor's current wife, ex-wife and children, who speak about the ups and downs of life with the living legend. Leading up to the premiere of LT: The Life & Times on SHOWTIME, CBSSports.com will air an exclusive five-episode original web series beginning the week of August 19 that will introduce viewers to the key players in Taylor's life. Teammates and coaches will share their insights into his dominance on the football field, and friends and family will relive their experiences with Taylor in New York during the 1980s. Stories from Phil Simms, Taylor's close friend Dino Kyriacou, and others will give viewers an inside look at the professional and personal life of Taylor from the perspectives of those closest to him. New webisodes will debut every Wednesday on CBSSports.com through the week of the film's premiere on
Showtime on Friday, September 20.
UNHUNG HERO Planned Airdate: October 2013 Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/documentaries#/index
When Patrick Moote's girlfriend rejects his marriage proposal at a UCLA basketball game on the jumbotron, it unfortunately goes viral and hits TV networks worldwide. Days after the heartbreaking debacle, she privately reveals why she can't be with him forever: Moote's small penis size. Unhung Hero follows Moote's real-life journey as he boldly sets out to expose this extremely personal chapter of his life, confronting ex-girlfriends, doctors, anthropologists and even adult film stars. From witch-doctors in Papua, New Guinea to sex museums in Korea, Moote has a lot of turf to cover on his globe-trotting adventure to finally answer the age old question: does size matter?
THE OTHER SHORE Planned Airdate: November 2013 Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/documentaries#/index
THE OTHER SHORE follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a 30-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles, non-stop, from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her past and present collide in her obsession with a feat that no one has ever accomplished. At the edge of The Devil's Triangle, tropical storms, sharks, venomous jellyfish, and one of the strongest ocean currents in the world, all prove to be life-threatening realities. Timothy Wheeler's documentary brings Nyad's extraordinary adventure to life as she sets out to prove that will and determination are all you need to make the unimaginable possible.
SHOWTIME SPORTS
ALL ACCESS - "THE ONE: FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO ALVAREZ Premieres: Saturday, August 24th at 10pm ET/ 7 pm PT Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLEk6Odv-fQ
SHOWTIME Sports will present the latest chapter of its award winning original documentary series
All Access in advance the live showdown between Floyd Mayweather and rival superstar Canelo Alvarez. ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Canelo will take viewers into the dramatic and often unpredictable lives of the two superstars at the epicenter of one of the biggest sporting events of the year. The four-part series premieres Saturday, Aug. 24 at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on SHOWTIME. Mayweather vs. Canelo is a live four-fight
Showtime PPV(R) event taking place on Saturday, Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Renowned documentarian Ross Greenburg returns as executive producer on ALL ACCESS: Mayweather vs. Canelo, which features the series' trademark approach that allows its subjects to guide the narrative on real terms. Each 30-minute episode offers an intimate portrait of Mayweather and Canelo, their backstories, home life and their respective training camps as they prepare for the fight of their lives. Episode 2 premieres Saturday, Aug. 31 Episode 3 premieres Saturday, Sept. 7 Episode 4 premieres Wednesday, Sept. 11. Encore presentations will air on
CBS Sports Network,
Showtime and
Showtime EXTREME.
All Access will also be available via
Showtime ON DEMAND and
Showtime ANYTIME.
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