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{{Infobox television channel
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'''Showtime''', also known as '''Paramount+ with Showtime''' (with "Showtime" being the former name of its main channel from 1976 to 2024, but still used for certain marketing and channel branding contexts), is an American [[pay television|premium]] [[television broadcaster|television network]] and the flagship property of [[Showtime Networks]], a sub-division of the [[Paramount Media Networks]] division of [[Paramount Global]]. Paramount+ with Showtime's programming includes [[original programming|original]] [[television program|television series]] produced exclusively for the linear network and developed for the co-owned [[Paramount+]] [[streaming media|streaming]] service, [[Art release#Film|theatrically released]] and [[independent film|independent]] [[Feature film|motion pictures]], [[documentary film|documentaries]], and occasional [[stand-up comedy]] [[television special|specials]], [[Television film|made-for-TV movies]], and [[softcore pornography|softcore]] adult programming.{{Citation needed|reason= I think the reference to softcore pornography is inappropriate here considering viewers nor Showtime would consider their content as such|date=March 2024}}
Headquartered at [[Paramount Plaza]] in the northern part of [[New York City]]'s [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] district, Paramount+ with Showtime operates eight 24-hour, linear [[Multiplex (television)#Pay television multiplexes|multiplex channels]] and formerly a standalone traditional subscription [[video on demand]] service; the channel's programming catalog and livestreams of its primary linear [[East Coast of the United States|East]] and [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] feeds are also available via an ad-free subscription tier of Paramount+ of the same name, which is also sold [[a la carte pay television|a la carte]] through [[Apple TV (software)|Apple TV Channels]], [[Amazon Prime Video#Amazon Channels|Prime Video Channels]], [[The Roku Channel]] and [[YouTube|YouTube Primetime Channels]]. (Subscribers of Paramount+'s Prime Video add-on also receive access to the East Coast feeds of Paramount+ with Showtime's seven multiplex channels.)<ref>{{cite news |title=Apple unveils streaming TV services |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/25/apple-tv-channels-streaming-tv-service-announced.html |author=Todd Haselton |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=March 25, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325201440/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/25/apple-tv-channels-streaming-tv-service-announced.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon Prime Video Channels: Everything you need to know |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-prime-video-channels-everything-you-need-to-know/ |author=David Katzmaier |publisher=[[CNET]] |date=May 23, 2019|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610035913/https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-prime-video-channels-everything-you-need-to-know/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In addition, the Showtime [[brand]] has been licensed for use by a number of channels and platforms worldwide including [[Showtime Arabia]] (it has been merged into [[OSN]]) in the Middle East and [[North Africa]], and the now-defunct [[Showtime Movie Channels]] in [[Australia]]. {{As of|September 2018}}, Showtime's programming was available to approximately 28.567 million U.S. households which subscribed to a multichannel television provider (28.318 million of which receive Showtime's primary channel at a minimum).<ref>{{cite web|title=Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN (Cable Network Coverage Area Household Universe Estimates: September 2018)|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/nielsen-coverage-estimates-september-espn-nbcsn-nbatv-mlbn-nfln.html|author=Andrew Bucholtz|website=Awful Announcing|publisher=[[NESN|NESN Digital]]|date=September 10, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918124511/http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/nielsen-coverage-estimates-september-espn-nbcsn-nbatv-mlbn-nfln.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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[[Image:Showtime Australia Logo.png|left|thumb|175px|Showtime logo, used from 1981 to 1997; a 3D circle containing a TV screen (which was originally used as the channel's primary logo dating back to 1979) was used alongside this logo from 1984 to 1990. The logo was also used on Showtime Australia until 2009. It was also in use for nostalgia purposes for the marketing of the 2019 series ''[[Black Monday (TV series)|Black Monday]]''.]]
