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Browse - Most popular shows on Showtime
The Tudors
A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.
Super Pumped
The roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company UBER, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley. The anthology series will explore a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture.
Escape at Dannemora
Escape at Dannemora is based on the real-life 2015 prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.
The Borgias
"The Borgias" is a complex, unvarnished portrait of one of history's most intriguing and infamous dynastic families.
Let the Right One In (2022)
Inspired by the best-selling 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist and its 2008 Swedish film adaptation, the series revolves around Mark (Bichir) and his 12-year-old daughter, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.
Black Monday
Taking viewers back to October 19, 1987 - aka Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history - this is the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world's largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley's birthday party and the glass ceiling.
Moonbase 8
A group of mediocre astronauts living in a NASA test environment vie for the chance to be selected to go to the moon.
American Gigolo
American Gigolo is a TV remake of the hit 1980 feature film of the same name that starred Richard Gere. A Los Angeles male escort, who mostly caters to an older female clientèle, is accused of a murder which he did not commit.
Dead Like Me
18-year-old George Lass (Ellen Muth) dies when a toilet from the MIR space station falls from the sky and hits her. However, soon she discovers that afterlife really does exist... she becomes a reaper - she helps in catching the souls of people moments before they're destined to die.
The Good Lord Bird
In the 1850s, a group of Kansas freedom fighters led by radical abolitionist John Brown and a young slave, travel across the United States in an effort to end slavery.
Based on the National Book Award-winning novel by James McBride.
Nurse Jackie
Comedy meets drama in this quirky Showtime offering. Set in a New York City hospital, this half-hour single camera comedy is about a strong-willed woman balancing a hectic work life with a complex personal life, all the while fighting the healthcare system along the way.
The L Word: Generation Q
In this sequel, Beals, Moennig and Hailey resume their original roles alongside a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in L.A.
Fellow Travelers
Based on the novel by Thomas Mallon, the limited series Fellow Travelers is an epic love story and political thriller, chronicling the intertwined lives and volatile romance of two very different men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington. Matt Bomer will play handsome, charismatic Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller, who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the scenes career in politics. Hawkins avoids emotional entanglements - until he meets Tim Laughlin, a young man brimming with idealism and religious faith. They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on "subversives and sexual deviants", initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history. Over the course of four decades, Hawk and Tim cross paths through the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, while facing obstacles in the world and in themselves.
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
On Becoming a God in Central Florida is a darkly comedic story about the cult of free enterprise and one woman's relentless pursuit of the American Dream in the early '90s. Recently widowed and left with nothing, minimum-wage Orlando water park employee Krystal Gill (Dunst) lies, schemes and cons her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise - the cultish, flag-waving, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her to ruin in the first place.
SMILF
SMILF is set in Boston and takes a raw look at a single twenty something (Frankie Shaw) whose desires for relationships, sex and a career collide with the realities of being a young single mother.
The First Lady
In the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies. This series will peel back the curtain on the personal and political lives of these enigmatic women, with season one focusing on Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama.
The Loudest Voice
To understand the events that led to the rise of Donald Trump, one must understand Roger Ailes, who molded Fox News into a force that irrevocably impacted the highest levels of government. The Loudest Voice takes on that challenge, focusing primarily on the past decade in which Ailes arguably became the Republican Party's de facto leader, while also touching on defining events in Ailes' life, including the sexual harassment accusations and settlements that brought his Fox News reign to an end.
Told through multiple points of view, the limited series aims to shed light on the psychology that drives the political process from the top down.
The Comey Rule
An immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation. This two-part biopic tells the story of two powerful figures, Comey and Trump, whose strikingly different personalities, ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.
I Love That for You
I Love That For You centers on Joanna Gold who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel. Shannon plays Jackie, the charismatic star of the network and Joanna's idol. Lewis plays Patricia, the network's icy, enigmatic founder and CEO.
United States of Tara
Another twisted comedy about the unexpected nature of American families, this single-camera Showtime offering examines a wife and mother of two teens who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Coping with it all is never easy, but it's always funny.
Ghosts Of Beirut
The series tells the origin story of 21-year old Mughniyeh, an elusive Lebanese terrorist who evaded capture from the CIA and Mossad for two decades. He was responsible for more American deaths than any other individual prior to 9/11.
Roadies
The show follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of the crew members who help get the show on the road. It marks a return to the rock world for former Rolling Stones reporter Crowe, who previously tackled it in his semi-autobiographical feature Almost Famous.
The L Word
The L Word is the intimate story about the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles. The show has received a lot of praise for it's brilliant storylines and the portrayal of the lesbian community.
George & Tammy
George & Tammy chronicles the country music power couple, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, whose complicated relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all time.
Vice
The HBO series showcases a mix of stories from around the globe. Among the segments in production for possible inclusion in the show: Taliban child suicide bombers; North Korean slave labor camps; New York's underground voodoo heroin clinics; Somalian pirates; and Satanic dentists in the Pacific Northwest.
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