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The pay-cable network also hired Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker" to direct a pilot, "The Miraculous Year," about a powerful New York family led by a self-destructive composer.

Quiet on the Small Set Amy Chozick 2011

Famous families got off to relatively impressive starts as The Kennedys attracted 1.9 million viewers, a record for the relatively obscure basic cable ReelzChannel, and Showtime's The Borgias reeled in 1.49 million total viewers, boosting the pay-cable outlet to a seven-year peak for a dramatic premiere.

Ratings: Kennedys, Borgias Post Solid Debuts 2011

But because Tara is a pay-cable show limited to 13 episodes, her family had to relocate from Australia for only a few months.

For Collette, complex 'Tara' was an easy choice 2009

If you're more of a movie buff than a fan of TV shows, there's simply no contest - Netflix is the clear winner, especially now that they've beefed up their streaming catalog with titles from pay-cable movie channel EPIX.

Steve Rosenbaum: Is Cable Dead? You Do The Math... Steve Rosenbaum 2010

People are moving away from network TV to cable and pay-cable (or they're watching it on the Internet) - and one of the reasons is that these networks are so timid that they freak even when someone complains that they're saying $#*!

Marshall Fine: Insanity over obscenity Marshall Fine 2010

Thursday's TCA schedule at the Beverly Hilton was split between CBS's most disparate corporate siblings: Showtime, the surging adults-only pay-cable service determined to give HBO a run for its money, and the CW, that hodgepodge of a mini-network reaching out to the eternally post-adolescent fan-girl in us all.

Critic's TCA Notebook: Showtime and the CW 2011

The show sometimes pushes too hard for shock value, especially where Macy and an agoraphobic lunatic played by Joan Cusack are concerned, but that kind of overindulgence comes with the pay-cable territory.

Ask Matt: NCIS Without Gibbs? Plus Human Target, Shameless and midseason TV 2011

But because "Homeland" wound up on a pay-cable network, they were able to take some liberties, such as endowing the main characters with less likable personalities and allowing the plot to unfold more slowly.

'Homeland' Plots Its Final Destination Rachel Dodes 2011

The pay-cable channel is currently developing "Homeland," a psychological thriller based on "Hatufim," starring Claire Danes as a globe-trotting Central Intelligence Agency agent.

Coming to America Amy Chozick 2011

If you're more of a movie buff than a fan of TV shows, there's simply no contest - Netflix is the clear winner, especially now that they've beefed up their streaming catalog with titles from pay-cable movie channel EPIX.

Steve Rosenbaum: Is Cable Dead? You Do The Math... Steve Rosenbaum 2010