On August 10, 1985, after [[Time Inc.]] and cable provider [[Tele-Communications Inc.]] (TCI) jointly submitted a bid to buy the company for $900 million and the assumption of $500 million in debt as well as an earlier offer by American Express the previous month to buy out Warner's share of the company (under a clause in the agreement that allowed either company the option of buying out their partner's stake in Warner-Amex), Warner Communications exercised an option to acquire American Express' 50% share of Warner-Amex Cable Communications for $450 million. Among the options, barring that it chose to sell Viacom a 50% interest in the company for $450 million, the deal originally excluded Warner-Amex's 19% interest in Showtime-The Movie Channel, Inc.; that interest would have reverted to Warner, which intended to operate Warner-Amex as a wholly owned subsidiary.<ref>{{cite news|title=WARNER TO BUY OUT AMEX UNIT|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/10/business/warner-to-buy-out-amex-unit.html|author=Geraldine Fabrikant|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 10, 1985|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215125212/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/10/business/warner-to-buy-out-amex-unit.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Warner Buys All Stock in Warner Amex|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/08/10/warner-buys-all-stock-in-warner-amex/bc9e3fab-2a0e-40ab-b311-868eab50eedc/|author=Nell Henderson|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 10, 1985|access-date=May 6, 2016|archive-date=June 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609193358/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/08/10/warner-buys-all-stock-in-warner-amex/bc9e3fab-2a0e-40ab-b311-868eab50eedc/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Warner Agrees To Buy Out Partner In Cable Television|url=
Two weeks later on August 26, Viacom acquired Warner Communications and Warner-Amex's combined 50% ownership interest in Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. as well as full ownership of the Warner-Amex and public shareholder interests in [[Viacom Media Networks|MTV Networks]] for $671.7 million, giving Viacom exclusive ownership of both networks and once again making it the sole owner of Showtime through its $500 million cash payment and acquisition of 1.625 million shares from Warner for the latter's 31% stake in Showtime/The Movie Channel and Warner-Amex's 19% interest in the unit and its 60% interest in MTV Networks (Viacom owned Showtime alone or jointly with other companies–[[TelePrompTer Corporation]], and later briefly, its successor Group W Cable–from the time it launched in July 1976). The buyout, part of an option given by Warner in its purchase of American Express' interest in MTV, was exercised in part to finance much of the buyout of Showtime/The Movie Channel without borrowing any money (ironically, Warner Communications would eventually acquire rivals HBO and [[Cinemax]], when the company merged with [[Time Inc.]] in 1990 to form [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]], which is now known as [[Warner Bros. Discovery]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Viacom to acquire Showtime and MTV|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/26/Viacom-to-acquire-Showtime-and-MTV/4842493876800/|work=United Press International|date=August 26, 1985|access-date=May 6, 2016|archive-date=February 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215185654/http://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/26/Viacom-to-acquire-Showtime-and-MTV/4842493876800/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Viacom to Buy MTV and Showtime in Deal Worth $667.5 Million|url=https://
Also in 1988, the company formed Showtime Event Television (now Showtime PPV) as a [[pay-per-view]] distributor of special event programming. In 1990, Showtime ventured into acquiring and premiering [[independent film]]s exclusively for the channel as part of the ''30-Minute Movie'' [[short film]] [[anthology series]]. One of its first premieres, ''[[12:01 PM]]'', was nominated for an [[Academy Award]];1992's ''[[Session Man (film)|Session Man]]'' won an [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film]].<ref name="Showtime 25"/> In the years that followed, Showtime expanded its acquisitions into the realm of feature-length fare, including the [[Adrian Lyne]]-directed 1997 remake of ''[[Lolita (1997 film)|Lolita]]''.
