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Showcase (Australian TV channel)

{{Short description|Australian cable and satellite television channel}}

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{{Infobox television channel

| name = Showcase

| logo = Showcase 2023.png

| logo_size =

| logo_caption =

| launch_date = 1 December 2007{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|title=Showcase – New Foxtel Channel|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2007/09/showcase-new-foxtel-channel.html|publisher=tvtonight.com.au|date=14 September 2007|access-date=29 December 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126081240/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2007/09/showcase-new-foxtel-channel.html| archive-date= 26 January 2009 | url-status=dead}}

| picture_format = 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)

| owner = Foxtel

| country = Australia

| language = English

| replaced = FX

| former_names = FOX Showcase (2018-2023)

| sister_channels = Foxtel Networks channels

| timeshift_service = Showcase +2

| online_serv_1 = Foxtel Go

| online_chan_1 = Channel 112

| online_serv_2 = Binge

| online_chan_2 = [http://www.binge.com.au binge.com.au]

}}

Showcase (formerly Fox Showcase) is an Australian premium drama cable and satellite television channel. It was initially part of the Showtime Australia channels and was managed by PMP chief executive officer Peter Rose. In 2007 Rose said Showcase "provides a real home at last for quality drama in Australia, and this list of outstanding event television is just the start". Showcase launched with the Australian TV premieres of Dexter and Australian-made series Satisfaction.

Showcase is owned and operated by Foxtel Networks, and is their flagship entertainment channel, and airs programming with no ad breaks during shows.

The showcase can be found on channel 112 on Foxtel and Optus TV.

Foxtel took over managing and producing Showcase and the other Showtime channels as of 31 October 2012, with it purchasing assets of the PMP.{{cite web |title=Foxtel to acquire Showtime channels TV Tonight |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/10/foxtel-to-acquire-showtime-channels.html |date=11 October 2012 |publisher=David Knox |access-date=3 December 2012 |archive-date=19 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119133808/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/10/foxtel-to-acquire-showtime-channels.html |url-status=live }} On 9 December 2012, it was announced that Movie Network and Showtime (except Showcase) would be replaced with a new lineup of Foxtel-branded movie channels to be named Foxtel Movies{{cite web |title=New movie channels for Foxtel TV Tonight |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/12/new-movie-channels-for-foxtel.html |date=9 December 2012 |publisher=David Knox |access-date=17 December 2012 |archive-date=14 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214085306/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/12/new-movie-channels-for-foxtel.html |url-status=live }} Showcase would continue to be the home of premium dramas from HBO and other international networks, original programming, documentaries, and independent films until 2025 when Warner Bros announced that it would launch Max in Australia which would be the new home of HBO from March 31, potentially delivering a huge blow to Showcase.

On 3 November 2014, Showcase moved from Foxtel's Premium Movies and Drama package to the newly founded Drama package. In addition, the channel moved from channel 404 to channel 115 and Showcase + 2 moved from channel 414 to channel 158.{{cite press release|title=Foxtel announces a new value revolution for subscription TV|publisher=Foxtel|date=4 September 2014|url=http://www.foxtel.com.au/cms/groups/webcontent/@fox/@corporate/@dotcom/documents/webcontent/pr_new-value-revolution_140904.pdf|access-date=5 November 2014|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912140851/http://www.foxtel.com.au/cms/groups/webcontent/@fox/@corporate/@dotcom/documents/webcontent/pr_new-value-revolution_140904.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=BoxSets, Discovery Kids launch on Foxtel.|publisher=TV Tonight|date=3 November 2014|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/11/boxsets-discovery-kids-launch-on-foxtel.html|access-date=5 November 2014|archive-date=7 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107235442/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/11/boxsets-discovery-kids-launch-on-foxtel.html|url-status=live}}

Following the closure of SoHo and the launch of the channel Binge on 5 October 2016,{{cite web|url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/08/foxtel-has-a-new-binge-channel/|title=Foxtel Has A New 'Binge' Channel|work=Gizmodo|access-date=1 August 2016|date=1 August 2016|first=Rae|last=Johnston|archive-date=1 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801055003/http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/08/foxtel-has-a-new-binge-channel/|url-status=live}} Showcase moved to channel 114.{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaweek.com.au/foxtel-reveals-programming-for-new-channel-binge/|work=MediaWeek|date=14 September 2016|access-date=14 September 2016|title=Foxtel reveals programming for new channel Binge|url-status=live|archive-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914004014/http://www.mediaweek.com.au/foxtel-reveals-programming-for-new-channel-binge/}}

On 28 September 2023, after Real Life launched, the channel rebranded to its former name Showcase with a new logo.{{Cite web |title=Foxtel Magazine (October 2023) - Your monthly guide to a world of entertainment |url=https://www.foxtelmagazine.foxtel.com.au/#view=catalogue2&saleId=51890&page=33 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Foxtel Magazine |page=32 |archive-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926130628/https://www.foxtelmagazine.foxtel.com.au/#view=catalogue2&saleId=51890&page=33 |url-status=dead }}

Background

Showcase launched with the Australian premiere of Satisfaction, based around high-class Australian escorts and their clients. The show ran for three seasons.

