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2016 SUMMER PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW
ORIGINAL SERIES
Ray Donovan (Season 4)
1 hour, 12 episodes
Premieres: Sunday, June 26th at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/ray-donovan/home
RAY DONOVAN stars Liev Schreiber as L.A.'s best professional fixer - the man called in to make the city's celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls' most complicated and combustible situations go away. Last season's intense battle with the Armenian mafia leads a wounded Ray to reconnect with his forsaken faith. With this second chance at redemption, Ray is on a path to becoming a much better husband and father. But while things at home are improving, his work introduces him to worlds more formidable and dangerous than ever before. Meanwhile, Mickey (Jon Voight, in his Emmy(R)-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role) has fled Los Angeles, hoping to plant roots on his own terms and to begin anew, one scam at a time. The series also stars Paula Malcomson, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Steven Bauer, Katherine Moennig, Pooch Hall, Kerris Dorsey and Devon Bagby. Guest stars featured in season four include Emmy nominee Lisa Bonet, Embeth Davidtz, Ted Levine, Gabriel Mann, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Chris Coppola and Billy Lush. A SHOWTIME production, the series is executive produced by David Hollander, Mark Gordon, Bryan Zuriff and Lou Fusaro, and created by Ann Biderman.
Roadies (New Series)
1 hour, 10 episodes
Premieres: Sunday, June 26th at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/roadies/home
Created by Oscar(R)-winning writer-director Cameron Crowe, and executive produced by Crowe, Winnie Holzman and J.J. Abrams, ROADIES is an insider's look at the reckless, romantic, funny and often poignant lives of a committed group of "roadies" who live for music and the de facto family they've formed along the way. The series chronicles the rock world through the eyes of music's unsung heroes and puts the spotlight on the backstage workers who put the show on the road while touring the United States for the successful arena-level group, The Staton-House Band. Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Old School, Enlightened) stars as the band's tour manager opposite Screen Actors Guild(R) Award nominee Carla Gugino (San Andreas, The Brink, The Space Between Us) as the production manager. Their unique personal and professional relationship is forever crashing and colliding as they guide the daily events of the band and crew of roadies. Imogen Poots (The Look of Love), Rafe Spall (One Day), Academy Award(R) nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Peter Cambor (NCIS: Los Angeles), Colson Baker a.k.a. Machine Gun Kelly (Beyond the Lights) and Ron White (Blue Collar Comedy Tour) star in the ensemble cast. Luis Guzmán (Boogie Nights), Jacqueline Byers (The Strain), Finesse Mitchell (Saturday Night Live), Branscombe Richmond (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Tanc Sade (Matador, Gilmore Girls) guest star.
The Circus (Docu-Series)
30 mins, Episode count TBD
Premieres: Sunday, July 10th at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/the-circus-inside-the-greatest-political-show-on-earth/home
THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH is produced in cooperation with Bloomberg Politics and featuring Bloomberg Politics managing editors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann (co-authors of the New York Times best-sellers Game Change and Double Down, and co-hosts of the nightly political show "With All Due Respect" on Bloomberg Television) and noted campaign strategist and media advisor Mark McKinnon. The real-time documentary series has pulled back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race, revealing the intense, irreverent, inspiring and infuriating stories behind the headlines of what has been one of the most fascinating and consequential elections in modern history.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
THE DREW
World Premiere: Friday, April 29th at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3433522/the-drew#/index
The incredible story of the unlikely rise of The Drew League, from humble beginnings in the crime and gang- infested streets of South Central Los Angeles to the nation's foremost pro-am basketball league. Crossing racial, cultural and socioeconomic barriers, THE DREW celebrates the value of basketball, persistence, loyalty and above all, community. Featuring NBA stars Kevin Durant, DeMar DeRozan, Brandon Jennings and Baron Davis.
