Showtime orders 'Masters of Sex,' 'Ray Donovan' to series
Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan and Liev Schreiber star
Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan of "Masters of Sex"
Credit: Showtime
Showtime has given series orders to a pair of star-studded dramas, picking up both "Masters of Sex" and "Ray Donovan."
Both "Masters of Sex" and "Ray Donovan" have been given 12 episode orders and will film in Los Angeles with yet-to-be-determined 2013 premiere dates.
"Masters of Sex" stars Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as noted human sexuality scholars William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Michelle Ashford adapted the pilot from Thomas Maier's "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How To Love," with "Shakespeare in Love" director John Madden at the helm.
The "Masters of Sex" cast also includes Caitlin Fitzgerald, Nicholas D'Agosto and Teddy Sears, while Beau Bridges and Margo Martindale guest star in the pilot.
"Ray Donovan" was created by Ann Biderman ("Southland") and features Liev Schreiber as a professional trouble shooter who can fix everybody's problems but his own. The cast around Schreiber includes Elliot Gould, Jon Voight, Dash Mihok, Eddie Marsan, Paula Malcomson, Kate Moennig, Steve Bauer, Johnathon Schaech and Peter Jacobson.
Blurbs Showtime Entertainment President David Nevins, "'Ray Donovan' and 'Masters of Sex,' each in their own distinctive ways, represent the caliber of programming we want to bring to our subscribers. Both series are ambitious and expansive, and feature great writing and great acting. I'm so excited for viewers to experience these two new dramas, which I believe will prove to be fantastic complements to our current slate of programming."
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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June 11, 2012 at 2:55PM EST Reply to Comment"a professional trouble shooter who can fix everybody's problems but his own."
This is almost certainly going to be Dan's new favorite show.
dan Mmmm... Vocational Irony Narrative...
June 11, 2012 at 4:18PM EST-Daniel
James
June 11, 2012 at 2:57PM EST Reply to Comment"'Ray Donovan' was created by Ann Biderman ("Southland") and features Liev Schreiber as a professional trouble shooter who can fix everybody's problems but his own."
What a novel concept. Seriously, though, I hope it's better than that logline, because another 'great at my job, but terrible personal life' series sounds trite.
mrbilliam
June 11, 2012 at 3:39PM EST Reply to Comment"Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How To Love"
They absolutely should have left the title as is (and then emphasized to critics that they should not ever shorten or abbreviate it).
mrbilliam Also, "Taught America to Love" is a rather pretentious thing to say about two people I've never heard of before.
June 11, 2012 at 3:40PM ESTdjones Obviously everyone has been too busy f***in' ever since to teach you about them.
June 11, 2012 at 4:03PM ESTWar Chief Shake Zula
June 11, 2012 at 5:07PM EST Reply to CommentOh god, John Madden is making TV shows now?! This is what he's doing instead of commentating Sunday Night Football?!!!
DougMac
June 11, 2012 at 6:00PM EST Reply to CommentWhile the Ray Donovan logline is awful, that cast is great. It will be worth a shot at the least. The Masters of Sex cast is pretty great too