On March 1, 1994, Showtime and The Movie Channel in conjunction with rivals HBO and Cinemax implemented a cooperative [[United States pay television content advisory system|content advisory system]] to provide to parents specific information about pay-cable programming content that may be unsuitable for their children; the development of the system—inspired by the advisory ratings featured in program guides distributed by the major premium cable services—was in response to concerns from parents and advocacy groups about violent content on television, allowing Showtime Networks and other premium services discretionary authority to assign individual ratings corresponding to the objectionable content depicted in specific programs (and categorized based on violence, profanity, sexuality or miscellaneous mature material).<ref>{{cite web|title=Cable Leaders to Develop Violence Ratings|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-870441.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611020259/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-870441.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|author=Ellen Edwards|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 11, 1994|access-date=March 11, 2013|url-access=subscription}}</ref> A revised system—centered around ten content codes of two to three letters in length—was implemented by Showtime and the other participating premium services on June 10, 1994.<ref>{{cite news|title=Premium Cable Channels Adopt Content Labels|url=
In 1997, the channel's first major rebrand since the 1980s was introduced, with a new logo emphasizing the "SHO" part of the network's name within a circle (intended to be a spotlight), playing into the channel's common acronym in listings services like ''[[TV Guide]]''. A new slogan, "No Limits" (in reference to the fact that as a premium channel, Showtime could push the boundaries of programming without censorship, as well as offer the type of exciting programming that appealed to subscribers), and a bold red-and-black color scheme was instituted, with promotions and bumpers feature surrealistic imagery; the campaign was created by the newly formed in-house marketing and advertising agency, "Red Group".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/10/business/media-business-advertising-for-new-campaign-showtime-networks-planning-open.html|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; For a new campaign, Showtime Networks is planning to open an in-house agency.|last=Elliott|first=Stuart|date=December 10, 1997|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 5, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205222556/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/10/business/media-business-advertising-for-new-campaign-showtime-networks-planning-open.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Under CBS Corporation ownership (2005–2019) ===
[[File:Showtime with CBS byline.svg|thumb|Showtime logo when it was under [[CBS]]]]
On June 14, 2005, Viacom decided to separate itself into two companies (only five years after the company's acquisition of [[CBS]]), both of which would be controlled by Viacom parent [[National Amusements]], amid stagnation of the company's stock price. When the split was completed on December 31, 2005, the original Viacom was restructured as [[CBS Corporation]] and kept Showtime Networks along with the original Viacom's broadcasting assets (which included the CBS television network, [[UPN]] and the company's broadcast group, which became [[CBS News and Stations|CBS Television Stations]]), [[Paramount Television]] (now the separate arms [[CBS Studios]] for network and cable production, and [[CBS Media Ventures]] for production of [[broadcast syndication|first-run syndicated programs]] and off-network series distribution), advertising firm Viacom Outdoor (renamed [[Outfront Media|CBS Outdoor]]), [[Simon & Schuster]], and [[Paramount Parks]] (which was later sold to [[Cedar Fair|Cedar Fair, L.P.]] on June 30, 2006). A new company that assumed the [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]] name took [[Paramount Pictures]], the [[ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks|MTV Networks]] and [[BET Networks]] cable divisions, and [[Famous Music]] (the latter of which was sold to [[Sony-ATV Music Publishing]] (CBS once owned [[Sony Music|its sister company]]) in May 2007).<ref>{{cite news|title=Viacom Board Agrees to Split of Company|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/business/media/15viacom.html|author=Geraldine Fabrikant|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 15, 2005|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306130603/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/15/business/media/15viacom.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=SpongeBob or Survivor?|url=https://money.cnn.com/2005/12/19/news/fortune500/viacom/index.htm|author=Paul R. La Monica|website=[[CNN Money]]|date=December 19, 2005|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924160121/https://money.cnn.com/2005/12/19/news/fortune500/viacom/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Re-merger with Viacom; co-branding with Paramount+ (2019–present) ===
[[File:Paramount+ with Showtime logo.svg|thumb|Paramount+ with Showtime logo, used since January 7,
