diff --git a/movie_manager/admin.py b/movie_manager/admin.py
index 2bdc1b9..883114f 100644
--- a/movie_manager/admin.py
+++ b/movie_manager/admin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
-
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.utils import timezone
 
 from movie_manager.models import Movie, MovieList, Schedule, Showing
 
@@ -24,15 +21,4 @@ class ScheduleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 @admin.register(Showing)
 class ShowingAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ["local_showtime", "movie"]
-
-    def local_showtime(self, obj):
-        if obj.showtime:
-            target_tz = ZoneInfo("America/Chicago")
-            with timezone.override(target_tz):
-                local_time = timezone.localtime(obj.showtime)
-                return local_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
-        return "Invalid datetime"
-
-    local_showtime.short_description = "Showtime (Local)"
-    local_showtime.admin_order_field = "showtime"
+    list_display = ["showtime", "movie"]
diff --git a/movie_manager/tests.py b/movie_manager/tests.py
index 09fcbb8..8ab499b 100644
--- a/movie_manager/tests.py
+++ b/movie_manager/tests.py
@@ -37,15 +37,14 @@ class ShowingViewsetTestCase(APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response_data.get("showtime"), showing_time)
         self.assertEqual(response_data.get("movie").get("title"), "Test Movie")
 
-    @freeze_time("2025-07-03 04:59:00")  # 2025-07-02 23:59 CDT in UTC
+    @freeze_time("2025-07-02 23:59:00", tz_offset=-5)
     def test_it_returns_active_showings(self):
         self.client.force_authenticate(user=self.schedule.owner)
 
         showtimes_america_chicago_utc = [
-            "2025-07-08T04:59:59.000Z",  # 2025-07-07 11:59pm
-            "2025-07-03T04:59:59.000Z",  # 2025-07-02 11:59pm
-            "2025-07-03T04:00:00.000Z",  # 2025-07-02 11:00pm
-            "2025-07-01T04:59:00.000Z",  # 2025-06-30 11:59pm
+            "2025-07-03T04:00:59.000Z",  # 7/2/25 11:59pm
+            "2025-07-01T04:00:59.000Z",  # 6/30/25 11:59pm
+            "2025-07-08T04:00:59.000Z",  # 7/7/25 11:59pm
         ]
 
         for showtime in showtimes_america_chicago_utc:
diff --git a/movie_manager/viewsets/schedule.py b/movie_manager/viewsets/schedule.py
index 41d7364..57d5ec2 100644
--- a/movie_manager/viewsets/schedule.py
+++ b/movie_manager/viewsets/schedule.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import datetime
+
 from django.http import JsonResponse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from knox.auth import TokenAuthentication
@@ -23,8 +25,12 @@ class ScheduleViewset(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         # Get the schedule instance
         instance = self.get_object()
         now = timezone.now()
+        # get time from start of day
+        today = timezone.make_aware(datetime.datetime(now.year, now.month, now.day))
 
-        upcoming_showings = Showing.objects.filter(showtime__gte=now, schedule=instance)
+        upcoming_showings = Showing.objects.filter(
+            showtime__gte=today, schedule=instance
+        )
 
         serializer = self.get_serializer(instance)
         data = serializer.data
@@ -33,16 +39,18 @@ class ScheduleViewset(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
         data["showings"] = ShowingSerializer(upcoming_showings, many=True).data
 
         if request.GET.get("past_showings") == "true":
-            past_showings = Showing.objects.filter(showtime__lt=now, schedule=instance)
+            past_showings = Showing.objects.filter(
+                showtime__lt=today, schedule=instance
+            )
 
             # Add both to the response
             data["past_showings"] = [
                 {
-                    "id": past_showing.id,
-                    "showtime": past_showing.showtime.isoformat(),
-                    "movie": MovieSerializer(past_showing.movie).data,
+                    "id": showing.id,
+                    "showtime": showing.showtime.isoformat(),
+                    "movie": MovieSerializer(showing.movie).data,
                 }
-                for past_showing in past_showings
+                for showing in past_showings
             ]
         else:
             data["past_showings"] = []