PREMIERE EPISODE OF THE NEW SHOWTIME(R) COMEDY SERIES "HOUSE OF LIES" AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW

HOUSE OF LIES Premieres On SHOWTIME on Sunday, January 8 At 10 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK - December 27, 2011 - Viewers nationwide can now sample the series premiere of the new SHOWTIME original comedy series HOUSE OF LIES, starring Academy Award(R) nominee Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. The premiere episode can be accessed on the SHOWTIME website http://www.sho.com/site/order/preview.do#/HOL_s01_e01, on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UAL3gvD5NU, and via select television providers' free On Demand channels and websites. The series premiere is also available on SHOWTIME apps on iPhone(R), iPod Touch(R) and Android smartphones and tablets, as well as the SHOWTIME Social app for iPad(R), Nook(R) and Kindle Fire tablets, and for download as a free video podcast on iTunes (itunes.com/houseoflies). HOUSE OF LIES premieres Sunday, January 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, as part of the SHOWTIME Free Preview Weekend, when the network will be available for free to non-subscribers in 60 million households.

HOUSE OF LIES is the new dark comedy about all the screwed up ways big business is practiced these days. The series, based on the hit tell-all book from best-selling author Martin Kihn (House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time), peels back the bull to reveal a world few know exists and fewer still have experienced. Meet Marty Kaan (Cheadle), the big-money earner at Galweather & Stearn, along with his hot, young team - The Pod - of big-balling power players - Jeannie (Kristen Bell), Clyde (Ben Schwartz) and Doug (Josh Lawson). Marty and The Pod's work life is all first-class, top-shelf, black Am Ex, the best suites at the nicest hotels. Marty is the ultimate power player and under his direction, this ruthless, pull-no-punches team is here to stick it to the man by beating the corporate suckers at their own game. Dawn Olivieri, Donis Leonard, Jr. and Glynn Turman also star. HOUSE OF LIES is created and executive produced by Matthew Carnahan. Jessika Borsiczky, Stephen Hopkins and Don Cheadle also serve as executive producers.