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  • July 2008

    • Weinsteins Sign 7-Year Deal With Showtime

      Variety  |  Jul 15, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Weinsteins Sign 7-Year Deal With Showtime

      (Newser) - Showtime and the Weinstein Company have inked an exclusive 7-year movie deal, giving the pay TV network a replacement for the slate of films it lost when Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate decamped in April and teamed up to launch a rival network, Variety reports. Showtime had balked at what it called excessive license fee demands; all the CEO would say about the fee the Weinsteins will be getting is that it's "a price that is consistent with today's marketplace." More »

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      Hollywood  • cable TV  • Paramount Pictures  • Showtime  • MGM  • Harvey Weinstein  • Lionsgate  • The Weinstein Company

  • May 2008

    • Magic of 'This American Life' Returns to Small Screen

      Salon  |  May 4, 08 11:57 AM CDT

      Magic of 'This American Life' Returns to Small Screen

      (Newser) - The stories on the small-screen version of “This American Life” start out small—a husband’s protest over the oppressive American trend of lawn-mowing, a young man living with spinal muscular atrophy—and become something universal, both dark and light, even a little magical, writes Heather Havrilesky on Salon.com. On the second season, which premieres tonight on Showtime, everyday snapshots of people’s lives become art. More »

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      television  • art  • radio  • biography  • Showtime  • Ira Glass  • This American Life

  • April 2008

    • Movie Studios to Create Premium Channel

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 21, 08 8:50 AM CDT

      Movie Studios to Create Premium Channel

      (Newser) - Paramount Pictures, MGM Studios, and Lionsgate are creating a premium TV channel to compete with HBO and Showtime, reports the Los Angeles Times, which currently showcase their programming. The joint venture comes as those same channels look to pay studios less for movies and pursue production of their own content. More »

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      television  • HBO  • Viacom  • Paramount Pictures  • Showtime  • MGM  • United Artists

  • March 2008

    • 'Tudors': Flashy Fiction Is Far From Fact

      ABC News  |  Mar 30, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      'Tudors': Flashy Fiction Is Far From Fact

      (Newser) - In the battle of fact versus flair, it’s pretty obvious which side “The Tudors” comes down on. Showtime’s steamy period soap opera, which premiers its second season tonight, trades a chubby, tight-wearing Henry VIII for slim, sexy Jonathan Rhys Meyers. “It’s sloppy filmmaking,” one historian tells ABC News. “Not one female costume in there is correct for the period. It’s so off the mark it’s laughable.” More »

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      history  • Showtime  • soap operas  • sexy costumes  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers  • Anne Boleyn  • Henry VIII

    • HBO Struggles for Post- Sopranos Hits

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 22, 08 8:50 AM CDT

      HBO Struggles for Post- Sopranos Hits

      (Newser) - HBO, at 36 years old no longer a bold young upstart of a network, is struggling to come up with hits to match The Sopranos and Sex & The City, the Wall Street Journal reports. Changes in the top ranks have meant shifts in direction: The Texas-set Lily Tomlin drama 12 Miles of Bad Road HBO was ditched after execs saw the first few episodes. More »

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      television  • cable TV  • Time Warner  • HBO  • Sex and the City  • Showtime  • The Sopranos  • Jeff Bewkes  • Chris Albrecht

  • February 2008

    • Mixed Martial Arts Coming to Network TV

      Variety  |  Feb 28, 08 7:33 PM CST

      Mixed Martial Arts Coming to Network TV

      (Newser) - CBS is juicing up its Saturday night prime-time programming with mixed martial arts, Variety reports. ProElite, a company that has worked with CBS cable sister Showtime, will produce the show, with a first airing aimed for April 26. With the coveted 18-to-34-year-old male demographic in its crosshairs, CBS plans to run four yearly MMA specials. More »

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      television  • CBS  • Showtime  • primetime TV  • mixed martial arts

  • November 2007

    • Chili Peppers Sue Over 'Californication'

      Hollywood Reporter  |  Nov 20, 07 9:35 AM CST

      Chili Peppers Sue Over 'Californication'

      (Newser) - The Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime for stealing the title of their 1999 hit album. The cable network's "Californication" series, which stars David Duchovny, also features a character called Dani California—the title of a 2006 Chili Peppers song. The suit, for unfair competition, dilution of the value of the name, and unjust enrichment, seeks damages and an injunction against further use of the title. More »

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      music industry  • copyright law  • Showtime  • David Duchovny

  • August 2007

    • It's not HBO— It's Showtime

      Esquire  |  Aug 25, 07 4:24 PM CDT

      It's not HBO— It's Showtime

      (Newser) - HBO was the network that was going to transcend television—and it did. But if you canceled your HBO subscription after the "Sopranos' " annoyingly ambiguous conclusion, Esquire has a suggestion to full the gap in your premium cable lineup. Showtime has been pushing the envelope with shows like "Weeds"  and "Dexter." More »

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      television  • HBO  • Showtime  • Weeds

  • March 2007

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