Penny Dreadful, the latest premium cable show to exploit the talents of under-worked actors and period-piece costumers, will arrive with buckets of blood, sex, and creepy backwards hand-walking on May 11. In the meantime, this trailer will stoke your anticipation for a show about Victorian monsters that stars Josh…
Starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, Showtime's new one-hour drama series Masters of Sex chronicles the "unusual lives, romance, and pop culture trajectory" of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Rowr. ish.
Question: Do you like literature? Yes, of course you do, how silly of me to ask. Do you also like monsters, provided they're menacing someone who is not you? Uh-huh, and what about psychosexual horror flicks? If you can emphatically check all these off under your "things that are awesome to me" list, then you will be…
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Though Showtime has suggested that The Real L Word reality series has likely reached the end of its run, the concept could yet again receive a fresh look. Speaking to reporters on Saturday after his executive sessions at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour, Showtime entertainment president David…
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Actor Michael C. Hall, left, and actress Jennifer Carpenter from the television show "Dexter," participate in the CW Showtime TCA Panels, Monday, July 30, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
We're not entirely sure what this...is...but it looks like Karl had a fever dream after watching Mannequin (or maybe after watching the Amber Valletta horror vehicle Dead Silence), woke up, and thought, "What a tremendous concept for zee new video!"
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Karl Lagerfeld's boy-toy Baptiste Giabiconi's first dance single — yes, he has a dance single — sounds a little like Ke$ha, if Ke$ha had DJ Pauly D hair and sang to really, exceptionally trashy house music. His video is amazing.
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In the wake of Shit My Dad Says, the internet has spawned yet another TV project. Alexi Wasser's "provocative" blog, ImBoyCrazy.com, will be a half-hour comedy on Showtime. You know, the lady network?
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If you're staying in and skipping Eat, Pray Love tonight, check out Strikeforce on Showtime, where 135-pound MMA phenom Miesha Tate will be part of a one-night tournament. She's not just fighting her opponent — she's battling sexism.
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We learned so many things about real lesbians the other night on The Real L Word. We learned that in order to love women in a non-douchebaggy way, you have to be a douchebag.
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Despite the heavy breathing in its trailers, The New York Times says the first few episodes of the reality L Word spinoff are surprisingly chaste. Says creator Ilene Chaiken, "I didn't want to put forward a bunch of trashy lesbians."
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There's not a lot of talking in this teaser for Showtime's The Real L Word, its reality followup to the now-defunct series. There are, however, lots of tight shots of the sensual stuff: lips, crotches, breasts encased in beaded bras.
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Last night on Nurse Jackie, Dr. O'Hara rolled on E, Dr. Cooper took up Twitter, Jackie's hubris led her to bungle a diagnosis, and Zoey found God in a hospital bed.
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Showtime has posted a preview of the new Laura Linney series The Big C, apparently from the pilot. Bonus: Gabby Sidibe as a smart-ass student, in what has turned into a regular role.
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Jackie, everyone's favorite nurse, and Tara, the multiple-personality mom—are back with all-new seasons. Don't miss Nurse Jackie and United States of Tara™ tonight at 10 and 10:30 PM ET/PT—only on Showtime® and Showtime HD®.
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"All the [network] TV executives in LA were going, 'Women are not interesting,' Nurse Jackie co-creator Linda Wallem told me of the post-90s climate. "And you see what happened to television. Shame on them." Not everyone was so unimaginative.
Jackie, everyone's favorite nurse, and Tara, the multiple-personality mom—are back with all-new seasons. Don't miss Nurse Jackie and United States of Tara™ on Monday at 10 and 10:30 PM ET/PT—only on Showtime® and Showtime HD®.
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Yesterday, we expressed disappointment in HBO's male-dominated series lineup. But as several readers pointed out, there is a fast-growing alternative: Showtime. Maybe being the underdog has its virtues.
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Showtime hasn't actually picked up the pilot of the Jenji Kohan-produced Ronna and Beverly, airing tonight, but the show's (female) comic duo and famous friends hope to create enough online buzz to change that. Advice: Jon Hamm appearances help. [Mediaite]