BRAND: A SECOND COMING
US TV Premiere: Friday, May 6th at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3425024/brand-a-second-coming#/index
BRAND: A SECOND COMING chronicles actor / comedian / activist Russell Brand on his journey from addict, self-proclaimed narcissist and Hollywood star living in the fast-lane to his current, and unexpected, role as political disruptor and newfound hero to the underserved. Criticized for egomaniacal self-interest, Brand injects his madness into the world and calls for revolution. He stays the course with an irreverent courage that inspires a new generation of activists to rise against the ever-increasing world engorged in Consumerism. Can Brand rise against the roar of criticism from the very system that built him? Does he have the fortitude, resilience and commitment to keep up the fight? Will he find true happiness, which has eluded him since childhood? BRAND: A SECOND COMING takes audiences behind the scenes of this wildly complex man for an intimate look at what drives Brand as he continues to be the consummate disruptor.
JUST LET GO - LENNY KRAVITZ LIVE
US TV Premiere: Friday, May 13th at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3432222/just-let-go---lenny-kravitz-live#/index
Filmed in Paris, Prague, Lódz, Memphis, New Orleans and New York over the course of six months in 2014 and 2015, JUST LET GO is the story about relationships between Lenny Kravitz and his band and why, despite him being a solo artist, these musicians are so vitally important to him, both personally and professionally. Concert performances, captured raw, honest and live in Bercy Arena, Paris and the o2 Arena, Prague, showcase front-man extraordinaire Kravitz and the iconic and world-renowned virtuoso musicians who surround him. From the afro-sporting jazz drummer, Cindy Blackman Santana to David Bowie-collaborator bass player Gail Ann Dorsey, to long-standing friend, guitarist and musical director, Craig Ross, the film revels in the personalities and characters present in the band's stellar line up. Threading through the film in documentary footage, captured on locations steeped in American musical history and borne out in the live performances, is a narrative that explores what it means to be a part of Kravitz's band. On rooftops, in muscle cars, propped up in dive bars, and in pool halls, the band in their own words talk candidly about life on the road, sharing the stage, improvising, translating the music from the studio to the stage and Kravitz's quest for perfection.
STRETCH AND BOBBITO: RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES
US Broadcast Premiere: Wednesday, May 18th at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/documentaries
During the 1990s, Stretch and Bobbito introduced the world to an unsigned Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang, and Big Pun, as well as an unknown Jay-Z, Eminem, and the Fugees. The total record sales for all the artists that premiered on their radio show exceed 300 million. The late-night program had a cult following in the art/fashion world and prison population, as well. All would loyally tune in for the humor just as much for the exclusive tunes. Stretch and Bobbito brought a unique audience together and created a platform that changed music forever.
IN A PERFECT WORLD
World Premiere: Wednesday, June 15th at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/documentaries
"IN A PERFECT WORLD... " is a feature documentary that aims to explore all the requisite dynamics of what it is to be a man raised by a single mother. The inspiration for the film came from the director's own relationship with her son who has a largely absentee father. Over the course of several years, Daphne McWilliams began interviewing men about the relationships they had with their mothers and, to varying degrees, their absentee fathers. At the same time, she was raising her own son, Chase, as a single parent. She noticed that as Chase entered his teens, their relationship took a dramatic turn as he began coping with his most formative years and becoming an adult without the consistent presence of his own father. McWilliams realized it was time to turn the camera on her own family to document her son's painful abandonment issues while seeking to help him express and understand his feelings.
COMEDY SPECIALS
W. KAMAU BELL: SEMI-PROMINENT NEGRO
World Premiere: TONIGHT, April 29th at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/titles/3429029/w-kamau-bell-semi-prominent-negro#/index
Critically-acclaimed socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell stars in his first solo stand-up special W. KAMAU BELL: SEMI-PROMINENT NEGRO premiering Friday, April 29th at 10 p.m. on SHOWTIME on-air, online, on demand and over the internet. Directed by Morgan Spurlock (the Oscar(R)-nominated director of Super Size Me and Freakonomics) and filmed before a live audience at the Roulette Theater in Brooklyn, the film features his uniquely insightful and hilarious views on a host of social and political issues such as gentrification, marriage equality, "mixed-race" children and doing Black children's hair just to name a few. In SEMI-PROMINENT NEGRO, Bell confirms his stature as one of the leading cultural critics of our time.
