Californication
Hank Moody's Hollywood self-destruction as foul-mouthed poetry.
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Showtime
Showtime is a cable home for television that still shapes what America (and the world) watches.
Catalog
Shows on Showtime
Dexter
A serial killer with a code — premium cable's bloodiest comfort watch.
Homeland
War-on-terror paranoia prestige — Carrie Mathison as brilliant, unstable center.
It's Garry Shandling's Show
This is the theme to Garry's show — cable meta-sitcom that broke the fourth wall for sport.
Nurse Jackie
Brilliant ER nurse, secret addict — hospital hero as walking crisis.
Queer as Folk (U.S.)
Pittsburgh nights, explicit firsts, and early-2000s queer cable daring.
Stargate SG-1
Portal to the stars — franchise engine born from a film and built for the long haul.
The Curse
HGTV couple cursed — Fielder/Safdie discomfort as prestige art.
The Good Lord Bird
John Brown raid through a boy's eyes — Ethan Hawke wild-eyed prophecy.
The L Word
West Hollywood lesbians, love triangles, and appointment queer TV.
The Tudors
Henry VIII with movie-star abs — history as premium-cable seduction.
Twin Peaks: The Return
Lynch’s 18-hour film on Showtime — coffee, horror, and Part 8 as nuclear poetry.
Weeds
Suburban mom sells weed — premium cable's dark soccer-mom brand.
Yellowjackets
Teen soccer crash becomes cult, cannibalism, and midlife mess.