Showtime Orders Season 2 of "Homeland"
Oct 26, 2011
by Lindsay Silberman


Showtime's "Homeland" will return for a second season of 12 one-hour episodes, the network announced Wednesday.

The lavishly praised program — which marked Claire Danes' return to television since her starring role on "My So-Called Life" -- debuted Oct. 2 as the network's highest-rated freshman drama series ever, with 4.4 million viewers.

Danes plays a CIA officer who suspects a returning POW (Damian Lewis) has been turned.





"'Homeland' is just getting started," David Nevins, Showtime's president of entertainment, said in a statement.

"Clearly, the overall audience growth from Week 1 to Week 4 demonstrates that this show is hitting a nerve in the cultural zeitgeist ... in the post-9/11 world. I'm quite confident that its passionate audience will be riveted as the season unfolds and people discover where this story is going."



Production for Season 2 is set begin in spring 2012.

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