Gary Levine News

SHOWTIME has picked up a fourth season of its hit drama series BILLIONS. Starring Oscar®nominee and Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Paul Giamatti and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis, the third season of BILLIONS currently airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and will move to 9 p.m. ET/PT starting next Sunday, May 6 to anchor the night and serve as the lead-in for the season two premiere of I'M DYING UP HERE. The season three premiere of BILLIONS was its highest-rated ever, up 23 percent from last year. BILLIONS ranks as the network's No. 2 drama series behind HOMELAND. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.

Last night, Showtime hosted the premiere of the new limited series PATRICK MELROSE. The screening was held at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study and was followed by an after party at Beauty and Essex. 

Last night, SHOWTIME kicked off the 2018 Emmy® season with its new one-hour drama series, THE CHI at the DGA in Los Angeles.

This week, Broadway icon Mandy Patinkin was joined by family, friends, and entertainment industry leaders as he was honored with his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! Co-stars Patti LuPone (Evita) and Rupert Friend (Homeland) dropped by to celebrate this legendary actor for his history-making celebration. See photos from the event below!

Just last night, the Tony Award-winning and acclaimed Williamstown Theatre Festival celebrated its annual gala, honoring Gary Levine, President of Programming at Showtime® and Former Managing Director at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

SHOWTIME has renewed its hit drama series THE CHI for a second season, it was announced today by Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. Created and executive produced by Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe (Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award®, Emmy and Golden Globe® winner Common (Selma), THE CHI explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago. Ayanna FloydDavis (Empire, Hannibal) has signed on for season two as executive producer and showrunner. Produced by Fox 21 Television Studios, the series will go back into production in Chicago later this year.

SHOWTIME is picking up its hit comedy series SMILF for a second season, it was announced today by Gary Levine, President of Programming,

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced that the annual WTF Gala will be held this year at Tao Downtown in New York City (492 9th Ave, New York, NY 10018) on Monday, February 5, 2018 at 6:30 PM.

Showtime is developing a television series adaptation of THE KINGKILLER CHRONICLE, executive produced by Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), with acclaimed producer John Rogers (Leverage, The Player) serving as showrunner.

SHOWTIME has ordered a sixth season of its hit drama series RAY DONOVAN, starring multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight in his Golden Globe winning role. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.

SHOWTIME has made a series commitment to YOUR HONOR, which will be executive produced and written by BAFTA winner Peter Moffat whose Criminal Justice served as the basis for The Night Of and executive produced by Emmy Award nominees Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife).

SHOWTIME is picking up its drama series about the art of comedy, I'M DYING UP HERE, for a second season, it was announced today by Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. The fictional series explores L.A.'s famed '70s stand-up comedy scene. Season one starred Academy Award® winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Treme), Ari Graynor (Bad Teacher), Michael Angarano (The Knick), Clark Duke (Hot Tub Time Machine), Andrew Santino (Mixology), Erik Griffin (Workaholics), RJ Cyler (Power Rangers), Al Madrigal (The Daily Show) and Jake Lacy (Obvious Child) as part of a large ensemble cast. Created and executive produced by Dave Flebotte and executive produced by Golden Globe® winner Jim Carrey, Michael Aguilar and Christina Wayne, the series will go back into production in the fall, with 10 episodes premiering in 2018.

The HBO series THE LEFTOVERS, GIRLS and ROOM 104 are confirmed for panels at the 2017 ATX Television Festival, which returns for its sixth year June 8-11 in Austin, Tex. In addition, Casey Bloys, president, HBO programming, will appear on the panel 'The Presidents of the State of TV.'

SHOWTIME has announced the pick-up of the new half-hour comedy series SMILF from Frankie Shaw, based on her Sundance Film Festival Jury Award-winning short film of the same name.

Today, Showtime Networks Inc. announced that creative executive Brendan Countee has joined the company as Vice President, Original Programming.

After four critically-acclaimed seasons, the hit SHOWTIME comedy series EPISODES begins production next week on its fifth and final season, it was announced today by Gary Levine, President of Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. The series, starring Matt LeBlanc in his four-time Emmy(R) nominated and Golden Globe-winning role playing a fictionalized version of himself, is created by award-winning writing partners David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik. Klarik will direct all seven episodes, which will film in London and premiere on the network in 2017.

For the first time in network history, SHOWTIME will hold a special launch for a new series, releasing all six episodes of the new comedy DICE at once to its subscribers.

For the first time in network history, SHOWTIME will hold a special launch for a new series, releasing all six episodes of the new comedy DICE at once to its subscribers.

Hot off its season six premiere this past Sunday, which delivered the series' biggest premiere performance ever across platforms, SHOWTIME has ordered a seventh season of SHAMELESS

Showtime Networks announced that Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning executive Vinnie Malhotra will be joining the network in the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Documentaries, Unscripted and Sports Programming.