A real-life television mystery is coming together and the clues are everywhere. This week, Showtime released two promos for a mysterious new show, refusing to reveal the title but announcing the lead character is “shameless,†“unhinged,†and “cold-blooded.†It will apparently be “perhaps the most dangerous show in the history of television†and premieres on July 15.
On July 4, Sacha Baron Cohen tagged Donald Trump in a mysterious promo that announced “[h]e’s back as you’ve never seen him before.†However, there was no date set in that promo aside from an ominous, “Soon.â€
Tonight, Variety is reporting that Cohen’s mysterious promo was for a new show he is in talks with Showtime to distribute. It’s reportedly an interview based show similar to Da Ali G Show. Though there are few confirmed details, the comedian reportedly filmed a scene with O.J. Simpson in Las Vegas earlier this year. Are Showtime’s mystery promos about Cohen’s show? Will the comedian be playing the commander-in-chief? Or will we find out Scott Pruitt was Sacha Baron Cohen in disguise this whole time? That’d certainly explain a lot.