"I have been a huge fan of Kamau for years, and when he approached me about directing his first big time comedy special, I jumped at the chance," said Spurlock. "As a lifelong fan of standup comedy and specials, I thought this opportunity was too good to miss." Bell added, "I'm extremely excited to finally release a one-hour comedy special on SHOWTIME. And the fact that it is directed by one of my favorite filmmakers ever, Morgan Spurlock, is too much to have hoped for. We live in critical times and comedy can help make those times a little bit easier to deal with. I hope that SEMI-PROMINENT NEGRO can help people laugh and deal with these times. Also I hope it helps me afford better health insurance. Specifically dental and vision."
SEMI-PROMINENT NEGRO is executive produced by Bell, Spurlock, Michele Armour and Jeremy Chilnick. For more information about W. KAMAU BELL: SEMI-PROMINENT NEGRO, visit SHO.com. To view the trailer, go to: https://youtu.be/tzKldU5jEsI.
BRAD WILLIAMS: DADDY ISSUES
World Premiere: Friday, May 20th at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/specials
Brad Williams returns to SHOWTIME in his second one-hour special. In this hilarious new show, Williams discusses race and political correctness, as well as his "Daddy Issues" on how his father raised him to deal with adversity and how his family had to deal with its greatest challenge yet. "I take more chances and talk about more things that I never thought I could joke about onstage," says Williams. And he more than delivers on that promise.
BEN GLEIB: NEUROTIC GANGSTER
World Premiere: Friday, June 3rd at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/specials
This is not an "Idiotest!" This is Ben Gleib's funniest test as a stand-up comic as the self-proclaimed "Neurotic Gangster" performs his first one-hour special to a sold-out audience at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA. Esquire named Gleib one of, "... six comedians who could be comedy's next big thing." Gleib is the host of IDIOTEST, the popular comedy brain teaser game show and for years was one of the stars and writers of CHELSEA LATELY with more than 100 appearances.
SXSW COMEDY WITH NATASHA LEGGERO: PART ONE
World Premiere: July TBD
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/specials
Another Period's Natasha Leggero hosts an all-star lineup of today's finest comedians in part one of this two-part showcase from the world's biggest festival. SXSW COMEDY WITH NATASHA LEGGERO brings more of the unexpected, shot right in the middle of the festival's insanity. Along with some star-studded sneak peeks at the festival, catch hilarious sets from Baron Vaughn, Andrew Santino, Emily Heller, James Adomian and Moshe Kasher. Put down the barbeque and join us for some of the finest comedy Austin, Texas has ever seen.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
World Premiere: September TBD
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/specials
Chicago-born-and-bred, Sebastian Maniscalco has tapped Manhattan's Beacon Theatre as the backdrop for his third SHOWTIME stand-up comedy event WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?, which will be filmed in front of a live audience on May 7th - one of the seven sold out shows at the theatre - to air on the network this summer on-air, online, on demand and over the internet. Directed by Joe Demaio, Maniscalco will deliver his unique brand of physical and quick-witted observational comedy in a new hour of highly anticipated skepticism, all while asking WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
"Coming up in this business over the years has taught me to look for folks that are in it for the same reasons I am," said Maniscalco. "I knew we had found a great partner in SHOWTIME on my last special, and I am happy we are continuing that relationship. Through their platform, I've been able to expose my stand-up to a broader audience and am looking forward to continuing to ask the hard questions like WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? when we return to the Beacon Theatre this summer."
From Levity Productions, Sebastian Maniscalco's WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? is executive produced by Judi Brown Marmel and Stu Schreiberg. For more information, please visit SHO.com, www.SebastianLive.com and follow @SebastianComedy on Twitter and Instagram.
SPORTS
60 MINUTES SPORTS
1 hour, 12 episodes
Airs on the first Tuesday of each month
Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/60-minutes-sports/home
CBS News and SHOWTIME Sports partner on this unique sports newsmagazine series offering first-class investigations and features on today's most important stories and intriguing personalities. The Sports Emmy Award-winning series represents the first time original 60 MINUTES content has aired on a cable network. The first name in news is now the last word in sports. 60 MINUTES SPORTS returned on Tuesday, Mar. 1, and continues on the first Tuesday of each month.
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