“Dexter” and “Homeland” fall premiere dates set

The Showtime dramas “Dexter” and “Homeland” are set to make their fall premieres on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 8 and 9 p.m., respectively.

Information on both series, provided by Showtime, is as follows:

“Dexter” stars Michael C. Hall, who has earned multiple Emmy nominations as well as a Golden Globe award for his role as a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer.  The show has received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for best television drama series, as well as a prestigious Peabody Award in 2008, and was twice named one of AFI’s Top Ten television series.  The series also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas and James Remar. John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Scott Buck, Manny Coto, Tim Schlattmann, Wendy West and Michael C. Hall are the executive producers of the series for season seven.

“Homeland” ranks as the network’s highest-rated freshman drama series ever, and was recently awarded the Golden Globe for Best Television Drama, as well as being named one of AFI’s Top Ten Television Programs of 2011.  The series averaged 4.4 million weekly viewers across platforms in its first season, and its season one finale was the highest-rated finale for a freshman series in Showtime history, with five million viewers across platforms. The network’s No. 1 rated series, “Dexter” averaged 5.5 million weekly viewers across platforms in its sixth season, its highest rated ever.  Both series will begin production this spring. “Homeland” will shoot on location in Israel and in North Carolina, and “Dexter” will continue to shoot in Los Angeles.