In an interview with Paramount+ Head Of Originals (Jane Wiseman), it sounds like Showtime is disappearing entirely from the app and no new Showtime-centric shows will be made.
DEADLINE: The future of the Showtime-branded series. Yellowjackets and The Chi are ending, leaving only Dexter: Resurrection. Are you developing shows to be in that brand, will it continue, or will any new series be a Paramount+ original?
WISEMAN: With shows like Yellowjackets and The Chi, which felt very female forward, we definitely want to develop shows in those spaces for women by women, so thatās not going to change. Really excited for the next season of Dexter to come out, itās been on our platform for 20 years. As far as the Showtime brand, I donāt know that thereās anything really to say about it right now. In terms of brands, we just migrated BET over to a service, which was really successful for us, and we have some wonderful series coming from BET Studios, so I can speak more to that.
DEADLINE: To clarify, youāre not developing shows and say, these fit the Showtime brand, there will not be a tile or something on Paramount+ the way FX is on Hulu, correct? itās not a separate lane that youāre developing in.
WISEMAN: No.
No talk of what will happen with Showtime, The Movie Channel or Flix on cable. Not sure how much longer those will be around, which is kind of sad to think about as they've been around forever. My family has had the Showtime/The Movie Channel cable subscription on a cheap deal since 1993!