Olivier Lacan { thoughts }

Wow, sea­son 3 is barely started and already get­ting good that Show­time over­green­lights the show up until sea­sons 4 and 5. That’s pretty rare. Sea­son 2 was fresh and sur­pris­ing enough for that news to be a good one. And with sea­son 3 still look­ing good, I would have been sad to leave Dex­ter soo soon I’m sure. That said, when you get a 2-season insur­ance, either you start to be lazy, or you pre­pare some amaz­ing story arcs like David Kem­per did on Farscape (yeah I know, a whole other story but still).

I’m gonna vote opti­mist on that one.

Full press release after the jump.

DEXTER’S BODY COUNT RISES BY 24– SHOWTIME RENEWS ITS TOP-RATED DRAMA SERIES FOR 4th AND 5th SEASONS
Source: Show­time Networks

LOS ANGELES, CA — (Octo­ber 21, 2008) — SHOWTIME has ordered two more sea­sons of its award-winning top-rated drama series DEXTER, star­ring Emmy®- and Golden Globe®-nominated actor Michael C. Hall (“Six Feet Under”), it was announced today by Robert Green­blatt, Show­time Pres­i­dent of Enter­tain­ment. The Best Drama Series Emmy®-nominated DEXTER pre­miered its third sea­son three weeks ago to wide­spread crit­i­cal and audi­ence acclaim plus record rat­ings as it sur­passed 3 mil­lion view­ers in its pre­miere week and ranks as SHOWTIME’s top-rated drama series. Sea­sons four and five will con­sist of 12 episodes each, with pro­duc­tion on sea­son four set to begin next spring in Los Angeles.

“DEXTER’s enor­mous suc­cess is a trib­ute to the great achieve­ments of its cast, the pro­duc­ing team, the author of the orig­i­nal book, and the gifted Michael C. Hall,” said Green­blatt. “I thought at best we would attract a devoted cult audi­ence but soon real­ized that, iron­i­cally, this show is so the­mat­i­cally rich and lay­ered with human­ity that audi­ences of all kinds have flocked to it.”

One of the most acclaimed series on tele­vi­sion, DEXTER stars Michael C. Hall (two-time Emmy® and Golden Globe®-nominee) as a com­pli­cated and con­flicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police depart­ment who moon­lights as a ser­ial killer. The show was nom­i­nated this year for five Emmy® Awards includ­ing Out­stand­ing Drama Series and Out­stand­ing Lead Actor in a Drama Series. The series also received a pres­ti­gious 2008 Peabody Award and was twice named one of AFI’s top ten tele­vi­sion pro­grams. DEXTER is SHOWTIME’s high­est rated drama and was the network’s high­est rated show in 2007. Addi­tion­ally, DEXTER has been the most suc­cess­ful SHOWTIME DVD title to date and con­tin­ues to be one of the top sell­ing titles for the net­work on iTunes.

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