20 Minutes of the HOMELAND Season Two Premiere Now Online; New TV Spot Released

The Golden Globe-winning drama series Homeland, which stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, is scheduled to begin it's second season on Sunday, September 30th, at 10:00 PM ET/PT exclusively on Showtime.

Developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and based on the original Israeli series "Prisoners of War" by Gideon Raff, HOMELAND stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Claire Danes, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Damian Lewis, and Emmy and Tony® Award winner Mandy Patinkin. The one-hour drama series tells the story of Carrie Mathison (Danes), a CIA officer battling her own demons, who becomes convinced that the intelligence that led to the rescue of U.S. soldier Nicholas Brody (Lewis) was a setup and may be connected to an Al Qaeda plot to be carried out on American soil. As we begin season two, Carrie is no longer with the Agency. The disgraced ex-officer is on the slow path to recovery, after her manic flight in season one nearly crashed Brody's political career. It’s this fragile new existence that Carrie's former colleagues Saul Berenson (Patinkin) and David Estes (David Harewood) threaten to shatter, when they come to her door asking for help. Meanwhile, Brody is several months into his inaugural term as a freshman Congressman, and finds himself buffeted daily by competing agendas. With every lie he tells, the walls around him close in a little tighter, threatening to bring him down, along with his family and everything they’ve achieved since his return.

Viewers nationwide can now sample the first 20 minutes of the highly-anticipated season two premiere of the Golden Globe®-winning and Emmy® Award nominated hit series HOMELAND. The preview can be accessed across multiple platforms and will be prominently featured across the free On Demand channels, Facebook pages and affiliate sites of over 40 television providers, including Comcast, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH, Time Warner Cable and Verizon.

The first 20 minutes of the HOMELAND season two premiere are also available now on the SHOWTIME website: http://www.sho.com/sho/video/titles/17798/homeland-s2-20-minute-sneak-peek HOMELAND returns for its second season debut on Sunday, September 30th at 10 p.m. ET/PT only on SHOWTIME.

HOMELAND was nominated for nine Emmy Awards, the most nominations of any freshman series this year, and the most nominations ever for a SHOWTIME series. The series stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Claire Danes, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Damian Lewis, Emmy and Tony® Award winner Mandy Patinkin, Morena Baccarin, Diego Klattenhoff, Jackson Pace, Morgan Saylor, Jamey Sheridan, David Marciano and Navid Negahban. Developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and based on the original Israeli series "Prisoners of War" by Gideon Raff, the one-hour drama series is produced by FOX 21.