Showtime Announces Premiere Dates of Dexter, Homeland

Showtime has officially prepared fans for exciting Sunday nights this all.

At today's Comic-Con panel, the network announced that Dexter will premiere on October 2, followed by Claire Danes and the new drama, Homeland, which is previewed and summarized below:

Produced by the team behind 24, Homeland stars Damian Lewis as Scott Brody, a Marine Sergeant who returns home eight years in Iraq. Danes portrays Carrie Anderson, a CIA operative who thinks Brody might be plotting an attack on the United States.

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