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Showtime has renewed its lavish new period drama The Borgias for a second season.
The series, starring Jeremy Irons as a scheming pope, will return for 10 more episodes in the summer of 2012. “The Borgias has become Sunday night appointment viewing for a broad swath of our subscribers,” said Showtime president David Nevins. “Neil Jordan’s cleverly crafted tale of a 15th century papal family has proven quickly addictive. It’s a tribute to his incredible skills as an auteur and to the extraordinary cast led by Jeremy Irons that this show fits so seamlessly into our line-up of quality shows.”
Showtime points out that The Borgias has been pacing ahead of the final season of The Tudors in the ratings, averaging 1.1 million viewers per week. The pickup comes on the heels of HBO renewing their new costume drama last week, Game of Thrones.
how does one pronounce this show? is it Borges? Bore-jwa? Hmm??
The Bor-jahs
In Italian it is pronounced Bor-jia. The last part is hard on the “g” and almost skips over the “i”.
And in Spanish (the Borgias were from Spain) is pronounced Bor- hi (as in hiccups) – ah.
I just watched all 5 Episodes yesterday. I didn’t think I was going to like it, but it is a very good show. I suggest anyone who hasn’t seen to check it out.
Great move Showtime! The Borgias is a fantastic show!!!
I love this series!!! I can’t wait for more. Francois Arnaud is AMAZING!!!!!
Great series – wonderful intrigue. Thanks for renew
Cesare is my love and i will watch just to see his beautiful face. i was so happy for him when he fell in love with urusla bc now he just looks like a helpless puppy dog who is love sick and beside himself in utter hotness about what to do. the torture soul of his just wondering how he ended up in love in the first place.
Love him in those hot leather pants. He looks like a yummy medeival Jim Morrison.
Love Cesare!!! Holy hotness in last night’s episode.
Awesome!
Thank you Showtime! Great news!
Cesare is very steamy. My goodness at first I thought I would not like him but I love how intense he is! I think the sister is going to get more interesting at well. Getting a stable boy to loosen her husbands saddle? Good stuff.
I seen the first two episodes on the sudaynight release . I just finished watching the rest of them on demand . VERY VERY good !!!!!!! Would recommend it to all …
I absolutely love this show. So interesting and Cesare is hot. I cannot wait for the new season. Highly recommended. Thanks Neil Jordan.
LOVE THIS SHOW! One of the best on TV.
Absolutely LOVE this series, best I’ve seen in ages! Love the set, costumes, intrigue…. fabulous!
The series was outstanding ! Cannot not wait till 2nd season next summer. God, thank you for gorgeous Francois Arnaud……
How can I wait for season 2 of The Borgias?!!! Jeremy Irons is so so HOT!!!
I just got thru watching the 9 episodes of the 1st season and am quickly a fan and looking forward to the 2nd season. Not sure everyone understands that this is pure fiction. There is no Pope Alexander VI in the period 1492 and onward. However, there was an Anti-Pope from Spain which this strory is based upon but never recognized by the Church. The Real Pope was actually exiled to Northern Italy and also for a time in France due to the various wars occuring. The set for the serious which takes place in Rome just does not look at all what Rome actually would have looked like during that period – so that is a real default of the production that could have been much better. The casting is wonderful and I think that there will be more than simply 2 seasons of this continued story. Let the Saga continue!
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