On August 13, 2019, the announcement was made that CBS and Viacom would [[2019 merger of CBS and Viacom|merge into a new entity]] known as [[Paramount Global|ViacomCBS]] (now known as Paramount Global). Viacom CEO [[Bob Bakish]] would be president and CEO of the new company, while Ianniello would become chairman and CEO of CBS and oversee CBS-branded assets. [[Shari Redstone]] would also serve as chairperson of ViacomCBS.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-viacom-strike-deal-recombine-1075545 |title=CBS, Viacom Strike Deal to Recombine |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=August 13, 2019 |access-date=August 15, 2019 |first1=George |last1=Szalai |first2=Paul |last2=Bond |first3=Etan |last3=Vlessing |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814215200/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-viacom-strike-deal-recombine-1075545 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbscorporation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ViacomCBS-Press-Release-FINAL.pdf|title=CBS and Viacom To Combine|work=CBS|date=August 13, 2019|access-date=November 4, 2019|archive-date=August 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813190148/https://www.cbscorporation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ViacomCBS-Press-Release-FINAL.pdf|url-status=dead }}</ref> On October 29, 2019, National Amusements approved the re-merger deal. It closed on December 4, 2019. As part of the new structure the Showtime Networks unit and its assets—Showtime, The Movie Channel and [[Flix (TV network)|Flix]]—became part of the Premium Network Group division of [[Paramount Media Networks|ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks]], along with [[BET]] and temporarily [[Pop (American TV channel)|Pop TV]] (which was transferred to the Youth & Entertainment Group division the following month, later named MTV Entertainment Group), to be overseen by SNI CEO [[David Nevins (television producer)|David Nevins]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191111005169/en/Viacom-CBS-Announce-Content-Digital-Leadership|title=Viacom and CBS Announce Content and Digital Leadership|date=November 11, 2019|website=Business Wire |access-date=December 15, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112104817/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191111005169/en/Viacom-CBS-Announce-Content-Digital-Leadership|url-status=live}}</ref> ViacomCBS renamed itself as Paramount Global on February 16, 2022; the company's domestic networks division became Paramount Media Networks on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=February 15, 2022 |title=Goodbye Viacom and CBS: ViacomCBS Changes Corporate Name to Paramount |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/viacomcbs-paramount-corporate-name-change-1235182825/ |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Michael Fabiani Upped To SVP Communications, Paramount Media Networks & MTV Entertainment Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/michael-fabiani-promoted-svp-communications-paramount-media-networks-mtv-entertainment-studios-1235012916/ |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
On January 30, 2023, Paramount Global announced plans to fully integrate the Showtime [[over-the-top media services|direct-to-consumer service]] (which was sold directly to streaming-only consumers) with the premium tier of the [[Paramount+]] streaming service; the combined service would be branded as '''Paramount+ with Showtime''', replacing a streaming bundle of the same name that launched in August 2022.<ref name="variety-full-merger" /> The merger commenced on June 27, 2023,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/17/showtime-and-paramount-to-finally-merge-into-one-service-on-june-27|title=Showtime and Paramount+ to finally merge into one service on June 27|last=Selleck|first=Evan|work=Apple Insider|date=May 17, 2023|access-date=May 18, 2023}}</ref> with the cable-specific Showtime Anytime [[TV Everywhere]] app (which was offered to subscribers of the linear Showtime television service) ceasing operations on December 14, and the standalone Showtime app being discontinued on April 30, 2024;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/paramount-with-showtime-launch-us-showtime-app-shut-down-1235622045/|title=Paramount+ With Showtime to Launch in U.S. Next Month With Price Hike, Standalone Showtime App to Be Shut Down by End of 2023|last=Spangler|first=Todd|work=Variety|date=May 22, 2023|access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/showtime-anytime-shutting-down/|title=Showtime Is Officially Shutting Down Showtime Anytime Service|last=O'Rourke|first=Ryan|work=Collider|date=November 15, 2023|access-date=November 17, 2023}}</ref><ref name="ShowtimeAppShutdown">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/showtime-streaming-apps-shutting-down-1235968145/|title=Showtime Streaming Service Is Shutting Down at the End of April|last=Spangler|first=Todd|work=Variety|date=April 11, 2024|access-date=April 11, 2024}}</ref> the primary Showtime channel was rebranded as Paramount+ with Showtime on January 8, 2024, although the former name remains in use as a standalone brand for its multiplex channels and for marketing of the network's original programs.<ref name="Rebrand">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/showtime-linear-network-rebrand-paramount-plus-streaming-1235661665/|title=Showtime Linear Network Sets Date Of Rebrand To Paramount+ With Showtime|last=Hayes|first=Dade|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=December 11, 2023|access-date=December 11, 2023}}</ref>
== Channels ==
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| style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|[[File:Paramount+ with Showtime logo.svg|125px]]<br />'''Paramount+ with Showtime''' || The flagship service; Paramount+ with Showtime features blockbuster movies, first-run feature films, stand-up comedy specials and documentaries. The channel also carries original series, with newer episodes primarily being shown on Sunday and Monday evenings, and since November 2023, offers original programming from the Paramount+ library.
