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Trump's AG Demands U.S. Attorney Go Easy on Wall Street on 'Billions'

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March 26th, 2018 12:35 AM
Season three of Showtime’s Billions is boasting its newest character: Waylon Jeffcoat (Clancy Brown), the new Trump-appointed redneck, conservative Attorney General who comes off as an over the top parody of Jeff Sessions. At the start of Sunday’s premiere, “Tie Goes to the Runner,” Attorney General Jeffcoat tells U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York State, Chuck Roades (Paul…
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Trump Pouts on Colbert Cartoon Show: Mueller 'Wants to Lock Me Up'

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March 25th, 2018 11:07 PM
A government shutdown is caused by President Trump’s inability to focus on the budget resolution bill in the March 25 episode of Our Cartoon President on Showtime. Stephen Colbert’s lame weekly animated attack on President Trump and his administration is quickly running out of steam.
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'Homeland' Season Premiere Takes on 'Paranoid,' 'Fascist' President

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February 12th, 2018 1:08 AM
While the the liberal media lauds fascist dictators at the Winter Olympics, liberal Hollywood lectures us (with a wink and a nod) about fascist presidents on Showtime’s Homeland.
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Stephen Colbert's New Trump Cartoon is a Yuuuge Fail

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February 11th, 2018 11:55 PM
Showtime describes their new "workplace comedy" Our Cartoon President from executive producer Stephen Colbert as a “hilarious look into the Trump presidency.” Spoiler alert: this show is not hilarious, unless maybe you have Trump derangement syndrome or have extremely low standards for comedy.

Year in Review: The 10 Most Outrageously Liberal TV Scenes of 2017

Culture
December 27th, 2017 6:00 AM
This year, TV writers made no effort to conceal their liberal biases. Show plotlines were riddled with left-leaning political views, ranging from attempts to destigmatize abortion and euthanasia to caricaturizing Republicans as poor-hating racists. Here are 10 of the most outrageously liberal TV scenes from the year guaranteed to make your blood boil:
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'Shameless:' Drugs '50 Percent Cheaper' in Canada, Skips Explanation

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December 18th, 2017 1:39 AM
On Showtime's Shameless, Frank has been trying to make an honest living, but recently found himself laid off and has found it difficult to find a new job. In the December 17 episode "Occupy Fiona," he's in a bar complaining about his rotten luck when he meets a man who thinks he has it worse. This man, Akram, has it so bad that he has tried to "flee up to Canada," but hasn't been able to get…

Bozell & Graham Column: Showtime vs. Christianity

December 16th, 2017 8:30 AM
The Golden Globe Award nominations have been announced, and once again, the Hollywood judges really know how to find the worst junk to honor. Two nominations went to stay-classy Showtime’s program called “SMILF,” for “single mother I’d like to f—.” The show’s lead actress is also its creator and executive producer.
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'Shameless:' Another Show, Another Hot Take on Trump's America

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November 6th, 2017 1:46 AM
The eighth season of Shameless kicked off on November 5 with one character being extra patriotic, and the show as a whole being more political. “We live in a world in which everybody is talking about what’s happening,” executive producer John Wells told Variety. “I have very liberal tendencies, but the one thing you can say about what is happening is it’s started a conversation. There is a…
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‘White Famous’ Becomes F-Bomb Famous, 150 Times in 2 Episodes

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October 16th, 2017 4:00 AM
The first two episodes of the new Showtime comedy White Famous premiered on Showtime on October 15. It's about an African American stand-up comedian, played by former SNL comic Jay Pharoah, who is looking for his big break in Hollywood and these two episodes were all about racial awkwardness in our politically correct culture.  
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Stephen Colbert to Produce Donald Trump Cartoon Show for Showtime

July 27th, 2017 8:13 PM

It has been announced today that Showtime has given the go ahead for a 10 episode series of animated shows about President Donald Trump to air this Fall. So will this cartoon series be done in the spirit of good fun such as the way Vaughn Meader satirized John F. Kennedy in his First Family album over 50 years ago? Well, the fourth sentence of this Variety article reveals that probably won't…

Showtime Comedy Premieres with Vile Assault on Catholicism

Culture
June 5th, 2017 4:35 PM
Showtime’s new comedy I’m Dying Up Here premiered on Sunday, June 4. The show, produced by Jim Carrey, centers around a group of up and coming comics trying to become successful in the 1970s. Right off the bat, the show dove into the controversial topic of abortion, with the comic applauding the legalization of abortion. He encourages all the men to cheer, saying, "That's a big win for us, too."

Showtime's 'Guerrilla:' Abandon Idealism, Embrace Brutality

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April 24th, 2017 2:31 AM
“This thing you’re doing, it’s not a cause. … There is no change, Jas. You haven’t changed anything.” Those lines from an exasperated Kent (Idris Elba) on the April 23rd episode of Showtime’s Guerrilla epitomize the failure of British black power activists' violent actions in this series based in the 1970s.

Showtime’s Planned Hit-Job on Fox News

April 8th, 2017 1:50 PM
There is no doubt that a majority of media conglomerates in this country have taken a sharp turn to the left in the past few years. One of the few that deserves my sympathy is Disney, which I have covered extensively (and, in full disclosure as a shareholder and longtime fan). Largely thanks to the television division and the live-action movie studio, the company’s reputation as a trusted source…
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'Homeland' Blames Right-Wing for Fake News 'Sock Puppet' Accounts

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March 19th, 2017 11:56 PM
Man, Showtime’s Homeland really doesn’t like Alex Jones or anyone who supports him. This week’s episode marks not only the third time the character based on him was a plot point but the second time he’s been saddled with the “fake news” label, this time with the help of a few thousand fake social media accounts.