Shailene Woodley’s Showtime Series Three Women Dropped By Network Amid Paramount Reorganization +
The Three Women series, starring Shailene Woodley and Betty Gilpin, will no longer air on Showtime, despite being completed.
The network has opted to stop airing the series following a reorganization that will see it rebranded Paramount+ with Showtime for both the television channel and streaming service, according to Deadline Monday.
The show has since been shopped around other networks and streamers, and at least one offer has been made to take over the show.
The reorganization with Paramount+ has also led to the cancellation of two other Showtimes series, the vampire drama Let The Right One In and the reboot of American Gigolo starring Jon Bernthal.
Canceled Early: Three Women, starring Shailene Woodley and Betty Gilpin, will no longer air on Showtime, despite being completed, after the network announced it was changing its name to Paramount+ with Showtime, according to Deadline; Woodley view in April 2022
Both shows had only aired one season on the premium cable network.
Three Women was based on the 2019 nonfiction book of the same name by Lisa Taddeo, and is unrelated to Robert Altman’s classic film 3 Women (1977), starring Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek.
Woodley, 31, plays Gia, an understudy for the author who travels across the US to interview three women whose sexual and emotional lives have thrown them into turmoil.
Gilpin stars as Lina, a suburban Indiana housewife who upends her emotionally numb marriage by having an affair.
True to Life: Three Women was based on the 2019 nonfiction book of the same name by Lisa Taddeo. Woodley plays an author’s version interviewing three women in the US whose sexual experiences changed their lives, including Gilpin (pictured April 2022)
Female leads: Gilpin plays an Indiana housewife who shakes up her marriage with an affair, while DeWanda Wise (pictured) plays a woman in an open marriage; seen in May 2022
DeWanda Wise stars as Sloane, a seemingly happy woman in an open marriage to Richard (Blair Underwood). She likes to watch her have sex with other men, but two strangers who enter her relationship threaten to change her.
Rounding out the three namesake women is Maggie, played by Gabrielle Creevy. She plays a student who is thrown into chaos after accusing her English teacher of having an inappropriate relationship.
Despite releasing a trailer for the series, Showtime opted to drop it, leaving another entity a chance to pick it up.
He is also reportedly buying Let The Right One In and American Gigolo in the hope that another network will buy the properties.
Dramatic: Rounding out the three namesake women is Maggie, played by Gabrielle Creevy. She plays a student who is thrown into chaos after accusing her English teacher of having an inappropriate relationship.
Moving on: Showtime had already released a sneak peek, but is allowing the show to be purchased on other networks to make it a tax deduction. A network has reportedly made an offer
Three Women is executive produced by author Taddeo, along with showrunner Laura Eason, Kathy Ciric and non-cast actress Emmy Rossum.
The first two episodes had been directed by Louise Friedberg, who is also an executive producer.
Showtime appears to be following in the footsteps of Warner Bros. Discovery, which has canceled a number of new shows to cut costs for its streaming service HBO Max, as well as removing several pre-existing shows and movies from the streamer for tax deductions.
Deadline signals the future for other Showtimes series Ziwe and I Love That for You.
The first, a talk show starring comedian Ziwe Fumudoh as she attempts to make viral videos while grilling her guests, informally seeks out potential buyers, suggesting her future may not be secure.
I Love That for You stars former Saturday Night Live actress Vanessa Bayer as a home shopping show host who lies that her childhood cancer has returned to keep her job.
Cutting costs: Showtime is following in the footsteps of Warner Bros. Discovery, which has canceled a number of new shows to cut costs for its streaming service HBO Max, as well as removing several pre-existing shows and movies from the streamer; Woodley seen in April 2022
End of the Road: Jon Bernthal’s remake starring American Gigolo (pictured) and vampire drama Let The Right One In were both canceled after one season, but both are also up for purchase.