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| style="text-align:center; width:200pt;"|[[File:Showtime 2.svg|125px]]<br />'''Showtime 2'''<br />{{small|(alternately known as<br />'''SHO2''')}} || A secondary channel that offers a separate schedule of movies, original series and specials. Launched on October 1, 1991,<ref name="Showtime 2 test">{{cite web|title=Showtime tests Showtime 2; Showtime Entertainment Inc. to test multiplexed feed|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12501869.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106060844/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12501869.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|author=Jane Greenstein|periodical=[[Multichannel News]] |date=September 16, 1991}}</ref> the channel was previously named '''Showtime Too''' from 2001 to 2006.
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=== Showtime Anytime ===
{{Update|date=February 2024}}
On October 27, 2010, Showtime launched '''Showtime Anytime''', a website that featured around 400 hours of streaming program content available in [[Standard-definition television|standard]] or [[High-definition video|high definition]] that was accessible to subscribers of the Showtime television service with [[TV Everywhere]] login. Content available on the service included Showtime original programming, feature films, comedy specials, documentaries and sports programming.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Showtime Announces 'Showtime Anytime(TM),' The Network's New Authenticated Broadband Service|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/10/27/showtime-announces-showtime-anytime-the-networks-new-authenticated-broadband-service-308212/20101027showtime02/|publisher=Showtime Networks|via=The Futon Critic|date=October 27, 2010|access-date=January 24, 2011|archive-date=September 13, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913012747/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/10/27/showtime-announces-showtime-anytime-the-networks-new-authenticated-broadband-service-308212/20101027showtime02/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was available nationally to Showtime subscribers of satellite provider [[DirecTV|AT&T DirecTV]], and regionally by Comcast Xfinity; [[Spectrum (cable service)|Spectrum]]; Optimum; Cox Communications; [[CenturyLink#Television|CenturyLink Prism]]; [[Grande Communications]]; [[Mediacom]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Cox Signs On to Showtime's Streaming-Video Service|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/cox-signs-on-to-showtimes-streaming-video-service-1201169359/|author=Todd Spangler|periodical=Variety|date=May 1, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224175701/http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/cox-signs-on-to-showtimes-streaming-video-service-1201169359/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[AT&T U-verse]];<ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T U-verse Rides Into 'Showtime Anytime' Corral|url=http://www.multichannel.com/telco-tv/att-u-verse-rides-showtime-anytime-corral/128307|author=Todd Spangler|periodical=Multichannel News|date=September 28, 2011|access-date=November 14, 2012|archive-date=May 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523190514/http://www.multichannel.com/telco-tv/att-u-verse-rides-showtime-anytime-corral/128307|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Verizon Fios|Verizon FIOS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Showtime Anytime now available to Verizon FiOS TV customers (hands-on)|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/showtime-anytime-now-available-to-verizon-fios-tv-customers-han/|author=Ben Drawbaugh|website=[[Engadget]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=January 10, 2012|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=June 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607033028/https://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/showtime-anytime-now-available-to-verizon-fios-tv-customers-han/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Showtime Anytime [[Mobile app|app]] (which was offered as a free download) was initially released on the [[iOS]] [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] for the [[iPad]] and [[iPhone]] on October 3, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Showtime launches Anytime streaming portal, social iPad app|url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/10/03/showtime-launches-anytime-streaming-portal-social-ipad-app/|author=Richard Lawler|website=Engadget|publisher=AOL|date=October 3, 2011|access-date=September 11, 2017|archive-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707032135/https://www.engadget.com/2011/10/03/showtime-launches-anytime-streaming-portal-social-ipad-app/|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 1, 2012, an [[Android (operating system)|Android]] app became available through the [[Google Play]] platform for Android devices.