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Showtime Picks up Ray Donovan, Starring Liev Schreiber, and Masters of Sex, with Michael Sheen

Liev Schreiber
(© Tristan Fuge)
Liev Schreiber
(© Tristan Fuge)

Showtime has given series pickups to the pilots Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex, according to Variety.

Tony Award winner Liev Schreiber plays the title character in Ray Donovan, about a professional “fixer” for the rich and famous in Los Angeles. Ann Biderman created the series, which will also feature Jon Voight, Elliott Gould, Eddie Marson, Dash Mihok and Paula Malcomson.

Stage and screen star Michael Sheen will co-star with Lizzy Caplan in Masters of Sex, about the lives of famed sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Michelle Ashford penned the pilot, which was adapted from Thomas Maier’s book of the same name.