Showcase also aired all three series of Love My Way, a series which moved from FOX8 to W to Showtime each season yet was re-run on Showcase all together for the first time in 2007–2008.

In 2008, Foxtel and Showcase announced a new Australian drama called Tangle. Tangle is from the makers of Love My Way, and features an all-star Australian cast of Matt Day, Kat Stewart, Justine Clarke, Ben Mendelsohn and Catherine McClements. The series debuted on 1 October 2009 to rave reviews: "Tangle puts Free to Air Television to shame. Australian drama desperately needs more voices that emanate from truth".{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/09/tangle.html |title=Tangle |date=29 September 2009 |publisher=TV Tonight |access-date=29 April 2011 |archive-date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410121141/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/09/tangle.html |url-status=live }}

In 2010 Showtime commissioned a 6-hour mini-series Cloudstreet based on the novel by Tim Winton. The series premiered on 22 May 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/03/airdate-cloudstreet.html |title=Airdate: Cloudstreet |date=17 March 2011 |publisher=TV Tonight |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-date=22 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622215545/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/03/airdate-cloudstreet.html |url-status=live }} The stellar cast includes Essie Davis as Dolly Pickles, Stephen Curry as Sam Pickles, Emma Booth as Rose Pickles, Kerry Fox as Oriel Lamb, Geoff Morrell as Lester Lamb, and with Todd Lasance as Quick Lamb and NIDA graduate Hugo Johnstone-Burt as Fish Lamb.{{cite web |url=http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/stellar-cast-announced-for-cloudstreet-adaptation-56430.htm |title=Stellar cast announced for Cloudstreet adaptation – FOXTEL Insider – What's On |publisher=FOXTEL |date=3 February 2010 |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-date=18 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518024739/http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/stellar-cast-announced-for-cloudstreet-adaptation-56430.htm |url-status=live }}

Logo history

File:Showcase.svg|Original logo

File:Fox_Showcase.jpg|Logo used 26 September 2018 - 10 October 2019

File:Fox_Showcase_logo_2019.svg|Logo used 10 October 2019 - 28 September 2023

Original programming

Overseas programming

Many of the programs featured on FOX Showcase are Australian premieres, and feature on cable networks in America which feature adult themes and mature issues such as HBO, Showtime and FX in the United States. As of 2025, many of these shows from these mentioned cable networks have each relocated to their respective parent company's streaming services in Australia with FX now on Disney+, Showtime on Paramount+ and HBO now moving to Max.

At Foxtel's 2013 programming highlights presentation on 26 February 2013, Foxtel announced an agreement with HBO that was to see HBO content be exclusively shown on Showcase, with it not to screen on free to air television for at least five years.{{Cite web|title=Foxtel launches 2013 programming TV Tonight|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/02/foxtel-launches-2013-programming.html|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|date=27 February 2013|access-date=14 March 2013}}

=Current programming=

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=Former programming=

  • The Americans
  • Better Things
  • Californication
  • Dexter
  • Game of Thrones
  • House of the Dragon{{cite web |author1=Foxtel |title=House of the Dragon |url=https://www.foxtel.com.au/watch/house-of-the-dragon.html |website=Foxtel |access-date=6 October 2021 |archive-date=6 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006013206/https://www.foxtel.com.au/watch/house-of-the-dragon.html |url-status=live }}
  • The Killing
  • The Newsroom
  • The Pacific
  • Raised By Wolves{{cite web|title=The Raised By Wolves Trailer Has Dropped And We're Getting Goosebumps|url=https://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/showcase/raised-by-wolves-trailer.html|publisher=Foxtel|date=6 August 2020|access-date=27 December 2020}}{{cite web|title=Airdate:Raised by Wolves|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/08/airdate-raised-by-wolves-2.html|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|date=6 August 2020|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028072043/https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/08/airdate-raised-by-wolves-2.html|url-status=live}}
  • The Riches
  • Scandal
  • Shameless
  • Sons of Anarchy
  • The Sopranos
  • Vinyl{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/11/foxtel-upfronts-2016-local-thrillers-lifestyle-us-drama.html|title=Foxtel Upfronts 2016: Local thrillers, Lifestyle & US Drama.|date=5 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015|archive-date=7 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107212555/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/11/foxtel-upfronts-2016-local-thrillers-lifestyle-us-drama.html|url-status=live}}
  • Westworld
  • White Collar

See also

References

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Category:Television networks in Australia

Category:Television channels and stations established in 2007

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Category:English-language television stations in Australia

Category:Commercial-free television networks in Australia