<ref>{{cite web|title=Showtime Intros Showtime Anytime For Android|url=http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/10/05/showtime-intros-showtime-anytime-for-android-watch-full-episodes-anywhere-fios-and-u-verse-only/|author=David Ruddock|website=Android Police|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=December 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230233406/http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/10/05/showtime-intros-showtime-anytime-for-android-watch-full-episodes-anywhere-fios-and-u-verse-only/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2017, it was discovered that the Showtime Anytime website was injected with code that mined the cryptocurrency [[Monero (cryptocurrency)|Monero]] using the viewer's CPU, which would potentially cause degraded performance for other websites and applications. The code was removed as soon as it was discovered.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/26/16367620/showtime-cpu-cryptocurrency-monero-coinhive|title=Showtime websites secretly mined user CPU for cryptocurrency|first=Shannon|last=Liao|date=September 26, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=September 27, 2017|archive-date=September 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927024418/https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/26/16367620/showtime-cpu-cryptocurrency-monero-coinhive|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/25/showtime_hit_with_coinmining_script/|title=CBS's Showtime caught mining crypto-coins in viewers' web browsers|first=Kieren|last=McCarthy|location=San Francisco|date=September 25, 2017|website=The Register |access-date=September 27, 2017|archive-date=September 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926220531/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/25/showtime_hit_with_coinmining_script/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The Anytime app and website viewing were shut down in December 2023.<ref>https://collider.com/showtime-anytime-shutting-down/</ref>
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== Programming ==
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Paramount+ with Showtime's programming schedule currently consists largely of theatrically released feature films—which occupy much of the service's daily schedule, varying in quantity depending on channel—and original series targeted at adult audiences (including, {{As of|June 2020|lc=y}}, dramas like ''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'', ''[[Homeland (TV series)|Homeland]]'', ''[[Yellowjackets (TV series)|Yellowjackets]]'', ''[[Billions (TV series)|Billions]]'', ''[[The Chi]]'', ''[[The L Word: Generation Q]]'', and ''[[Penny Dreadful: City of Angels]]''; comedies such as ''[[Black Monday (TV series)|Black Monday]]'', ''[[Our Cartoon President]]'' and ''[[Kidding]]''; and docuseries including ''[[The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth|The Circus]]'' and ''[[Vice (TV series)|Vice]]''). In addition, Showtime has documentary films, boxing matches, sports-centric magazine series, occasional original [[stand-up comedy]] specials, and short-form behind-the-scenes specials centered mainly on theatrical films (either running in their initial theatrical or Showtime Networks broadcast window).{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
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=== Movie library ===
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Despite being corporately reunited with Paramount Pictures in 2019 as a result of the ViacomCBS merger, that film studio maintains an existing output deal with [[MGM+]] (formerly Epix, which Paramount co-owned with Lionsgate and MGM from its 2009 launch until 2018) until the end of 2025. New films from Paramount Pictures will not be able to air on Showtime until 2026 unless further negotiations are made.<
Showtime also shows sub-runs – runs of films that have already received broadcast or [[broadcast syndication|syndicated television]] airings – of theatrical films distributed by [[IFC Films]], [[Sony Pictures]] (including content from [[Columbia Pictures]], [[TriStar Pictures]], [[Screen Gems]], [[Revolution Studios]] and [[Morgan Creek Productions]]), [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (including content from [[New Line Cinema]]), [[Universal Pictures]] (including content from subsidiary [[Focus Features]]), [[Open Road Films]], [[Screen Media]], [[Oscilloscope (company)|Oscilloscope]] (select films), [[Summit Entertainment]] (for films released prior to 2013), [[Paramount Pictures]] (for films released prior to 2020), [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (including content from subsidiary [[United Artists]]), [[Lionsgate]] (sub-run rights with the latter two studios are for films released prior to 2015), and [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] (including content from [[Pixar]], [[20th Century Studios]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Walt Disney Pictures]], and [[Marvel Studios]]).
