'Homeland': No end in sight just yet
Showtime's war on terror will continue. The premium-cable network Monday announced it had ordered a third, 12-episode season of "Homeland," its Emmy-winning drama about a bipolar CIA operative (Claire Danes) and the war hero (Damian Brody) she's convinced -- correctly, as it turns out -- has been turned by al-Qaeda. On Sunday, Showtime says, the series achieved its largest audience so far for an episode premiere -- 1.75 million viewers at 10 p.m., a lot for a network whose shows are less likely to be watched in real time than on repeat viewings, On Demand or DVR. (This season's premiere, for instance, was watched by an estimated 5.2 million viewers in the first week and On Demand viewership has since increased that to 5.7 million.)
'Homeland': No end in sight just yet
Ellen Gray, Daily News TV Critic
Showtime's war on terror will continue.
The premium-cable network Monday announced it had ordered a third, 12-episode season of "Homeland," its Emmy-winning drama about a bipolar CIA operative (Claire Danes) and the war hero (Damian Brody) she's convinced -- correctly, as it turns out -- has been turned by al-Qaeda.
On Sunday, Showtime says, the series achieved its largest audience so far for an episode premiere -- 1.75 million viewers at 10 p.m., a lot for a network whose shows are less likely to be watched in real time than on repeat viewings, On Demand or DVR.
(This season's premiere, for instance, was watched by an estimated 5.2 million viewers in the first week and On Demand viewership has since increased that to 5.7 million.)
If you haven't watched Sunday's episode yet, I won't spoil it for you, but it was an episode that cemented the show's reputation for not dragging out the drama. This is a show -- currently the best on TV -- where stuff happens every week. And then more stuff happens.
And if you're not watching "Homeland" because you're worried you'll get hooked and then it'll be gone: You're running out of excuses.
The Tonner hasn't seen this show yet. The Tonner will have to set his VCR to record it in the future.- Awesome show, probably one of the best on TV at the moment.— Taxpaying Voter
- I watch this show because everybody says how good it is. I think it stinks but if they tell me to watch it I watch it. Can't stand They.— neddyflanders
