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[04/30/15 - 09:45 AM]
Showtime 2015 Summer Programming Overview
Highlights include new seasons of its Sunday dramas "Ray Donovan" and "Masters of Sex."

[via press release from Showtime]

2015 SUMMER PROGRAMMING OVERVIEW

ORIGINAL SERIES

INSIDE COMEDY (Season 4) 1/2 hour, 10 episodes Premieres: Tuesday, May 5th at 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/inside-comedy/home

Season four of INSIDE COMEDY, from comedy forces Steve Carell and David Steinberg, will feature much buzzed-about entertainers, including Stephen Colbert, Michael Keaton, Bryan Cranston, Dan Aykroyd, Wanda Sykes, Ted Danson and three-time Emmy nominee writer/comedian Carol Leifer (Seinfeld) (- more names to be announced soon). Each episode offers viewers a definitive look inside the career-defining moments, the influences and personal anecdotes of the crème de la crème of the comedy world, along with rare footage of some of their most memorable performances on the stage, television and film.

RAY DONOVAN (Season 3) 1 hour, 12 episodes Premieres: Sunday, July 12th at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/ray-donovan/home

RAY DONOVAN stars two-time Golden Globe(R) and Emmy(R) nominee Liev Schreiber as LA'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. Season three finds Ray adrift from his family and those closest to him, while he focuses on his business and desires to be his own boss. Meanwhile, his father Mickey (Jon Voight, in his Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role), who had narrowly escaped last season's heist debacle, finds himself charting a similar course to build his own empire. Guest star Elliott Gould is joined by Ian McShane and Katie Holmes this season. The cast also includes Paula Malcomson, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Steven Bauer, Katherine Moennig, Pooch Hall, Kerris Dorsey and Devon Bagby. A SHOWTIME production, the series was created by Ann Biderman and is executive produced by David Hollander, Mark Gordon and Bryan Zuriff.

MASTERS OF SEX (Season 3) 1 hour, 12 episodes Premieres: Sunday, July 12th at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/masters-of-sex/home

The year is 1966, and MASTERS OF SEX season three finds the famed duo of Masters (Michael Sheen) and Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) dealing with the glare of the national spotlight as their sex study is finally unveiled. It's the start of the Sexual Revolution - and Masters and Johnson's work will have a profound impact on contemporary relationships, especially their own evolving three-way "marriage" with Masters' wife Libby (Caitlin FitzGerald). Starring Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Sheen and Emmy nominee Caplan as real-life pioneers of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson, MASTERS OF SEX chronicles their unusual lives, romance and pop-culture trajectory. Masters and Johnson's research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a mid-western teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine. The series is an adaptation of Thomas Maier's book Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How To Love. MASTERS OF SEX was developed for television by Michelle Ashford (The Pacific) who also serves as an executive producer. In addition, the series is executive produced by Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Amy Lippman, Dave Flebotte, and Judith Verno. Michael Sheen, Tammy Rosen and Thomas Maier serve as producers. MASTERS OF SEX is produced by Sony Pictures Television.

DOCUMENTARY SPECIALS

21 YEARS: RICHARD LINKLATER Premieres: Friday, May 15th at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3417339/21-years-richard-linklater#/index Trailer: http://www.sho.com/sho/video/titles/35697/21-years-richard-linklater-trailer

It's been said that the first 21 years defines the career of an artist. Few directors have single-handedly shaken up the film establishment like the godfather of indie, Richard Linklater. From the groundbreaking SLACKER to his innovative BOYHOOD, Linklater has reached the 21-year mark and has unapologetically carved his signature into American pop culture. Get a raw and honest perspective on Linklater through candid conversations with Ethan Hawke, Jack Black, Keanu Reeves, Billy Bob Thornton, Matthew McConaughey, Jason Reitman, Julie Delpy and others, and see their stories brought to life through hilarious animated sequences. For a man who became famous for celebrating the cool and casual, Linklater emerges as a surprisingly strategic and visionary director who has already established a legacy and perfected a style that can't be denied.

ONE DIRECTION - WHERE WE ARE: LIVE FROM SAN SIRO STADIUM Premieres: Premieres: Friday, June 5th at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/home

In 2014, One Direction became the first group to reach No. 1 in the US album charts with each of their first four albums, and were named top artist of the year by music industry bible Billboard magazine. The Where We Are tour grossed over $290 million, making them easily the most successful live act of the year. This exclusive, behind-the-scenes documentary intimately captures the boys' life on that blockbuster tour.