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==== Former first-run contracts ====
Within years of its launch, Showtime entered into licensing agreements with several movie studios. Following Viacom's 1983 acquisition of a joint stake in The Movie Channel, [[Paramount Pictures]] (then owned by [[Gulf+Western]]) signed a five-year exclusive first-run distribution agreement with Showtime and The Movie Channel to carry the studio's films through 1989.<ref name="ParamountSues">{{cite news|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Paramount Sues Viacom Over Fees|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/12/business/the-media-business-paramount-sues-viacom-over-fees.html|author=Geraldine Fabrikant|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 12, 1989|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306132520/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/12/business/the-media-business-paramount-sues-viacom-over-fees.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 15, 1987, HBO signed a five-year deal with Paramount Pictures to broadcast 85 of their films released from May 1988 onward;<ref>{{cite news|title=HBO Buying Rights To Paramount Films|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/15/business/hbo-buying-rights-to-paramount-films.html|author=Geraldine Fabrikant|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 15, 1987|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202015753/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/15/business/hbo-buying-rights-to-paramount-films.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pay-TV Rights to 85 Films : Paramount, HBO Sign Licensing Deal|url=https://
In 1986, Showtime signed an agreement with [[Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group]]; its contract with [[Walt Disney Pictures]] expired after 1992, while output deals with [[Touchstone Pictures]] and [[Hollywood Pictures]] expired after 1996.<ref>{{cite news|title=Showtime Extends Pact|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/16/business/showtime-extends-pact.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 16, 1989|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812214809/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/16/business/showtime-extends-pact.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Rival pay channel Starz signed a deal with Disney in 1994,<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz goes from second-tier movie channel to Hollywood power broker|url=http://fortune.com/2010/03/22/starz-goes-from-second-tier-movie-channel-to-hollywood-power-broker/|first=Jessica|last=Shambora|periodical=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|date=March 22, 2010|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312111857/http://fortune.com/2010/03/22/starz-goes-from-second-tier-movie-channel-to-hollywood-power-broker/|url-status=live}}</ref> carrying only Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures films released from January 1997 onward early on.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore snares Disney films from Showtime|url=http://business.highbeam.com/4377/article-1G1-14532845/encore-snares-disney-films-showtime|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515205303/http://business.highbeam.com/4377/article-1G1-14532845/encore-snares-disney-films-showtime|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2013|author=Kim Mitchell|periodical=Multichannel News |date=October 4, 1993|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref> By 1989, the channel had already made exclusive deals with [[Carolco Pictures]] (signed in 1988),<ref>{{cite news|title=Showtime Buys Film Rights|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/20/business/showtime-buys-film-rights.html |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 20, 1988|access-date=February 12, 2017|archive-date=September 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930212413/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/20/business/showtime-buys-film-rights.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Atlantic Entertainment Group]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Showtime/The Movie Channel signed a deal|url=https://
On April 13, 1990, Showtime signed an exclusive first-run film output deal with [[New Line Cinema]]; the deal expired after 1995. In July 1993, Encore signed an output deal with New Line Cinema, broadcasting its films released between 1994 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Media Corp. has signed an agreement with New Line Cinema|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15288664.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515210303/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15288664.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2013|author=Dana Harris|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable |date=July 26, 1993|access-date=March 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Encore Media Corp. corrects release regarding output agreement|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Encore+Media+Corp.+corrects+release+regarding+output+agreement.-a017481125|publisher=Business Wire|location=Englewood, Colorado|date=September 27, 1995|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=February 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204011042/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Encore+Media+Corp.+corrects+release+regarding+output+agreement.-a017481125|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 22, 1993, Showtime signed exclusive first-run premium cable rights with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (renewing an existing pact with the studio) and [[United Artists]],<ref>{{cite news|title=MGM/UA, Showtime renew deal|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/mgm-ua-showtime-renew-deal-116021/|author=Christian Moerk|author2=John Dempsey|periodical=Variety|date=November 22, 1993|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=July 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731014731/https://variety.com/1993/film/news/mgm-ua-showtime-renew-deal-116021/|url-status=live}}</ref> which were renewed for nine additional years in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=MGM extends Showtime domestic pay-TV deal to 2008|author=Mike Goodridge|url=http://www.screendaily.com/mgm-extends-showtime-domestic-pay-tv-deal-to-2008/402171.article|publisher=ScreenDaily|date=April 25, 2000|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805211108/https://www.screendaily.com/mgm-extends-showtime-domestic-pay-tv-deal-to-2008/402171.article|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MGM Agrees to Showtime Production Deal|url=https://
