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Showtime’s ‘House Of Lies’, ‘Shameless’ & ‘Californication’ Renewed

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 29, 2013 @ 10:44am PSTTags: Californication, House of Lies, Shameless, Showtime
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Three weeks into the season, Showtime has renewed its entire current Sunday lineup: Drama Shameless for a fourth season, comedy House Of Lies for a third and veteran Californication for Season 7. The pickup comes as all three series are off to a strong start this season. They all returned on January 13 with their highest-rated episodes ever. The third season of Shameless is currently averaging 5.4 million weekly viewers across platforms, up 22% from last season and up 63% vs. Season 1. The second season of House Of Lies is averaging 3.2 million weekly viewers, up 10% from Season 1, and the sixth season of Californication is averaging 3.1 million weekly viewers, up 21% vs. season five. Production for the new seasons of all three series will kick-off in Los Angeles later this year for a 2014 launch. “Californication, House Of Lies and Shameless possess highly distinctive comedic voices, and given that all three continue to grow their audience season after season – the pick-up decision was easy,” said Showtime entertainment president David Nevins. READ MORE »

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Showtime’s ‘House Of Lies’, ‘Californication’ & ‘Shameless’ All Return Strong

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday January 14, 2013 @ 12:24pm PSTTags: Californication, House of Lies, Shameless, Showtime, TV Ratings

Showtime saw a trio of series return last night with double-digit growth over their previous seasons. Back for its third season, Shameless garnered 2 million viewers at 9 PM, up 26% from the show’s Season 2 premiere and a series high. House Of Lies returned for its second season with 1.19 million viewers at 10 PM. That’s up 15% from the 1.03 million who watched the series’ Season 1 debut and 53% from the number of viewers who tuned in for the season finale. Californication was also back Sunday for its sixth season with 1.07 million viewers. The 10:30 PM airing of the Hollywood-based drama starring David Duchovny was up 41% from its Season 5 premiere viewership of 758,000. The premieres come on a free preview weekend for Showtime. Being that the network only counts subscribers, the actual viewership could be much higher. Read More »

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Showtime’s Sunday Theme: ‘Shameless’, ‘House Of Lies’ And ‘Californication’ -TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday January 12, 2013 @ 3:59pm PSTTags: David Nevins, House of Lies, Shameless, Showtime

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

Premium cable channels enjoy the luxury of not having to worry as much as commercial TV about success in certain time slots, Showtime entertainment chief David Nevins said during today’s TCA Q&A with reporters. He pointed out that 65% of the Dexter audience watches the show at some time after its original airing.

But Showtime chose to focus on a time slot – an evening, that is — in presenting this afternoon’s panel featuring actors from its Sunday night series House of Lies (Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell), Californication (Evan Handler, Pamela Adlon) and Shameless (William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum).

The lively conversation ranged all over the map but at one point wandered to Macy’s short haircut, a marked difference from the filthy flowing locks his character sported when Shameless began (and the clean flowing locks the actor wore in the 2012 movie The Sessions). “I cut it off on the show, it was very dramatic,” the actor said, joking that after his buzz cut he enjoyed watching the faces of onlookers searching for something positive to say about his new look. “I got 7 hats for Christmas,” he added.

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Of his character, the actor drew laughs by saying: “There is no low for this character. They have installed special low-cal scenery because I’ve been eating so much of it.”  Read More »

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Tony Sirico To Recur On ‘Family Guy’, Bess Armstrong On ‘House Of Lies’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 20, 2012 @ 8:01am PSTTags: Family Guy, House of Lies
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EXCLUSIVE: Tony Sirico has been tapped for a recurring role on the Fox animated series Family Guy. He will voice Vinnie the Dog, a pooch with attitude and possible criminal ties that the Griffins buy from a pet shop. I hear Sirico also sings the theme song for next season with Family Guy creator/lead actor Seth MacFarlane and the rest of the series’ voice cast. Additionally, Sirico is set to voice Tony “Peanuts” Sirico in the Adult Swim animated pilot Colonel Wallace, about an eccentric Southern fried-chicken magnate. Sirico, repped by Bob McGowan, recently wrapped the feature Zarra’s Law and Nickelodeon movie Nicky Deuce. Read More »

