Is Showtime still a standalone streaming app?

Showtime's standalone app has been folded into Paramount+, which now offers Showtime content through a dedicated add-on tier.

Did Dexter get a continuation after its original ending?

Yes, Showtime later produced follow-up series revisiting the character years after the original show's finale.

Is the Showtime app still separate from Paramount+?

No. Showtime's standalone streaming app was folded into Paramount+ in 2024 under the combined 'Paramount+ with Showtime' tier.

Does the linear Showtime TV channel still exist?

Yes, the linear cable and satellite channel continues to air alongside the streaming integration.

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Written by Total Apex Entertainment Staff · Editorial Policy · Updated October 11, 2026

Total Apex Take

Showtime the network is basically gone, folded into Paramount+ with Showtime, and the brand's slow disappearance says a lot about what happens to prestige cable once the parent company needs it to be a bundle feature instead of a destination.

Paramount merged Showtime's content directly into Paramount+ rather than keeping it as a standalone premium tier, and shows that once would have anchored the Showtime brand — "Yellowjackets," the Michael C. Hall-led "Dexter: Original Sin" prequel — now exist mostly as Paramount+ marquee titles with Showtime reduced to a watermark. "Billions" wrapped, and the network's once-reliable pipeline of auteur-driven dramas has largely dried up under the Paramount Skydance ownership shuffle.

Our take is that Showtime's fade is less about quality than corporate math: Paramount needed a streaming bundle story more than it needed a prestige-cable identity, and Showtime's library was the easiest thing to repurpose. What's worth watching is whether "Dexter: Original Sin" and "Yellowjackets" get enough ongoing investment to survive a merger that was clearly built around cost-cutting, not creative ambition.

About Showtime

Showtime is an American premium television network owned by Paramount Skydance, historically positioned as HBO's chief direct competitor in prestige original programming. Since the 2020s, Showtime's content has increasingly been folded into the broader Paramount+ streaming service alongside a rebrand of the combined offering.

The network built a reputation for morally complex antihero-driven dramas and boundary-pushing comedies, producing several long-running signature series across its history.

Notable Showtime Series

Title	Debut	Notes
Dexter	2006	A long-running drama about a vigilante forensic analyst
Homeland	2011	Won multiple Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series
Billions	2016	A Wall Street-set drama that ran for several seasons
Yellowjackets	2021	A breakout survival-horror drama

Financials

Launched	1976
Parent company	Paramount Skydance
Current branding	Streaming service rebranded Paramount+ with Showtime (2024); linear Showtime channel continues

How It Compares

Compared To	Key Difference
HBO	Showtime has long positioned itself as HBO's scrappier rival, chasing bold, boundary-pushing dramas like Dexter and Homeland rather than matching HBO's budgets outright.
Starz	Both are smaller premium cable competitors to HBO, though Showtime has historically had a larger subscriber base.

Showtime

Launched	1976
Parent company	Paramount Skydance
Type	Premium cable network
Streaming home	Paramount+ with Showtime

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