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Ben Moore
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Original Shows

Showtime's stable of original programming includes Black Monday, Billions, Homeland, Kidding, The Chi, Shameless, and Ray Donovan.

Movies and More

Showtime also offers a good collection of movies for streaming. During the time of my review, featured movies included Baby Driver, Molly's Game, Remember the Titans, Spotlight, and War Horse. Additionally, you can watch content that's streaming live on Showtime's broadcast channels; Showtime West and Showtime East.

Web Interface

Showtime's website is clean and organized. The interface's dark elements and background are also conducive to nighttime viewing.

Showtime

The service is available on a wide range of platforms or as an add-on to other video streaming services, including CBS All Access, Hulu, Prime Video, and YouTube TV.

Offline Downloads

Showtime lets subscribers on Android, iOS, and Amazon Fire devices download content for offline viewing, but limits the resolution to 720p on phones.

About Our Expert

Ben Moore

Ben Moore

Managing Editor, Software

My Experience

I’ve been writing and editing technology articles for more than seven years, most recently as part of PCMag's software team. I am responsible for content in the AI, financial, graphic design, operating system, photo and video editing, productivity, and small business categories, among others. I also worked for several years on the consumer electronics team, where I edited articles on topics such as cameras, headphones, phones, speakers, and tablets. Before PCMag, I was at Neowin.net, Tom’s Guide, and Laptop Mag.

The Technology I Use

I use a Lenovo ThinkPad P14s for work and a 2021 Razer Blade 14 for everything else. I also keep a Lenovo Yoga Tab tablet and a HiBy M300 digital audio player. My current phone is a Google Pixel 9a.

As for software, I use Firefox everywhere, as well as Bitwarden and Mullvad VPN. I rely on Adobe Lightroom to edit photos and Google Keep or Microsoft Excel to manage the rest of my life. To organize my music library, I use MusicBee on Windows and Musicolet on Android.

I’m currently split between wired and wireless headphones. I use a Fiio K3 amp/DAC for the Beyerdynamic DT 700 Pro X headphones and the Moondrop Kato earphones. For wireless audio, I switch between the Shure Aonic 50 (Gen 2) headphones and the Technics EAH-AZ40M2 earphones.

My current camera is a Nikon Z6III.

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