DENNIS RODMAN'S BIG BANG IN PYONGYANG Premieres: Friday, June 26th at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3421865/dennis-rodmans-big-bang-in-pyongyang#/index

Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman is on a mission. After forging an unlikely friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he wants to improve relations between North Korea and the US by staging an historic basketball game between the two countries. But the North Korean team isn't the only opposition he'll face: condemned by the NBA, The White House and hounded every step of the way by the press, can Rodman keep it together and make the game happen? Or will it all go up in a mushroom cloud of smoke?

JESUS TOWN Premieres: August Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/home

There's a new Jesus in town! For 88 years, a small town has pantomimed the story of Christ in a 'unique' construction of Jerusalem built into an Oklahoma Buffalo reserve. Its real-life Christopher Guest-meets-Fellini in a comedic, poignant, cinematic documentary chronicling a 300-strong amateur cast, a six-hour production, and Zack, the venerable paperboy-cum-Jesus actor whose massive secret threatens to derail the entire show.

COMEDY SPECIALS

BRAD WILLIAMS: FUN SIZE Premieres: Friday, May 8th at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/titles/3420735/brad-williams-fun-size#/index Trailer: http://www.sho.com/sho/video/titles/35785/brad-williams-fun-size

Brad Williams, the first and only little person performing stand-up comedy as a headliner, is on fire from the minute he hits the stage until he leaves the room in this first-of-its-kind historical Stand-Up Comedy film. Williams' ability to make humorous and spot-on observations on disability, relationships, sex, and race with perfect comedic timing and his explosive delivery just proves that you can, in fact, overcome any shortcomings... pun intended. Williams high-energy performance was once summed up perfectly by the late Robin Williams, "Brad Williams is Prozac with a head."

ALEC MAPA: BABY DADDY Premieres: Friday, June 12th at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/titles/3416837/alec-mapa-baby-daddy#/index

Actor and comedian Alec Mapa shares hilarious and heartfelt stories about how his life has changed since he and his husband adopted a five year old through foster care. No topic is off limits in this raunchy yet moving film of his award-winning one-man show: Mapa's sex life, hosting gay porn award shows, bodily functions, stage moms vs. baseball dads, and the joys, challenges, and unexpected surprises of fatherhood. Behind-the-scenes footage of his family's home life show why Mapa is beloved as "America's Gaysian Sweetheart."

SXSW COMEDY WITH W. KAMAU BELL Premieres: July Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/home

W. Kamau Bell hosts today's hottest comics at the world's hottest festival. Shot in the middle of the SXSW festival, "SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell" showcases sets from Todd Glass, Wyatt Cenac, Iliza Shlesinger, and more. While famous for live music and BBQ, this hilarious special makes a case for Austin adding Stand-Up Comedy to its list of world-class attractions.

MAZ JOBRANI: I'M NOT A TERRORIST BUT I'VE PLAYED ONE ON TV Premieres: August Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/home

Comedian Maz Jobrani follows up his bestselling book with a comedy special of the same name, I'm Not a Terrorist, but I've Played One on TV. In this special, Jobrani performs at the world-famous Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles where he takes on political issues, social issues and his kids. Jobrani's comedy with an international flare has been seen in his previous specials, The Axis of Evil, Brown and Friendly and I Come in Peace. He can be seen this summer in Disney's Descendants, and co-wrote, produced and starred in the award-winning comedy Jimmy Vestvood; Amerikan Hero due out in wider release at the end of 2015. Jobrani is a regular panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me, and has given two TED talks. At a time when tensions between the East and the West are high, Jobrani uses his background as an Iranian-American to show that we have a lot more in common than we think.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. MANNY PACQUIAO Saturday, May 2 at 9:00 p.m. (ET)/ 6:00 p.m. (PT) Live On Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/sports/events/361

