Homeland (TV series)
Homeland (stylized as HOMÆŽLAND) is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War (Hebrew: חטופי×, romanized: Hatufim, literally "Abductees") which was created by Gideon Raff,[1][2] who serves as an executive producer on Homeland. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder, and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a Marine Corps Scout Sniper. Brody was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, and Mathison becomes convinced that he was "turned" by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States. The series storyline grows from this premise, together with Mathison's ongoing covert work.
Homeland
Prisoners of War (Israel)
by Gideon Raff
- Claire Danes
- Damian Lewis
- Morena Baccarin
- David Harewood
- Diego Klattenhoff
- Jackson Pace
- Morgan Saylor
- Mandy Patinkin
- Jamey Sheridan
- David Marciano
- Navid Negahban
- Rupert Friend
- Sarita Choudhury
- Tracy Letts
- F. Murray Abraham
- Nazanin Boniadi
- Laila Robins
- Sebastian Koch
- Miranda Otto
- Alexander Fehling
- Sarah Sokolovic
- Elizabeth Marvel
- Maury Sterling
- Linus Roache
- Jake Weber
- Morgan Spector
- Costa Ronin
- Nimrat Kaur
- Numan Acar
United States
English
8
96 (list of episodes)
- Alex Gansa
- Howard Gordon
- Gideon Raff
- Michael Cuesta
- Avi Nir
- Ran Telem
- Henry Bromell
- Alexander Cary
- Chip Johannessen
- Meredith Stiehm
- Lesli Linka Glatter
- Patrick Harbinson
- Michael Klick
- Claire Danes
- Ron Nyswaner
- Debora Cahn
- Lauren White
- Katie O'Hara
- Charlotte Stoudt
- Mandy Patinkin
- Sunday Stevens
- Charlotte, North Carolina (seasons 1–3)
- Tel Aviv, Israel (seasons 1–2)
- Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (season 3)
- Morocco, North Africa (seasons 3, 6, 8)
- Cape Town, South Africa (season 4)
- Berlin, Germany (season 5)
- New York City, New York (season 6)
- Richmond, Virginia (season 7)
- Budapest, Hungary (season 7)
- Los Angeles, California (season 8)
- Nelson Cragg
- Chris Manley
- David Klein
- Giorgio Scali
- Peter Levy
- Joe Hobeck
- Terry Kelley
- Jordan Goldman
- David Latham
- Garret Donnelly
- Michael Ruscio
- Harvey Rosenstock
- Philip Carr Neel
- Sarah Zeitlin
- Victoria Grimsley
45–85 minutes
- Teakwood Lane Productions
- Cherry Pie Productions
- Keshet Studios
- Fox 21 Television Studios[a]
- Showtime Networks
- Studio Babelsberg
October 2, 2011
April 26, 2020
The series was broadcast in the U.S. on cable channel Showtime, and was produced by Fox 21 Television Studios (formerly Fox 21). It premiered on October 2, 2011.[3] The first episode was made available online more than two weeks before the television broadcast, with viewers having to complete game tasks to gain access.[4][5] The series' eighth and final season[6][7] premiered on February 9, 2020.[8] The finale aired on April 26, 2020.
The series received largely positive reviews, with its first two seasons gaining near universal praise. It won several awards, including the 2011 and 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama for its first two seasons, and the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for its first season. Danes won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice (from five nominations), and Lewis won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series once (from two nominations). Supporting cast members Mandy Patinkin, Morena Baccarin, Rupert Friend, and F. Murray Abraham also received Emmy acting nominations.[9]
Broadcast[edit]
Internationally, the series premiered on November 1, 2011, on Super Channel in Canada,[153] on January 13, 2012, on RTÉ in Ireland,[154] on January 22, 2012, on Network Ten in Australia,[155] on February 19, 2012, on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom,[156] and on September 30, 2013, on Star World in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.[157]
In New Zealand, the series is distributed by the Sky Television Network's streaming service Neon following its merger with Spark New Zealand's former streaming service Lightbox on July 7, 2020.[158]