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Larenz Tate Joins Showtime’s ‘House Of Lies’ As Recurring

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 12:18pm PDTTags: House of Lies, Showtime
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Larenz Tate House Of Lies CastingEXCLUSIVE: Meet Marty’s brother. Rescue Me alum Larenz Tate has joined the cast of Showtime’s comedy House Of Lies in a recurring role. He will play Malcolm, the brother of Marty (Don … Read More »

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Showtime Sets Return Date For ‘Shameless’, ‘House Of Lies’ & ‘Californication’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday September 17, 2012 @ 9:29am PDTTags: Californication, House of Lies, Shameless, Showtime

The network will bring back all three original series January 13, Showtime announced today. Shameless‘ third season will air at 9 PM, followed by the Season 2 opener of House Of Lies at 10 PM and the … Read More »

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EMMYS: Comedy From Female Perspective

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday June 14, 2012 @ 10:41pm PDTTags: Emmys, House of Lies, New Girl, Suburgatory, Up All Night

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.

Boardwalk EmpireIf the 2011-2012 TV schedule is any indication, girls just want to be funny. There are probably more new comedies created, co-created or executive-produced by women in primetime than at any time in history: 2 Broke Girls (Whitney Cummings), The B**** In Apartment 23 (co-creator Nahnatchka Khan) and Girls (Lena Dunham, 2011’s best first screenplay winner at the Independent Spirit Awards for Tiny Furniture). There are more who also might find themselves in the Emmy mix, and Awardsline spoke separately to some of them: Jessika Borsiczky, co-executive producer of Showtime’s House of Lies; Emily Kapnek, creator and co-executive producer of ABC’s Suburgatory; Elizabeth Meriwether, creator and co-executive producer of the Fox comedy New Girl and Emily Spivey, the Saturday Night Live veteran who created and is a co-executive producer of NBC’s Up All Night.

AWARDSLINE: There’s been a lot said about the new shows with women at the helm, especially in comedy. Certainly female comedy was a goldmine for the movies in 2011 with Bridesmaids. What’s going on?
EMILY SPIVEY: I think there just happened to be some ladies with ideas that people liked, I don’t think it was a big conspiracy to get a bunch of ‘lady shows’ on the air. The time has come when more ladies are trying comedy. In the past it was kind of a man thing, especially with stand-up. I think women are really finding their voices and being allowed to be a little more aggressive and speaking about topics that maybe a few years ago were a little more taboo than they are now.
JESSIKA BORSICZKY: We are sort of hitting a place where there’s some real seniority to women in television. When I started at HBO (in the movie division) in 1992 I certainly wasn’t running television shows, it took a long time. But obviously storytelling and movies reflect what’s interesting about our times. The universe of what it is to be a modern woman right now is deep, it’s changing, there’s a lot of fluctuation in family and marriage. Women are now out-earning men and out-educating men and having babies without men so there are a lot of stories to tell. And look at Girls, it’s also showing us a side of what it is to be a young woman that’s new. Read More »

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AMC’s ‘The Killing’ Down In Return, Solid Finish For Showtime’s ‘Shameless’, ‘Lies’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 2, 2012 @ 1:06pm PDTTags: AMC, House of Lies, Shameless, The Killing
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UPDATED: AMC’s The Killing opened its second season with 1.8 million viewers tuning in for its two-hour premiere, 661,000 of them in the adults 18-49 demographic. That was down 33% and 26%, respectively, from the mystery series’ debut last April. … Read More »

