SHOWTIME RELEASES TRAILER AND POSTER ART FOR NEW DOCU-SERIES OUTCRY

SHOWTIME RELEASES TRAILER AND POSTER ART FOR NEW DOCU-SERIES OUTCRY

Five-Part Investigative Series Directed By Emmy^® Winner Pat Kondelis Premieres Friday, April 3

NEW YORK – February 27, 2020 – SHOWTIME has released the official trailer and poster art for the new documentary series OUTCRY, which will have its world premiere at the South By Southwest^® (SXSW^®) Conference and Festivals in Austin on Saturday, March 14, ahead of its television premiere on SHOWTIME on Friday, April 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.  Produced and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Pat Kondelis, OUTCRY examines the gripping story of high school football star Greg Kelley, his controversial conviction and the quest for truth and justice as the case unfolds.

To watch and share the trailer, go to: https://s.sho.com/2uz64J6.

Kelley had incredible momentum going into his senior year of high school in Leander, Texas, but that came to a sudden halt in the summer of 2013 when he was arrested and convicted of super aggravated sexual assault of a four-year-old boy. After he was sentenced to 25 years in state prison without the possibility of parole, a groundswell of support emerged, calling into question the investigation, the prosecution’s tactics and ultimately, the validity of the conviction. Over the course of three years, OUTCRY captures a divided community and follows the principal participants on both sides of the appeal process as they work in pursuit of opposing truths.

OUTCRY is produced and directed in association with Kondelis and his Emmy Award-winning film and television production team at Bat Bridge Entertainment. It is the latest in a series of unscripted programming from SHOWTIME Sports Documentary Films that spotlights contemporary subject matter. Additional titles in the lineup include the 2017 Sports Emmy Award-winning DISGRACED, SHUT UP AND DRIBBLE, BIPOLAR ROCK ‘N’ ROLLER, QUIET STORM: THE RON ARTEST STORY, and 100%: JULIAN EDELMAN.

SHOWTIME is currently available to subscribers via cable, DBS, and telco providers, and as a stand-alone streaming service through Amazon, Apple^®, Google, LG Smart TVs, Oculus Go, Roku^®, Samsung Smart TVs and Xbox One. Consumers can also subscribe to SHOWTIME via Amazon’s Prime Video Channels, Apple TV Channels, AT&T TV Now, FuboTV, Hulu, The Roku Channel, Sling TV and YouTube TV or directly at www.showtime.com. 

Three-Time Emmy(R) Nominee Molly Shannon Joins Showtime(R) Comedy Pilot "Big Deal"

THREE-TIME EMMY NOMINEE MOLLY SHANNON JOINS SHOWTIME COMEDY PILOT BIG DEAL Project Co-Created by Vanessa Bayer, Who Will Also Star, and Jeremy Beiler, With Jessi Klein To Serve As Showrunner, Michael Showalter To Direct; All Will Executive Produce Along with Annapurna and Semi-Formal LOS ANGELES – February 25, 2020 – Three-time Emmy nominee Molly Shannon (The Other Two) has signed on to star in the half-hour comedy pilot BIG DEAL, starring and executive produced by Emmy nominee Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live). If the project is picked up to series, Shannon would appear as a series regular. Bayer co-created BIG DEAL with Emmy nominee Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live, Inside Amy Schumer), who will also executive produce. Emmy winner Jessi Klein (Inside Amy Schumer, BLACK MONDAY, Big Mouth) will serve as showrunner and executive produce along with Michael Showalter (The Big Sick, Wet Hot American Summer, The Lovebirds), who will direct, as well as Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle and Jordana Mollick of Semi-Formal. Produced by SHOWTIME, BIG DEAL is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong dream of landing a job as a successful home shopping channel host. Shannon will star as Jackie, the charismatic, popular host at the network. Shannon is known for her Emmy-nominated tenure on Saturday Night Live, along with Emmy-nominated performances in Will & Grace and Enlightened and memorable roles in Wet Hot American Summer and Divorce. She also won a Film Independent Spirit Award for her role in Other People. Shannon is currently in production on the second season of The Other Two, for which she garnered a Critics’ Choice Award nomination and can be seen in Horse Girl opposite Alison Brie and the upcoming Promising Young Women with Carey Mulligan. BIG DEAL is executive produced by Vanessa Bayer, Jeremy Beiler and Jessi Klein, along with Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle of Annapurna and Michael Showalter and Jordana Mollick of Semi-Formal. Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly owned subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc., owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, and also offers SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND and FLIX ON DEMAND®, and the network's authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. Showtime Digital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNI, operates the stand-alone streaming service SHOWTIME®. SHOWTIME is currently available to subscribers via cable, DBS, and telco providers, and as a stand-alone streaming service through Amazon, Apple®, Google, LG Smart TVs, Oculus Go, Roku®, Samsung Smart TVs and Xbox One. Consumers can also subscribe to SHOWTIME via Amazon’s Prime Video Channels, Apple TV Channels, AT&T TV Now, FuboTV, Hulu, The Roku Channel, Sling TV and YouTube TV. Viewers can also watch on computers at Showtime.com. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®. For more information, go to www.SHO.com.

RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SASHAYS TO SHOWTIME FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS SASHAYS TO SHOWTIME FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

Special Edition To Premiere On June 5 At 8 PM ET/PT

Following The New Season Of RuPaul’s Drag Race On VH1

 NEW YORK – February 20, 2020 – For the first time ever, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars will air on Showtime, premiering a new special edition on Friday, June 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, on-air, streaming and on demand. RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars gives viewers the chance to catch their favorite queens as they return for a second attempt to earn the crown, win a cash prize of $100,000 and garner a spot in the “Drag Race Hall of Fame.” The special edition of All Stars will follow the season finale of the Emmy^® Award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race on VH1. 

“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is a culture-defining show that fits perfectly within the contemporary programming SHOWTIME offers in both scripted and unscripted,” said Jana Winograde, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. “We are excited to take advantage of our relationship with our new sister company VH1 to present a special edition of this sensational series and bring in this passionate and robust fanbase. It’s the latest example of how we can leverage our combined portfolio to provide new experiences for our audience.”

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars joins the growing library of programming at SHOWTIME that includes scripted series SHAMELESS, BILLIONS, THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, THE CHI, BLACK MONDAY and WORK IN PROGRESS, the talk show DESUS & MERO and docu-series like COUPLES THERAPY.

VH1 will use the highly anticipated new season of RuPaul’s Drag Race debuting on Friday, February 28 at 8 p.m. ET/PT to drive audiences to Showtime for its June premiere of All Stars. The upcoming season of Drag Race on VH1 will feature guest judges including Nicki Minaj, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,  Robyn, Leslie Jones, Normani, Daisy Ridley, Winnie Harlow and Jeff Goldblum.

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul’s Drag Race are produced by World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang and RuPaul Charles serving as executive producers. Tim Palazzola serves as executive producer and Jen Passovoy serves as producer.

SHOWTIME is currently available to subscribers via cable, DBS, and telco providers, and as a stand-alone streaming service through Amazon, Apple^®, Google, LG Smart TVs, Oculus Go, Roku^®, Samsung Smart TVs and Xbox One. Consumers can also subscribe to SHOWTIME via Amazon’s Prime Video Channels, Apple TV Channels, AT&T TV Now, FuboTV, Hulu, The Roku Channel, Sling TV and YouTube TV or directly at www.showtime.com.