In the early 2000s, Showtime launched several additional multiplex channels including Showtime 2 ( formerly Showtime Too ), Showcase ( formerly Showtime 3 ), Showtime Beyond and Showtime Extreme.

* Showtime 2, referred on-air as SHO2 ( SHO2 ): Secondary channel ; offers more movies, original series and specials.

* Showcase ( SHO3 ): Similar to Showtime 2, features movies, first-run films and original pictures.

Softcore erotica programming typically does not air within the block and adult films have been absent from the main Showtime channel since the mid-2000s ( though a limited amount of original erotica series have resurfaced on the main channel in 2010 such as Beach Heat: Miami, after having been absent for most of the previous decade ), although the network's multiplex channels Showtime 2 and Showcase do occasionally feature adult films on their overnight schedules.

Showtime was one of the first U. S. premium channels to brand its programming with digital on-screen graphic logos starting in 1999, this originally pertained to only the main Showtime channel and Showtime 2 and was only done during promo breaks between programs ; Showtime only shows their logo bug off-and-on during programming, while Showtime 2 runs theirs during all programming.

Just like Starz, Showtime has recently begun to air lower-third promotions for upcoming programs during films airing during primetime slots on the main channel and during original series on the main Showtime channel, Showtime 2 and Showcase ( in the case of its original series, the closing credits are typically replaced with a marginalized credit sequence similar to those used by the major U. S. broadcast networks ).

* Shameless ( 2 episode, 2011 ) ( TV ) U. S. Version ( Cable Showtime )

The service carries films distributed by Alliance Films, Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros., among others, and has supply agreements for original programming produced and owned by the American pay networks HBO and Showtime.

Straczynski ran the series for two seasons but was frustrated with the conflicting directions that MGM and Showtime wanted from the show, and even used the pseudonym " Fettes Grey " for the first time since Spiral Zone on one of the scripts.

Her daughter, Chloe, starred as one of her children in both A Christmas Romance and in the 2001 Showtime film The Wilde Girls.

Showtime also became one of the first cable TV networks to broadcast an HDTV version of its channel, along with Dolby Digital 5. 1 surround sound.

It was even said by one critic to be " the jewel Showtime has sought for years.

She also wrote and directed an episode of Women for Showtime Cable Network, as well as Sax Cantor Riff, one of HBO ’ s Subway Stories for producers Jonathan Demme and Rosie Perez.

The film, about one hour long and originally produced as a Showtime television special, goes to great pains to recreate costumes, sets and situations that occurred in the original documentary.

The SOS was featured in the Original Battle of the Bands held at RFK Stadium and its drumline was named as one of Showtime Magazines top ten amongst HBCU ’ s.

The pilot made significant changes to the characters and premise as it moved the setting from London to Los Angeles, though according to Kevin Smith ( as stated in one of his SModcasts ), Showtime decided to shelve the series, having deciding instead to pick up Californication.

Although the majority of cable systems typically sell The Movie Channel as a package with sister premium channel Showtime, Dish Network and DirecTV do alternately sell The Movie Channel to non-Showtime subscribers ( it is one of only two premium channels to be offered in this manner, the other being Encore ).

Unlike other cable networks, premium services are almost always subscribed to a la carte cable television, meaning that one can, for example, subscribe to HBO without subscribing to Showtime ( In Canada, there are slight modifications, as most providers include U. S. superstations with their main premium package by default ).

Most pay television providers also offer a selection of premium services ( for example, the HBO, Showtime and Starz packages ) in one bundle at a much reduced price than purchasing each service separately, as an inducement for subscribers to remain with their company or for others to induce subscribers into using their service.

In the United States, Strange has been broadcast by the cable television network Showtime, on one of its specialist subsidiary channels and in July 2009 the series started airing on Chiller.

Early in her career, she appeared as one of the hosts of It's Showtime at the Apollo.

In 1985, she created Tall Tales & Legends, another one-hour anthology series for Showtime, this one featuring adaptations of American folk tales.

In 2007, Stanhope made two TV specialsone in the US for Showtime, recorded at The Gotham Comedy Club in New York City on March 12 ; and one for the UK's Channel 4 Comedy Lab, filmed at the Caves in Edinburgh, Scotland titled " Doug Stanhope: Go Home ".

Appearing in from the last episode of series one onward, Bayler played a variety of characters, including a shy and apparently forgetful announcer, the greasy presenter of ' Rutland Showtime ', and the Pink Panzer ( a pink-uniformed SS officer who greets the camera with an effete Nazi salute and a breathless " heil Hitler ").