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Showtime Renews ‘Shameless’, ‘House Of Lies’ And ‘Californication’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 1, 2012 @ 10:12am PSTTags: Californication, House of Lies, Shameless, Showtime
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After a strong start to the current season, Showtime has given an early renewal to its entire Sunday lineup of Shameless, House Of Lies and Californication. With the pickup of dark comedy House Of Lies, both of Showtime’s freshman series greenlighted by entertainment president David Nevins are going into a second season, along with drama hit Homeland. Shameless has been picked up for a third season, while Californication was renewed for a sixth. “These three shows are clearly resonating with audiences as evidenced by their steady growth on Sunday nights,” Nevins said. “We are extremely pleased with the creative work being done by the casts, producers and writers – and I so appreciate that each of these series has such a clear and distinctive voice.”

Showtime’s Sunday night lineup is posting double-digit year-over-year growth for its returning series and strong numbers for rookie House Of Lies. Shameless averages 4.75 million weekly viewers, up 30% vs. Season 1 to rank as Showtime’s No. 2-rated show behind only Dexter. House Of Lies is on track to be Showtime’s highest-rated comedy. Season 5 of Californication averages 2.96 million viewers across all platforms, up 10% from Season 4. Read More »

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Showtime’s Sunday Series Rise, ‘Shameless’ Tops HBO’s ‘Luck’; ‘Real Housewives’ Hot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 31, 2012 @ 11:05am PSTTags: House of Lies, Luck, Ratings, Shameless
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HBO’s ‘Luck’ Renewed For Second Season

Showtime’s Sunday lineup rebounded after facing the NFC Championship Game the previous week. Both Shameless (1.37 million) and House Of Lies (1.02 million) drew their largest audiences since the season premieres. Shameless was up 7% from the previous week, House Of Lies 41%. At 9 PM, Shameless, which was originally set up at HBO, outdelivered the official premiere of HBO’s Luck (1.1 million) by 29%. (This was not the first airing of Luck‘s pilot episode, which was previewed after the Boardwalk Empire season finale last month.) At 10:30 PM, Californication (748,000) was up 17% from the previous week. Read More »

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CABLE RATINGS: ‘House Of Lies’ Dips In Week 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 18, 2012 @ 10:44am PSTTags: Being Human, Hell on Wheels, House of Lies, Ratings
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After a strong premiere, Showtime’s new dark comedy House Of Lies slipped a modest 13% in its second airing on Sunday, averaging 891,000 total viewers at 10 PM. Its lead-in, drama Shameless (1.25 million), was down 20% from its second-season … Read More »

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Showtime’s ‘House Of Lies’ Off To Strong Start, ‘Shameless’ Up In Season 2 Debut

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 9, 2012 @ 12:29pm PSTTags: Californication, House of Lies, Shameless, Showtime
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Another solid series premiere for a Showtime series. New dark comedy House Of Lies debuted last night with 1.03 million viewers at 10 PM. It was in line with the network’s most recent series premiere of drama Homeland, which opened … Read More »

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Les Moonves Says CBS “Stronger Than It’s Ever Been”: UBS Confab

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday December 6, 2011 @ 6:31am PSTTags: CBS, CBS Les Moonves, House of Lies, Les Moonves, NFL, Showtime, The Good Wife, Without A Trace

When CBS chief Les Moonves appears at an investor event like this week’s UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference, they should just get him an orchestra and a spotlight so he can sing “Everything’s Coming Up Roses.” “Everybody calls me a cheerleader but network television’s doing better than it’s done in many years,” he told analysts today. He says that CBS’ prices for ads in the scatter market are up “in the mid-teens” over the upfront, although “our competitors are doing not as well.” Heading into the holiday season ”demand is picking up again” and few are cancelling upfront orders for early 2012. “When you look at where our ratings are, you don’t want to cancel a CBS show because (later on) you’ll pay more.” To underscore his confidence in CBS’ finances, he threw some red meat to investors: ”Could we raise the dividend (next year)? That’s a possibility.”

