Season five of Showtime’s “Billions” with Emmy-winners Paul Giamatti (“John Adams”, “Cinderella Man”) and Damian Lewis (“Homeland”) returns September 5 with five new episodes.
The season five premiere episode is now available free on YouTube, Showtime.com, and Sho.com. The series has been renewed for season six, which will premiere early next year. Season five gives Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) a possible weapon in his fight against Bobby Axelrod (Lewis).
Here’s a look at other deals and upcoming projects:
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“The Beatles: Get Back,” a Disney+ documentary series directed by Peter Jackson, debuts over the Thanksgiving holidays, Nov. 25-27. Each episode is two hours. Compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage shot in January 1969, “The Beatles: Get Back” is the story of John, Paul, George, and Ringo as they plan their first live show in over two years.
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Former ESPN anchors Kenny Mayne and Cari Champion will host a nightly show during the 2020 Olympics on Peacock, being held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8. The Games were postponed last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show will include interviews and highlights of the Games. Mayne is known for his work on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and “Mayne Street.”
Peacock
Peacock is a subscription video streaming service from NBCUniversal that includes original shows, blockbuster movies, and classic television series. Peacock is home to “Yellowstone,” and “The Office,” as well as original hits like “Poker Face” and “Bel-Air.” You can also watch live sports including NFL, MLB, WWE, Olympics, Premier League, NASCAR, French Open, College Football and Basketball, and PGA Tour. Premium Plus subscribers can stream their local NBC feed in all 210 markets.
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“The Black American Fight for Freedom” stream on BBC Select premieres July 1. The documentary includes interviews with Elise Boddie, the Rutgers-Newark director, Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, and Elizabeth Hinton, an American historian. The doc explores the key court cases, Supreme Court rulings and laws that failed to bridge the equality gap. The documentary will be made available for free for 30 days, in the U.S only, on BBC Select through Amazon Prime Video, the Apple TV app and BBC Select’s YouTube channel.
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Redbox has teamed with Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment to add the Popcornflix Channel to Redbox Free Live TV. Launching later this month, the channel will feature popular programming, including “Robert the Bruce,” “The Clearing” and “Jason and the Argonauts,” among its titles. Redbox Free Live TV is available on Redbox.com, Roku, iOS, and Android devices; Apple TV, Android TV, Vizio Smart TVs, LG TVs, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Chromecast.
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“Innocent” will debut June 14 on Sundance Now. The four-part second season of the British anthology series follows the story of Sally Wright (Katherine Kelly), a teacher wrongfully convicted of murder, and though never proven, accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student. She loses everything in the process and now is determined to clear herself of all charges.
Disney+
Disney+ is a video streaming service with over 13,000 series and films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, The Muppets, and more. It is available in 61 countries and 21 languages. It is notable for its popular original series like “The Mandalorian,” “Ms. Marvel,” “Loki,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” and “Andor.”
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Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges (“Fast and the Furious”) and Beau Bridges (“The Fabulous Baker Boys”) will star opposite Queen Latifah in the Netflix movie “End of the Road.” Latifah plays a widow hoping to start a new life with her family, only to discover they are targets of an unknown killer.
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Disney+ will officially switch release dates of original shows to Wednesdays from Fridays. The new schedule is global and kicks off with the service’s July releases of Pixar’s “Monsters at Work” on July 7 and the reboot of “Turner & Hooch” on July 21.