Penny Dreadful aired on an American television network.
Penny Dreadful is a British-American horror drama television series created for Showtime and Sky by John Logan , who also acts as executive producer alongside Sam Mendes . The series premiered on Showtime on May 11 , 2014 , the first in an eight-episode season . Showtime is an American premium cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship service of the Showtime Networks subsidiary of CBS Corporation , which also owns sister services The Movie Channel and Flix .