‘George & Tammy’ Attracts 3.3M Viewers For Showtime Premiere & Simulcast – Deadline

George & Tammy, starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon, premiered Sunday with 3.3 million Stay+Similar Day linear viewers throughout Showtime, Paramount Community and CMT. Initially produced for Spectrum Originals with a second window on Paramount Community and Paramount+, the music drama was lately picked up by Showtime after Spectrum pulled away from unique sequence.

MTV Leisure Studios, which is producing the present, calls this probably the most watched premiere in Showtime’s almost 50-year historical past however that refers back to the mixed viewership throughout the pay cable community in addition to the simulcast on the 2 primary cable nets. No viewership on Showtime solely, which might be corresponding to earlier premieres, is being supplied.

Future episodes will air completely on Showtime on-air, on demand and streaming.

George & Tammy chronicles the nation music energy couple, Tammy Wynette and George Jones, whose sophisticated however enduring relationship impressed a number of the most iconic music of all time. The sequence is produced by MTV Leisure Studios, 101 Studios, Freckle Movies, Mad Probability, Brolin Productions, Aunt Sylvia’s Shifting Image Co. and Clean Movies Inc. Abe Sylvia serves as creator and government producer together with government producers Andrew Lazar, Josh Brolin, Chastain and Kelly Carmichael. David C. Glasser, David Hutkin and Bob Yari are government producers from 101 Studios. John Hillcoat serves as director and government producer. The sequence relies on the ebook, The Three of Us: Rising Up with Tammy and George, penned by the couple’s daughter, Georgette Jones.

“George & Tammy made historical past as probably the most watched Showtime premiere ever, due to the mesmerizing performances of Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon,” mentioned Chris McCarthy, President/CEO of Showtime & Paramount Media Networks. “The riveting and sophisticated story of the king and queen of county music is a testomony to the inventive firepower of Abe Sylvia and our unbelievable companions at Freckle Movies and 101 Studios, led by David Glasser.”