Showtime orders new seasons of ‘Homeland,’ ‘The Affair’
The trouble isn’t over for the protagonists of Showtime dramas “Homeland” and “The Affair.”
The premium cable network announced Wednesday that it has renewed its two acclaimed shows for new seasons. “Homeland” will enter Season 6, while it will be the third season for “The Affair.”
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Both series are about to wrap their current seasons on Dec. 20.
“Homeland,” which stars Claire Danes as mentally unstable intelligence agent Carrie Mathison, has lately seen the heroine and her boss, Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), trying to foil a terror plot in Germany.
This season, “Homeland” has averaged 5.5 million weekly viewers across all platforms (DVR, streaming and conventional TV), while “The Affair” has averaged 3.8 million, according to the network.
“The Affair” stars Ruth Wilson and Dominic West as two lovers whose lives are torn apart in an extramarital affair and subsequent murder case. The story is told “Rashomon”-like from multiple points of view.
What do you think of “Homeland” and “The Affair”?
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