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San Francisco Giants go to bat for Showtime with ‘The Franchise’

By Greg BraxtonSenior Writer, Culture and Representation 
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Showtime will play ball with the world champion San Francisco Giants when it launches ‘The Franchise: A Season With the San Francisco Giants’ on July 13. The documentary series, which follows the behind-the bat drama of the Bay Area team, will debut with a one-hour installment at 10 p.m., and will be followed by seven half-hour installments through Aug. 31.

The second season of ‘The Green Room With Paul Provenza’ will return July 14. The series showcases the comedian talking with other comedians before a studio audience. Panelists include Ray Romano, Gary Shandling, Margaret Cho, Richard Lewis and Lewis Black.

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Greg Braxton

A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

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