With only days until the blockbuster Welterweight World Championship Unification super fight between eleven-time, five-division world champion Floyd "Money" Mayweather and eight-division world champion Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao, the biggest names in entertainment and sports line up and take sides. Watch Diddy, Mark Wahlberg, Shaquille O'Neal, Tom Brady, Jamie Foxx, Liev Schreiber, Bill Maher, Charles Barkley, Michael Strahan, Khloé Kardashian and supermodel Adriana Lima weigh-in on the most significant boxing event in decades. Click on link to watch, share or embed this video: http://s.sho.com/1Hu2vAD. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is a 12-round Welterweight World Championship Unification bout promoted by Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank Inc., and is sponsored by Tecate. The pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by SHOWTIME PPV(R) and HBO Pay-Per-View(R) beginning at 9 p.m. (ET)/ 6 p.m. (PT) on Saturday, May 2nd live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. For more information visit www.mayweatherpromotions.com, www.toprank.com, www.hbo.com/boxing, www.SHO.com/Sports, and www.mgmgrand.com and follow on Twitter at @floydmayweather, @MannyPacquiao @mayweatherpromo, @TRBoxing, @HBOboxing, @SHOSports and @Swanson_Comm. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FloydMayweather, www.facebook.com/TopRankMannyPacquiao, www.Facebook.com/MayweatherPromotions, www.Facebook.com/TRBoxing, www.Facebook.com/HBOBoxing, and www.Facebook.com/SHOSports.

IVERSON Premieres: Saturday, May 16th at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT) Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/reality-docs/titles/3414932/iverson#/index Trailer: http://www.sho.com/sho/video/titles/35737/iverson-launch-trailer

SHOWTIME Sports(R) will present IVERSON, a feature-length film on the legacy of NBA great Allen Iverson premiering on Saturday, May 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME(R). The film, which debuted at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, is an in-depth look into 11-time NBA All-Star Allen Iverson whose audacious rejection of conservative NBA convention and unapologetic embrace of hip-hop culture sent shockwaves throughout the league and influenced an entire generation. The documentary from 214 Films is produced and directed by Zatella Beatty, producers Ted Faye and Stephen P. Perry with executive producers Mike Tollin and Gary D. Moore. "More than a transcendent athlete, Allen Iverson is a transcendent figure in American culture," said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager, SHOWTIME Sports. "IVERSON is as raw and as honest as its subject. This is the quintessential addition to the growing collection of great sports documentaries on SHOWTIME." "Allen's story has always been one I've wanted to tell," said Beatty. "It goes beyond basketball and speaks directly to the human condition of strength, determination, heart and a relentless pursuit to fulfill one's dream. The moment I met Allen we bonded over that perspective and I'm grateful for the opportunity to tell his story both on and off the court." Told largely in Iverson's own words, the documentary charts the career highs and lows of one of the most distinctive and accomplished figures to play in the NBA. The revealing film examines Iverson's turbulent upbringing in Virginia and controversial imprisonment, his growth at Georgetown under John Thompson and his career with the Philadelphia 76ers. Honest and authentic, IVERSON doesn't shy away from the superstar's run-ins with the law and the trade from the 76ers that led to his unceremonious retirement from the NBA. An immensely talented player and a fierce individualist, Iverson bridged the gap between hip hop and basketball and created a public persona that changed the culture of the NBA. Through in-depth interviews with Iverson, NBA superstar Dwyane Wade, television journalist Tom Brokaw, and Coaches Thompson and Larry Brown, viewers will come to understand one of the most complex figures in sports history and an incredible journey where spectacular success is no protection against demons from the past.

60 MINUTES SPORTS 1 hour, 12 episodes Airs on the first Wednesday of each month Visit: http://SHO.com/Sports

CBS News and SHOWTIME Sports partner on this unique sports newsmagazine series 60 MINUTES SPORTS offers first-class investigations on today's biggest stories and compelling profiles of the most important and intriguing personalities in sports. The series, which airs on the first Tuesday of every month on SHOWTIME, 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.

JIM ROME ON SHOWTIME 12 episodes New episodes air every the first Wednesday of each month starting in May Visit: http://www.sho.com/sho/jim-rome-on-showtime/home

Now in its fourth season, JIM ROME ON SHOWTIME brings one of the biggest names and smartest voices in sports to the premium network. The sports talk series features Jim Rome's trademark style and opinions, which have made him one of the most famous and outspoken sportscasters of his generation. The series features a combination of provocative monologues, in-depth features and compelling guest stars from the worlds of sports, business and entertainment. JIM ROME returns with weekly episodes in April followed by monthly installments beginning in May on the first Wednesday of every month.





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· 60 MINUTES SPORTS (SHOWTIME)
· INSIDE COMEDY (SHOWTIME)
· JIM ROME ON SHOWTIME (SHOWTIME)
· MASTERS OF SEX (SHOWTIME)
· RAY DONOVAN (SHOWTIME)





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