Actors Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey star as lovers whose tumultuous, largely secret relationship spans three decades in the Showtime series “Fellow Travelers,” which premieres this weekend.
The series is from “Philadelphia” scripter and “Homeland” producer Ron Nyswaner. It’s based on the 2007 book by Thomas Mallon and places the fictitious characters in actual historic events, including the McCarthy hearings, the Vietnam protests and the AIDs crisis.
Here’s how to watch the series, which debuts early on Paramount+ before hitting Showtime.
Is “Fellow Travelers” streaming or on TV?
Both! The show debuts early on Paramount+ for streaming before it airs on Showtime.
How many episodes are in “Fellow Travelers”?
There are eight episodes.
What’s the episode release schedule?
The first episode, “You’re Wonderful,” debuts on Paramount+ on Oct. 27 and on Showtime on Oct. 29 at 9 pm. Et/Pt. Subsequent episodes are released each week on the same schedule:...
The series is from “Philadelphia” scripter and “Homeland” producer Ron Nyswaner. It’s based on the 2007 book by Thomas Mallon and places the fictitious characters in actual historic events, including the McCarthy hearings, the Vietnam protests and the AIDs crisis.
Here’s how to watch the series, which debuts early on Paramount+ before hitting Showtime.
Is “Fellow Travelers” streaming or on TV?
Both! The show debuts early on Paramount+ for streaming before it airs on Showtime.
How many episodes are in “Fellow Travelers”?
There are eight episodes.
What’s the episode release schedule?
The first episode, “You’re Wonderful,” debuts on Paramount+ on Oct. 27 and on Showtime on Oct. 29 at 9 pm. Et/Pt. Subsequent episodes are released each week on the same schedule:...
- 10/27/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia) brings Thomas Mallon’s 2007 bestselling novel Fellow Travelers to life in a Showtime limited series starring Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart) and Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton). The first episode of the eight-episode season will stream on Friday, October 27, 2023 on Paramount+ with Showtime before premiering on Showtime on October 29 at 9pm Et/Pt.
“Bomer plays charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the-scenes career in politics. Hawkins avoids emotional entanglements – until he meets Tim Laughlin (Bailey), a young man who’s brimming with idealism and religious faith. They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on ‘subversives and sexual deviants,’ initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history,” reads Showtime’s synopsis.
“Over the course of four decades, we follow our five main characters – Hawk, Tim, Marcus (Jelani Alladin), Lucy (Allison Williams), and Frankie (Noah J. Ricketts) – as they...
“Bomer plays charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the-scenes career in politics. Hawkins avoids emotional entanglements – until he meets Tim Laughlin (Bailey), a young man who’s brimming with idealism and religious faith. They begin a romance just as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare war on ‘subversives and sexual deviants,’ initiating one of the darkest periods in 20th-century American history,” reads Showtime’s synopsis.
“Over the course of four decades, we follow our five main characters – Hawk, Tim, Marcus (Jelani Alladin), Lucy (Allison Williams), and Frankie (Noah J. Ricketts) – as they...
- 10/20/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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