LOS ANGELES — Paramount Global continues to unwind its once-proud Showtime brand.
On Monday, nearly two weeks after announcing the premium cable channel would be renamed Paramount+ with Showtime, the New York media company unveiled a new organizational structure that unites Showtime with MTV Entertainment Studios.
As part of the move, two senior executives who had been managing Showtime — programming executive Gary Levine and business executive Jana Winograd — stepped down. Levine, who has overseen Showtime's original programming for 22 years and helped craft the network's biggest hits, including "Dexter," "Homeland," "Billions" and "Yellowjackets," will take on a new role as senior creative adviser, reporting to Chris McCarthy, president of Paramount Global's media networks and the newly consolidated Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios.
