SHOWTIME is Armed With New Reality Show 'LOCK 'N LOAD' That Observes People
From All Walks of Life Exploiting the Right to Bear Arms
Seventh Season of 'PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT' Becomes Showtime's Longest Running
Show
LOS ANGELES, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- SHOWTIME has picked up LOCK 'N LOAD,
a new half-hour, six-episode reality series, it was announced by Robert
Greenblatt, President of Entertainment. On the heels of the U.S. Supreme
Court's recent ruling on the 2nd Amendment which reinforces every American's
right to bear arms, this show is a fly on the wall at "The Shootist" gun store
in Englewood, Colorado, where salesman Josh Ryan is always in full-on pitch
mode -- and the steady stream of customers never stops. And for every gun
sold by this expert gunslinger at this family-owned store, there's a
fascinating story and a fascinating buyer to tell it to him: the new parent
who wants to protect his family; the teenager who's an expert hunter; the
30-something woman who feels a little more at ease with a revolver in her
purse and the avid collector who simply has a fascination with guns of all
kinds. There's even a shooting range in the basement to try out the
merchandise before completing the sale. The show will debut in 2009.
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Additionally, SHOWTIME has renewed the three-time Emmy(R)-nominated and
Writer's Guild Award-winning PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT! Now the network's
longest-running show, it will continue to feature the notoriously outspoken
duo on their crusade to expose the inherent hypocrisy (translation: bullshit)
of many of the popular beliefs and sacred institutions in our culture. Season
seven will cover varied topics such as orgasms, Little League baseball and the
fundamentals of astrology, among others. Ten new episodes have been ordered
and will premiere in 2009.
LOCK 'N LOAD doesn't take sides or argue a political perspective.
Instead, viewers on both sides of the issue will be able to watch Ryan, a born
salesman, wield his patented quick-draw humor and inherent likeability in each
exchange, making jokes and big-ticket deals over the blasts echoing from the
firing range down below. And all is done before hidden cameras which will
only be revealed after the transaction is completed in order to insure a
particularly candid and compelling point of view. America is and will
probably always be fascinated with the gun culture in our country and this
show will help to explain why.
LOCK 'N LOAD is executive produced by Authentic Entertainment, with Tom
Rogan and Lauren Lexton serving as executive producers.
PENN & TELLER: BULLSHIT! has been nominated for a Writers Guild Award for
Best Comedy/Variety series for four consecutive years and won in 2004. It was
also nominated three times for Emmys(R) for Outstanding Reality Program and
Outstanding Writing for Non-Fiction Programming. The series is produced by
the Academy and Emmy(R) Award-winning Wolper Organization and Star Price
Productions and executive produced by Price, Mark Wolper, Penn & Teller, and
David Wechter.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS
Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME(R),
THE MOVIE CHANNEL(R) and FLIX(R), as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME
2(TM), SHOWTIME(R) SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME(R), SHOWTIME BEYOND(R), SHOWTIME
NEXT(R), SHOWTIME WOMEN(R), SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE(R) and THE MOVIE CHANNEL(R)
XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD(R), THE MOVIE CHANNEL(R) HD, SHOWTIME ON
DEMAND(R) and THE MOVIE CHANNEL(R) ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian
Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution. All SNI
feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and
distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a
pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV(R).
SOURCE Showtime Networks Inc.
Morgan Fouch, +1-310-234-5219, morgan.fouch@showtime.net; Nicole Caprio,
+1-310-234-5218, nicole.caprio@showtime.net, both of Showtime Entertainment
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