He’s encouraged by the additional dollars flowing to the network from retransmission consent deals with pay TV distributors, and reverse compensation payments to CBS from its affiliates. If a local station balked at shelling out cash to CBS — which used to pay stations to carry its shows — then Moonves would consider yanking the affiliation agreement. But he says that’s unlikely because CBS’ strong primetime line up ”is making them a lot of money” by delivering large audiences to local newscasts. Meanwhile, he’d like the FCC not to require that network programming remain on pay TV when distributors balk at retransmission consent payments. ”This is America. We’ll make a deal with these guys or won’t make a deal.” Read More »

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TV TEASER: Showtime’s ‘House Of Lies’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 11, 2011 @ 3:09pm PSTTags: House of Lies, Showtime
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Here is a new trailer for Showtime’s upcoming dark comedy series House Of Lies, which the network will unspool on Sunday. The show, starring Don Cheadle as a self-loathing, womanizing management consultant from a top-tier firm, premieres on January 8, paired with Californication.

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TCA: Showtime Picks Up Doc Series On Comics, Sets Premiere Date For ‘House Of Lies’, More From Network’s Exec Session

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 4, 2011 @ 9:49am PDTTags: David Nevins, David Steinberg, Dexter, House of Lies, Showtime, Steve Carell, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association, The Real L Word
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Showtime has picked up Steve Carell and David Steinberg’s docu/interview series, now titled Laughing Stock. The series, which will premiere in January, features host Steinberg interviewing top comedians of several generations, including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Lily Tomlin, Don … Read More »

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Don Cheadle’s Company Signs First-Look Deal With Showtime

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 27, 2011 @ 3:47pm PDTTags: Don Cheadle, House of Lies, Showtime
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EXCLUSIVE: Don Cheadle, star of Showtime’s upcoming comedy series House of Lies, is expanding his relationship with the pay cable network through a first-look deal for his Crescendo Prods. Under the one-year pact, Cheadle and his producing partners Kay … Read More »

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Showtime Picks Up ‘Homeland’ & ‘House Of Lies’ To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 11:52am PDTTags: Cable TV, Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Don Cheadle, Homeland, House of Lies, Kristen Bell, Mandy Patinkin, Showtime, Showtime Homeland, Showtime House of Lies, TV, TV Deals
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New Showtime entertainment president David Nevins is going 2-for-2 in his first development season at the pay cable network, picking up both pilots he ordered — drama Homeland and comedy House of Lies — to series. Both have received 12-episode orders and will start production in the summer. Thriller Homeland, from 24 showrunner Howard Gordon, stars Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Emmy and Mandy Patinkin, while management consulting comedy House of Lies is toplined by Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell. “Homeland and House of Lies are audacious in both their concept and their casting,” Nevins said. “They build upon the network’s successful pedigree and expand the definition of what a Showtime series can be. Read More »

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Kristen Bell To Co-Star In Showtime’s ‘House of Lies’ Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 9:02pm PSTTags: Don Cheadle, House of Lies, House of Lies Casting, Kristen Bell, Showtime, Showtime House of Lies, TV, TV Deals, Veronica Mars
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Former Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell has been tapped for a lead role opposite Don Cheadle in Showtime’s dark comedy pilot House of Lies. Written by Matthew Carnahan based on the book by Martin Kihn, the project centers on Marty … Read More »

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TV CASTINGS: Ben Schwartz, Sherri Shepherd, Jeffrey Nordling Join Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 24, 2011 @ 6:08am PSTTags: Ben Schwartz, House of Lies, House of Lies Casting, TV, TV Casting
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EXCLUSIVE: Undercovers standout Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson have been tapped to co-star opposite Don Cheadle in the Showtime dark comedy pilot House of Lies. The View co-star Sherri Shepherd is set to co-star opposite Christine Taylor in TV Land’s untitled Terri Minsky comedy pilot, David Alan Basche (Lipstick Jungle) … Read More »

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