Showtime (TV network)

Despite being corporately reunited with Paramount Pictures in 2019 as a result of the ViacomCBS merger, Paramount maintained an existing output deal with [[MGM+]] (formerly Epix, which Paramount co-owned with Lionsgate and MGM from its 2009 launch until 2018) until the end of 2025. New films from Paramount Pictures were not be able to air on Showtime until 2026.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=January 19, 2024 |title=Paramount's output deal with MGM+ was renewed for another 2 years, extending the studio's output deal through the end of 2025.|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/paramount-pictures-output-deal-mgm-plus-extended-1235797124/ |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en}} Showtime subscribers though certain providers are able to stream certain recent Paramount Pictures films through included Paramount+ subscriptions.

Despite being corporately reunited with Paramount Pictures in 2019 as a result of the ViacomCBS merger, Paramount maintained an existing output deal with [[MGM+]] (formerly Epix, which Paramount co-owned with Lionsgate and MGM from its 2009 launch until 2018) until the end of 2025. New films from Paramount Pictures were not be able to air on Showtime until 2026.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=January 19, 2024 |title=Paramount's output deal with MGM+ was renewed for another 2 years, extending the studio's output deal through the end of 2025.|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/paramount-pictures-output-deal-mgm-plus-extended-1235797124/ |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en}} Showtime subscribers though certain providers are able to stream certain recent Paramount Pictures films through included Paramount+ subscriptions.

Showtime also shows sub-runs – runs of films that have already received broadcast or [[broadcast syndication|syndicated television]] airings – of theatrical films distributed by [[IFC Films]], [[Sony Pictures]] (including content from [[Columbia Pictures]], [[TriStar Pictures]], [[Screen Gems]], [[Revolution Studios]] and [[Morgan Creek Productions]]), [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (including content from [[New Line Cinema]]), [[Universal Pictures]] (including content from subsidiary [[Focus Features]]), [[Open Road Films]], [[Screen Media]], [[Oscilloscope (company)|Oscilloscope]] (select films), [[Summit Entertainment]] (for films released prior to 2013), [[Paramount Pictures]] (for films released prior to 2023), [[A24]] (for films released prior to 2024), [[Amblin Partners]] (including [[DreamWorks Pictures]], for films released prior to 2025) [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (including content from subsidiary [[United Artists]]) (for films released prior to 2015), [[Lionsgate Studios|Lionsgate]] (for films released prior to 2015), and [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] (including content from [[Pixar]], [[20th Century Studios]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Walt Disney Pictures]], and [[Marvel Studios]], (for films released prior to 2023).

Showtime also shows sub-runs – runs of films that have already received broadcast or [[broadcast syndication|syndicated television]] airings – of theatrical films distributed by [[IFC Films]], [[Sony Pictures]] (including content from [[Columbia Pictures]], [[TriStar Pictures]], [[Screen Gems]], [[Revolution Studios]] and [[Morgan Creek Productions]]), [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (including content from [[New Line Cinema]]), [[Universal Pictures]] (including content from subsidiary [[Focus Features]]), [[Open Road Films]], [[Screen Media]], [[Oscilloscope (company)|Oscilloscope]] (select films), [[Summit Entertainment]] (for films released prior to 2013), [[A24]] (for films released prior to 2024), [[Amblin Partners]] (including [[DreamWorks Pictures]], for films released prior to 2025) [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (including content from subsidiary [[United Artists]]) (for films released prior to 2015), [[Lionsgate Studios|Lionsgate]] (for films released prior to 2015), and [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] (including content from [[Pixar]], [[20th Century Studios]], [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Walt Disney Pictures]], and [[Marvel Studios]], (for films released prior to 2023).

The window between a film's initial release in theaters and its initial screening on Showtime and sister channels The Movie Channel and Flix is wider than the grace period leading to a film's initial broadcast on HBO/Cinemax, [[Starz]]/[[Encore (TV channel)|Encore]] (formerly owned by Lionsgate), and [[Epix (TV network)|Epix]]. Films that Showtime has pay cable rights to will usually run on The Movie Channel and Flix during the period of its term of licensing.

The window between a film's initial release in theaters and its initial screening on Showtime and sister channels The Movie Channel and Flix is wider than the grace period leading to a film's initial broadcast on HBO/Cinemax, [[Starz]]/[[Encore (TV channel)|Encore]] (formerly owned by Lionsgate), and [[Epix (TV network)|Epix]]. Films that Showtime has pay cable rights to will usually run on The Movie Channel and Flix during the period of its term of licensing.