With premiere access to Hollywood hit movies, new and exclusive HBO content, critically acclaimed Showtime series and first-rate Canadian programming, The Movie Network offers uncut and commercial-free programming 24-hours a day on five multiplex channels: M, HBO Canada, MExcess, MFun! and MFest. The Movie Network also offers The Movie Network HD, HBO Canada HD, MExcess HD and MFun! HD, and The Movie Network OnDemand and TMN OnLine.
Dexter (Season 5)
Premieres Sunday September 26, 2010 (12 x 60 min; drama)
Season 5 of Showtime’s popular drama series following Miami forensics expert by day/serial killer by night Dexter Morgan picks up where Season 4 left off: with Dexter attempting to pick up the pieces following his loving wife Rita’s horrific murder. Joining the cast for the new season is Julia Stiles, who appears as a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter in the wake of Rita’s death. Starring Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar, C.S. Lee and Lauren Velez.
Californication (Season 4)
Premieres Fall/Winter 2010 (12 x 30 min; comedy)
Showtime’s raunchy half-hour comedy starring Golden Globe®-winner David Duchovny as hedonistic novelist Hank Moody returns for a fourth season. Also starring Natasha McElhone, Evan Handler and Madeline Zima. Guest stars for Season 4 include Rob Lowe, Michael Ealy, Carla Gugino, Zoe Kravitz and Addison Timlin.
Episodes (New)
Premieres Fall/Winter 2010 (6 x 30 min; comedy)
When a successful British husband-and-wife comedy team are lured to Hollywood to produce a new American version of their hit series, they’re initially thrilled at the prospect. But they soon realize what the executives have in store for their precious show – including replacing the erudite British lead with quintessential comedy star, Matt LeBlanc – and begin to sink into the quicksand that is the TV business. A co-production of Showtime and BBC, this half-hour comedy stars Matt LeBlanc as a parody of himself, and is created by David Crane (Friends) and Jeffrey Klarik.
Shameless (New)
Premieres Fall/Winter 2010 (12 x 60 min; drama)
A U.S. adaptation of the long-running British series of the same name, Shameless follows the lives of the Gallaghers, an unconventional, working-class family trying to make ends meet during challenging times. With an alcoholic patriarch, played by William H. Macy, and mother constantly missing in action, oldest daughter Fiona (Emmy Rossum) is left with the task of keeping her five younger brothers and sisters on track. Guest starring Allison Janney and also featuring Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney, Cameron Monaghan, Jeremy White and Laura Slade Wiggins.
Oliver Stone’s Secret History of America (New)
Premieres Fall/Winter 2010 (10 x 60 min; documentary)
Academy Award®-winning director Oliver Stone produces, narrates, writes and directs this new, ten-part documentary series that chronicles unknown moments in U.S. history. The series will touch on the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America’s global role since the fall of Communism.
MOVIE PREMIERES
Brothers
Friday, August 6
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Saturday, August 7
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Friday, August 13
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Saturday, August 14
Inglourious Basterds
Saturday, August 21
The Informant!
Friday, August 27
Old Dogs
Saturday, August 28
Nine
September 2010
The Blind Side
September 2010
Couples Retreat
September 2010
Up In The Air
September 2010
Sherlock Holmes
September 2010
Where The Wild Things Are
September 2010
The Princess and the Frog
September 2010
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage
October 2010
Shutter Island
October 2010
Invictus
October 2010
When In Rome
October 2010
It’s Complicated
November 2010
The Bounty Hunter
November 2010
Valentine’s Day
November 2010
A Single Man
November 2010