SHOWTIME has given a straight-to-series order to the drama RUST, starring Emmy winner and Tony and Golden Globe nominee Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom, Godless, The Looming Tower), who will executive produce and reteam with Oscar nominee Dan Futterman (Capote). Futterman will write multiple episodes of the series, which is co-produced with Platform One Media and based on Philipp Meyer’s celebrated debut novel American Rust. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine and Jana Winograde, … [Read more...] about Jeff Daniels to star in showtime drama series
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CBS Studios International and Russia’s Amedia TV announce major Licensing Agreement
CBS Studios International and leading Russian pay TV and SVOD platform Russian pay TV announced a new, exclusive, multi-year, multi-series content licensing agreement. As part of the agreement, Amedia TV will license a variety of CBS All Access original programming, with Russian audiences gaining exclusive access to hits like The Twilight Zone, narrated by Jordan Peele, along with upcoming series Why Women Kill and Stephen King’s The Stand. Amedia TV will also showcase … [Read more...] about CBS Studios International and Russia’s Amedia TV announce major Licensing Agreement
Sacha Baron Cohen returns with “Who is America?”
HONG KONG – Showtime has announced a brand new satirical half-hour series from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Famous for creating a roster of iconic moments and incendiary characters, Baron Cohen returns to series television for the first time in more than a decade, writing and directing Who is America? Having been in the works over the past year, the seven-episode series will explore diverse individuals, from the infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural spectrum, who … [Read more...] about Sacha Baron Cohen returns with “Who is America?”
CBS Studios signs agreement with Digiturk
LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM/ISTANBUL – CBS Studios International and Turkey’s largest digital pay TV platform Digiturk have announced a new, exclusive, multi-platform, multi-series content licensing agreement. As part of the agreement, Digiturk’s portfolio of entertainment channels will exclusively broadcast the entire slate of new series from CBS Studios International, including programming created for the CBS Television Network, The CW and the acclaimed U.S. premium cable network … [Read more...] about CBS Studios signs agreement with Digiturk
Twin Peaks, the wait is over
Lisbon and Amsterdam - On April 8, 1990, David Lynch showed the world for the first time the genius piece of art that was Twin Peaks. TV was never the same and the world created by Lynch and Mark Frost, with the sublime music by Angelo Badalamenti, still cast s a spell on many and has a following of millions of fans around the world. Now it is happening again, with the long-awaited SHOWTIME limited event series, Twin Peaks, premiering exclusively in Portugal on TVSéries, May … [Read more...] about Twin Peaks, the wait is over
CANAL+ Group and CBS make an agreement
Paris and Amsterdam – CANAL+ Group and CBS Corporation announced an exclusive licensing and trademark agreement for SHOWTIME in France. The long-term deal will bring the SHOWTIME brand to France for the first time, along with hundreds of hours of award-winning and critically-acclaimed SHOWTIME original series and future SHOWTIME programming. CANAL+ Group will now have the exclusive rights for at least 10 current and future series produced by SHOWTIME, making CANAL+ Group the preferred home of … [Read more...] about CANAL+ Group and CBS make an agreement
