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SEASON TWO OF JIM ROME ON SHOWTIME CONTINUES THIS WEDNESDAY WITH KOBE BRYANT, GEORGE LOPEZ AND JIM MORA
Bryant Talks About Relationship With Shaq, Mora Objects To Mike Rice’s Coaching Tactics And Lopez Adds A Comical Twist When Recounting His Round At Augusta LOS ANGELES (April 10, 2013) – JIM ROME ON SHOWTIME continues its second season with guests Kobe Bryant, George Lopez, Jason and Randy Sklar, Jim Mora, Jason Whitlock and Scott Fujita. The episode is scheduled to air Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME®. Comedic icon and golf enthusiast George Lopez sits down with Rome for a one-on-one interview to talk playing at Augusta National, Tiger Woods and his beloved L.A. Lakers. ...
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MICHAEL IMPERIOLI SIGNS UP FOR SOME CALIFORNICATION
Emmy® Winning Actor Will Guest Star on 7th Season, Premiering in 2014 on SHOWTIME® LOS ANGELES, CA – (April 9, 2013) – Award-winning actor Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) is set to guest star in the seventh season of the hit SHOWTIME comedy series CALIFORNICATION in a multi-episode arc as Rick Rath, a successful old-school television producer who will play a key role in Hank’s (series star and executive producer David Duchovny) latest venture. Production on the seventh season’s 12 episodes begins later this month for premiere in 2014 on SHOWTIME. Imperioli is best known for his work a...
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DODGERS CONTROLLING PARTNER MARK WALTER IN FIRST TELEVSION INTERVIEW TELLS “60 MINUTES SPORTS” HIS HIGH WINNING BID FOR THE TEAM WAS A PREEMPTIVE STRATEGY TO MAKE HIS BEST AND FINAL OFFER FIRST
Premieres Wednesday, April 3 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT on SHOWTIME® The controlling partner in the consortium that paid a record $2.15 billion for the L.A. Dodgers last year says his bid, which many criticized as too high, was a strategy that paid off. In his first television interview, Mark Walter of Guggenheim Partners says he put his highest and best offer on the table first, believing his competitors would not be showing their real hands in the initial round. His strategy paid off when his bid was quickly accepted. The interview with Walter is part of a 60 MINUTES SPORTS story ...
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BONDS AND CLEMENS SHOULD GET INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME SAYS ESPN’S CHRIS BERMAN – “60 MINUTES SPORTS” ON SHOWTIME
Premieres Wednesday, April 3 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens – names synonymous with Major League Baseball’s steroid controversy – belong in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, says ESPN’s Chris “Boomer” Berman. The sports broadcast legend tells Lara Logan that and much more in a fun and fascinating 60 MINUTES SPORTS profile premiering Wednesday, April 3 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT on SHOWTIME®. Berman, the excitable host of ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown and major event golf and baseball coverage, has been a sportscaster for 34 years....
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SEE SPORTS BROADCASTING LEGEND CHRIS BERMAN DISCUSS HIS STORIED CAREER, THE REBUILT, RE-ENERGIZED LA DODGERS, AND THE LEGENDARY MASTER OF GOLF COURSE DESIGN, PETE DYE, ON THE NEXT EDITION OF “60 MINUTES SPORTS” ON SHOWTIME®
Share this preview video http://s.sho.com/YLHQ1W Premieres Wednesday, April 3 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT Why did Chris Berman win the National Sportscaster of the Year award six times? Can new owners with deep pockets, new players and a refurbished Dodger Stadium bring a World Series trophy to Los Angeles for the first time in 25 years? Does master golf course designer Pete Dye secretly enjoy making golfers miserable with his tough layouts? Those answers and more on the next edition of 60 MINUTES SPORTS Wednesday, April 3 at 9PM only on SHOWTIME. Berman, the gravel voiced...
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OSCAR® NOMINEE JAMES WOODS JOINS ALL-STAR CAST OF RAY DONOVAN ON SHOWTIME®
LOS ANGELES, CA – (March 19, 2013) – Two-time Oscar® nominee, and Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner James Woods will star in the highly-anticipated new SHOWTIME drama series RAY DONOVAN in the recurring role of Patrick "Sully" Sullivan. Living in his hometown of South Boston, Sully has a very complicated history with the Donovan family. The series marks a return to television for Woods, who last starred as the title character in the CBS drama series Shark. Woods will begin filming RAY DONOVAN next week in Los Angeles. With over 70 major motion pictures, TV films and miniseries to his credit,...
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HABEMUS PAPAM: BRUNO GANZ JOINS “THE VATICAN” ON SHOWTIME® AS POPE SIXTUS VI
LOS ANGELES, CA – (March 15, 2013) – As the world watched the news of the historic appointment of a new Pope, SHOWTIME's THE VATICAN continues to select the members of its "conclave" as acclaimed actor Bruno Ganz (Downfall) joins the drama pilot as Pope Sixtus VI. Pope Sixtus VI, of German ancestry, is an unassuming and introspective caretaker of the Church, who struggles with his own legacy, and how history will judge his papacy. Starring Kyle Chandler, as Cardinal Thomas Duffy, THE VATICAN is a provocative contemporary genre thriller about spirituality, power and politics. Two–time Osc...
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SHOWTIME NETWORKS AND THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS EXTEND OUTPUT AGREEMENT FOR DREAMWORKS STUDIOS’ FEATURE FILMS
Showtime Networks To Continue Airing DreamWorks Studios’ Films Through 2018 Theatrical Releases LOS ANGELES, CA – March 14, 2013 – Showtime Networks Inc. and The Walt Disney Studios have extended their exclusive output agreement under which DreamWorks Studios' films theatrically released by Disney through 2018 will air across SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as well as its multiplex channels. Under the current agreement, which was set to run through 2015, Showtime Networks will continue to air high-profile DreamWorks features including The Help and War Horse across its premium cha...
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SHOWTIME® IS TRENDING NOW @SXSW®
Network Presents Branded Experience Including An Exclusive Lounge And RAY DONOVAN Watch Party, Film Festival Shuttle Busses And Sponsorship Of The SXSW GO App NEW YORK, NY – (March 7, 2013) – SHOWTIME has announced its efforts to bring a special branded experience, and access to some of the hottest content on television to the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. The impact of the SHOWTIME brand is already being experienced through the multi-platform SXSW GO app, and will extend throughout the festival with network-branded film buses shuttling throughout the city...