On December 4, 2008, Showtime signed a four-year exclusive first-run distribution deal with Summit Entertainment, broadcasting 42 films that were released by that studio between 2009 and 2012.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Showtime Networks and Summit Entertainment Enter Into Exclusive Output Agreement|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Showtime+Networks+and+Summit+Entertainment+Enter+Into+Exclusive...-a0190065242|agency=PRNewswire|via=The Free Library|date=December 4, 2008|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203232823/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Showtime+Networks+and+Summit+Entertainment+Enter+Into+Exclusive...-a0190065242|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 27, 2011, rival premium channel HBO had signed an output deal with Summit Entertainment, allowing films that were released between 2013 and 2017 to be broadcast on the channel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Summit signs pay-TV deal with HBO, dumping Showtime|url=https://
==== Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate, and MGM ====
The future of Showtime was put into question after negotiations to renew film output deals with Paramount Pictures (which was separated from the channel following the December 2005 split of Viacom and CBS into two separate companies, with CBS Corporation taking ownership of Showtime; the companies would however re-merge 14 years later),
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=== Sports programming ===
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In December 2006, Showtime announced a deal to broadcast [[mixed martial arts]] matches from the then-newly formed [[Elite Xtreme Combat]] (or EliteXC), an MMA organization formed by Showtime Networks and ProElite, Inc., with all events broadcast under the banner ''[[ShoXC]]''; the league folded two years later in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pro Elite Launches Elite Xtreme Combat on SHOWTIME|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Pro+Elite+Launches+Elite+Xtreme+Combat+on+SHOWTIME.-a0155879403|publisher=Business Wire|via=The Free Library|date=December 14, 2006|access-date=March 14, 2014|archive-date=March 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314032933/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Pro+Elite+Launches+Elite+Xtreme+Combat+on+SHOWTIME.-a0155879403|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In 2008, Showtime acquired ''[[Inside the NFL]]'', the longest-running program in the history of HBO, from that network after it had cancelled the seasonal analysis and interview program in February of that year; ''Inside the NFL'' moved to Showtime that September. In 2021, ''Inside the NFL'' moved to [[Paramount+]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bucholtz|first=Andrew|date=February 24, 2021|title=Inside The NFL is heading from Showtime to Paramount+, the rebranded CBS All-Access streaming service|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/paramount/inside-the-nfl-is-heading-from-showtime-to-paramount.html|work=Awful Announcing|location= |access-date=}}</ref>
In February 2009, mixed martial arts promotion [[Strikeforce (mixed martial arts)|Strikeforce]] announced a three-year broadcast agreement with Showtime, allowing it to broadcast up to 16 events per year, as well as a deal with sister network CBS for an option to produce up to four events for that network;<ref name=mmaweekly-showtime>{{cite news|title=Strikeforce Wins The ProElite Sweepstakes|url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/strikeforce-wins-the-proelite-sweepstakes-2|author=Tom Hamlin|newspaper=Mmaweekly.com | Ufc and Mma News, Results, Rumors, and Videos |publisher=MMA Weekly|date=February 5, 2009|access-date=April 21, 2015|archive-date=September 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910083637/http://mmaweekly.com/strikeforce-wins-the-proelite-sweepstakes-2|url-status=live}}</ref> Strikeforce ended its run on Showtime when the league folded in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=The bittersweet demise of Strikeforce|url=
In 2010, Showtime debuted another original sports insider program, ''[[Inside NASCAR]]'', focusing on interviews and analysis from around the [[NASCAR]] circuit. In 2011, Showtime expanded its MMA programming by televising events produced by [[M-1 Global]],<ref>{{cite web|title=SHOWTIME SPORTS® AND M-1 GLOBAL ANNOUNCE M-1 CHALLENGE EVENT TO AIR LIVE ON SHOWTIME®|url=http://www.m-1global.com/2011/02/23/showtime-sports%C2%AE-and-m-1-global-announce-m-1-challenge-event-to-air-live-on-showtime%C2%AE/|website=M-1 Global|date=March 14, 2009|access-date=March 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224121944/http://www.m-1global.com/2011/02/23/showtime-sports%C2%AE-and-m-1-global-announce-m-1-challenge-event-to-air-live-on-showtime%C2%AE/|archive-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> the Russian PTC company of popular Strikeforce fighter [[Fedor Emelianenko]]. In November 2012, Showtime debuted a sports-themed [[Spin-off (media)|spinoff]] of CBS' long-running newsmagazine ''[[60 Minutes]]'', titled ''60 Minutes Sports''.<ref>{{cite news|title=60 Minutes plans sports version for Showtime|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/tv/story/2012/09/13/60-minutes-plans-sports-version-for-showtime/57776812/1|author=Gary Levin|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=September 13, 2012|access-date=September 20, 2012|archive-date=September 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918070103/http://www.usatoday.com/life/tv/story/2012/09/13/60-minutes-plans-sports-version-for-showtime/57776812/1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Showtime programming is also distributed in selected countries/territories through localized versions of [[Paramount+]], including [[Australia]], [[Latin America]], the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
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