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Homeland Season Finale - Record high ratings for Showtime

Dec 19, 2011

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Sunday was a big night for Showtime, with season finales of both Homeland and Dexter delivering big ratings for the premium cable network.

The season finale of terrorism dramaHomeland, starring Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, registered 1.71 million viewers at 10 p.m., with 2.03 million viewers watching the episode that featured the outcome of Brody's planned attack on U.S. soil.

The 90-minute finale was up 58 percent compared with the series premiere, which drew 1.08 million viewers, and marked a series best. Sunday's finale became Showtime's highest-rated freshman series ever and now ranks as its No. 2-rated series behind Dexter.

In its first eight weeks, Homeland is averaging 4.23 million total viewers across multiple platforms.

Meanwhile, the shocking Season 6 finale of its Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter serial killer drama Dexter notched 2.23 million viewers at 9 p.m., and 2.71 million for the night, marking its best telecast of the year and highest-rated night. It was the most-watched telecast on the network for the year.

Over the first eight weeks of the season, Dexter's sixth season is averaging 5.4 million total viewers, up 10 percent year-over-year, and on pace to deliver its highest-rated season ever.

Source: Hollywood Reporter
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11 comments:

  1. LouDecember 19, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Really happy how Homeland built up over the season, I never expected it to be as amazing as it turned out to be, best surprise of the fall

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  2. laura3341December 19, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    I'm not surprised the numbers were that high,it was a great season finale!

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  3. SandiDecember 19, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    Brilliant news, I think by word of mouth they could quite possibly double that again in S2!

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  4. Gary BirdDecember 19, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    Very impressed with Homeland especially the finale.

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  5. jiniDecember 19, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    Yay! So glad for Homeland! And so great season finale!

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  6. spartigus15December 19, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Awesome not shocked at all, Homeland has been amazing!!! Give another season and it will be Showtimes #1 series lol

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  7. vicmic08December 20, 2011 at 2:58 AM

    I'm glad this show did so good, I just started watching it and I'm a few episodes in and I love it so far, can't wait to get to the end.
    My only complaint is after seeing Morena Baccarin on V, every time I see her all I can think of is her as a lizard haha, but otherwise it's great!

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  8. EmilyDecember 20, 2011 at 3:30 AM

    The download numbers were 10 times higher than I'd ever seen. I think more people were grabbing it to re-watch - I know I'm planning on spending a weekend watching it over (if I can cope with it that full on!!)

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  9. Jenni LouDecember 20, 2011 at 4:44 AM

    Good for them. Well deserved.

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  10. Lilith HellfireDecember 20, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    No surprise about about Homeland but I am surprised about Dexter, I guess he gets a lot of casual viewers, which makes since because not much else is on in that time slot on network TV or cable.

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  11. Heather DavisDecember 29, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    Homeland is now getting promoted heavily in Australia for network 10, being australian the advert's pricked my attention so i cheated and had a sneak peek oh my god awesome. although not surprised about the season finale.

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