Watch TV Shows on Showtime

Showtime's expansion to national distribution in 1978 positioned the cable channel as direct competitor to Home Box Office, and the rivalry between the Showtime and HBO would continue for decades to come, through the era of theatrical-movie-based pay TV and into the age of internet distribution and original programming.

Through the 1980s, Showtime, like HBO, was a premium pay-TV service that aired mostly recently released, unedited theatrical movies. Also like HBO, Showtime supplemented its movie programming with special events such as concerts and sporting events.

With the rise in popularity of original cable programming in the 90s and 2000s, Showtime began producing more original dramatic series, focusing, again like HBO, on gritty, adult-oriented fare that took advantage of the pay channel's historical reputation. The violent thriller "Dexter" featured a serial killer as its protagonist, and "Californication" featured "X-Files" star David Duchovny as an author who struggles to overcome his addiction to sex. Other popular Showtime originals include "Weeds," featuring Mary Louis Parker as a suburban mom who becomes a drug dealer; "The Tudors," an action soap set in sixteenth-century England; and political thriller "Homeland."

Showtime is currently a subsidiary of CBS, and its network includes The Movie Channel and Flix.

    Shameless
    Shameless
    The Chi
    The Chi
    The Tudors
    The Tudors
    Dexter
    Dexter
    Nurse Jackie
    Nurse Jackie
    The Lincoln Project
    The Lincoln Project
    Billions
    Billions
    Shameless: Hall of Shame
    Shameless: Hall of Shame
    The L Word: Generation Q
    The L Word: Generation Q
    Yellowjackets
    Yellowjackets
    Californication
    Californication
    The Big C
    The Big C
    Your Honor
    Your Honor
    Homeland
    Homeland
    Submission
    Submission
    The Affair
    The Affair
    Dexter: New Blood
    Dexter: New Blood
    Masters of Sex
    Masters of Sex
    Queer as Folk
    Queer as Folk
    Weeds
    Weeds
    Penny Dreadful
    Penny Dreadful
    Ray Donovan
    Ray Donovan
    Stargate SG1
    Stargate SG1
    Ziwe
    Ziwe
    Red Shoe Diaries
    Red Shoe Diaries
    The Borgias
    The Borgias
    Couples Therapy
    Couples Therapy
    Twin Peaks: The Return
    Twin Peaks: The Return
    Black Monday
    Black Monday
    UFO
    UFO
    Polyamory: Married and Dating
    Polyamory: Married and Dating
    The First Lady
    The First Lady
    House of Lies
    House of Lies
    American Rust
    American Rust
    Who Is America?
    Who Is America?
    City on a Hill
    City on a Hill
    Our Cartoon President
    Our Cartoon President
    The Real L Word
    The Real L Word
    Penn and Teller Bullshit
    Penn and Teller Bullshit
    Huff
    Huff
    Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
    Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
    George & Tammy
    George & Tammy
    7 Deadly Sins
    7 Deadly Sins
    Escape at Dannemora
    Escape at Dannemora
    United States of Tara
    United States of Tara
    The Good Lord Bird
    The Good Lord Bird
    Brotherhood
    Brotherhood
    This American Life
    This American Life
    Kidding
    Kidding
    Secret Diary Of A Call Girl
    Secret Diary Of A Call Girl
    Outcry
    Outcry
    The Loudest Voice
    The Loudest Voice
    The Putin Interviews
    The Putin Interviews
    Odyssey 5
    Odyssey 5
    SMILF
    SMILF
    Showtime Specials
    Showtime Specials
    Jeremiah
    Jeremiah
    On Becoming a God in Central Florida
    On Becoming a God in Central Florida
    Masters of Horror
    Masters of Horror
    Stephen Colbert
    Stephen Colbert
    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
    I Love That for You
    I Love That for You
    Beach Heat: Miami
    Beach Heat: Miami
    Free for All
    Free for All
    Best in SEX: AVN Awards
    Best in SEX: AVN Awards
    Sleeper Cell
    Sleeper Cell
    Roadies
    Roadies
    Flatbush Misdemeanors
    Flatbush Misdemeanors
    History of the Eagles
    History of the Eagles
    Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma
    Eddie Griffin: E-Niggma
    The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
    The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth
    Just Another Immigrant
    Just Another Immigrant
    Murder In the Bayou
    Murder In the Bayou
    The Green Room
    The Green Room
    Moonbase 8
    Moonbase 8
    Shangri-La
    Shangri-La
    Dice
    Dice
    The Man Who Fell to Earth
    The Man Who Fell to Earth
    Boxing on PPV
    Boxing on PPV
    Naked SNCTM
    Naked SNCTM
    Faerie Tale Theatre
    Faerie Tale Theatre
    The Reality Show
    The Reality Show
    The Comedy Jam
    The Comedy Jam
    Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
    Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
    Supreme Team
    Supreme Team
    The Comey Rule
    The Comey Rule
    The Comedy Store
    The Comedy Store
    Reality Show
    Reality Show
    Showtime Sports
    Showtime Sports
    American Gigolo
    American Gigolo
    Sexual Healing
    Sexual Healing
    Legacy: Bob Hurley
    Legacy: Bob Hurley
    La La Land
    La La Land
    Everything's Gonna Be All White
    Everything's Gonna Be All White
    Episodes
    Episodes
    Inside Comedy
    Inside Comedy
    All Access
    All Access
    Showtime Comedy Specials
    Showtime Comedy Specials
    The Reagans
    The Reagans
    Tracey Takes On
    Tracey Takes On