Although the " adult " version is most closely associated with Showtime, it did go out on a few independent TV stations during the 1980s, playing as late-night fare, although the " clean " version is the one that was more commonly found in syndication.

She also played a small roles in Ginger Snaps 2 and Battlestar Galactica, as one of the counsellors working at Brigitte's rehab centre and a nurse taking a mammogram for Dana in the Showtime series The L Word.

Stone is one of the few comedians ever invited to perform at The White House, and in her stand-up career has appeared on " The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ," " Oprah Winfrey ," " Joan Rivers ," as well as multiple appearances on " Comic Strip Live ," three " Showtime " Cable Comedy Specials: " Pam Stone, A Pair of Jokers ," " Showtime's Comedy Club All-Stars " and " Showtime's Montreal Comedy Festival.

* Michael Trim, 1976, producer and cinematographer for the Showtime original series Weeds.

Showtime is an American premium cable television service featuring programming that consists primarily of theatrically released motion pictures, along with original series, made-for-cable movies, and occasional boxing and mixed martial arts matches.

In the 2000s, Showtime began test marketing a subscription-video-on-demand SVOD system ; the subscription-video-on-demand channel called Showtime On Demand, which users are able to see episodes of Showtime original series, movies, adult programming and boxing, was launched officially in 2002.

The original Viacom was renamed CBS Corporation and got the broadcasting elements, Paramount Television's production operations ( renamed CBS Paramount Television, now two separate arms, CBS Television Studios for production and CBS Television Distribution for syndicated program distribution ), Viacom Outdoor advertising ( renamed CBS Outdoor ), Showtime Networks, Simon & Schuster and Paramount Parks, which the company later sold, while the new Viacom kept Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks, BET Networks, and ( until it was sold off in 2007 ) Famous Music.

In May 2010, it was reported that Showtime plans to launch a service to stream episodes of original series to subscribers.

* Showtime ( SHO ): The flagship channel ; blockbuster movies, first-run films, original series, specials, mixed martial arts events and championship boxing.

* Showtime Beyond ( SHOB ): The channel features a mix of science fiction, fantasy and horror films as well as Showtime original sci-fi series ; launched in 1999.

* Showtime Next ( SHON ): Movies geared towards adults 18 – 24 ; features over 50 films each month, original pictures, short films and animated shorts ; launched in 2001.

* Showtime Women ( SHOW ): Targeted to women ; airs films, Showtime original series and specials geared primarily at women ; launched in 2001.

Content includes Showtime original programming, feature films, comedy specials, documentaries and sports programming.

Showtime has several original programs airing on the network.

In 2010, Showtime debuted another original sports insider program Inside NASCAR.

Showtime's original logo was a circle with a TV screen inside ( very similar to the logo used by Brazilian television network Rede Globo, though without the circle in the center ), accompanied by a generic " Showtime " text in Avant Garde font.

Showtime also packages the Eastern and Pacific feeds of the main channel and its multiplex services together, giving viewers a second chance to watch the same movie / program three hours earlier or later — depending on their geographic location.

Showtime Anytime comprises a web site which distributes around 400 hours of program content available for streaming in standard or high definition.

In 2008, Showtime acquired Inside the NFL, the longest-running program in the history of HBO, from that network when it had cancelled the seasonal analysis and interview program in February 2008.

* Showtime Championship Boxing ( a television boxing program airing on Showtime from 1986 – present )

* ShoBox: The New Generation ( a television boxing program airing on Showtime from 2001 – present )

In the 2000s, he composed music for the Showtime Network program Soul Food.

TV airings during the 1980s happened on the popular USA Network program Night Flight, Los Angeles local cable Z Channel and Showtime.

She starred in two further Playboy videos before being cast in the films The Scorpion King, Grind, and the Showtime program ChromiumBlue. com.

* Huff ( TV series ), a Showtime television program

The Showtime program Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

From 2002 until 2008 served as Executive Producer of Showtime at the Apollo, a weekly variety program nationally syndicated by Warner Brother / Telepictures.

* Showtime at the Apollo: 130 one-hour episodes completed, variety program format.

* It's Showtime at the Apollo, an American variety program

Showtime television program Weeds references the song in episode # 3, titled " Good Shit Lollipop ".

* Showtime Championship Boxing ( a television boxing program airing on Showtime from 1986-present )

* ShoBox: The New Generation ( a television boxing program airing on Showtime from 2001-present )

Following Super Bowl XLII, HBO announced that it would be dropping the program, and it was subsequently picked up by the Showtime network.