Killer news, everyone! Showtime has renewed Dexter for another two seasons.
This year, the show has been getting surprisingly high ratings for the pay-cable channel, with the premiere surpassing 3 million viewers. Each of the next two seasons will consist of 12 episodes each.
"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,” Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt said in Broadcasting & Cable magazine. “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."
We second that. Sure, we haven't been quite so enamored with this season so far, what with the bla-bla-bla about Jimmy Smits and his brother and his old case and whatnot. But if you take the first three seasons as a whole, Dexter is one fantastic show.
We'll be interested to see how Dexter's marriage plans with Rita and the kids go, how he develops emotionally -- if at all -- and what happens with ever-lovin' sister Deb. Plus, of course, we want to see who our favorite psycho kills next. And now we'll have a chance.
Previously:
Dexter: All in the Family