SHOWTIME® LIBRARY – INCLUDING DEXTER®, WEEDS
AND
NURSE JACKIE – TO HIT RETAIL THROUGHOUT 2011
Apparel, Posters, Calendars, Kitchenware and More
to
Feature Network’s Popular Shows
NEW YORK –
February 22, 2011 – Some of the most popular SHOWTIME programming will be
brought to retail throughout 2011 by CBS Consumer Products. Fans of Dexter,
Weeds, Nurse Jackie, The L Word®, The Tudors and more will soon be treated
to a wide line of merchandise including posters, kitchenware, clothing and
greeting cards. New licensed products from Showtime will soon be available at
retail stores around the world.
“We’re having a wonderful time
introducing the Showtime slate to some of our favorite partners who have, in
turn, developed creative, fun, sometimes edgy product that fits so well with the
Showtime brand,” said Liz Kalodner, Executive Vice President and General Manager
of CBS Consumer Products.
Details of the upcoming
Showtime licensees and their products include:
ThinkGeek will take the world’s most likeable serial killer and
create all-new glassware, coasters and aprons based on Dexter. The
products will be available worldwide.
Jerry Leigh will create
men’s apparel based on Californication, Showtime Championship Boxing, Dexter,
Nurse Jackie, The L Word, The Real L Word, The Tudors and Weeds for
sale in the U.S.
Global Prints will create Weeds posters,
art prints and postcards available in the U.S. and
Canada.
MusicSkins will offer Californication, Dexter, Nurse
Jackie, The L Word, The Tudors and Weeds vinyl skins
worldwide.
Culturenik will produce Dexter giftware in the
U.S.
NobleWorks will produce Weeds greeting cards in the
U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Rizzoli
Calendars will offer Dexter and The Tudors calendars in the
U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Hallmark will create
Dexter greeting cards for sale in the U.S. and
Canada.About CBS Consumer ProductsCBS Consumer Products manages worldwide licensing and
merchandising for a diverse slate of television brands and series from CBS, CBS
Television Studios and CBS Television Distribution, as well as from the
company's extensive library of titles, Showtime and CBS Films. Additionally,
the group oversees online sales of programming merchandise. For more
information, visit www.cbsconsumerproducts.com <http://www.cbsconsumerproducts.com/> .
For CBS:Mark Karges
Bender Helper
Impact
(212) 689-6360 x 1205
mark_karges@bhimpact.com