Earlier this year, Showtime announced plans to use the fourth season premiere of “Homeland” as a launching pad for its new drama, “The Affair.” However, the plans have been changed and “The Affair” is getting pushed back a week .
Showtime has announced that “Homeland” Season 4 will premiere on Sunday, October 5 with two episodes back-to-back. “The Affair” will now bow on Sunday, October 12 after the third episode of “Homeland” Season 4.
Gary Levine, the Executive Vice President of Showtime explained the shift by saying “In the aftermath of Homeland’s stunning finale last season, there is such strong anticipation for the start of season four that we wanted to give Homeland fans an extra generous helping of Carrie and company.”
The fourth season of “Homeland” was filmed in South Africa and it takes place in Pakistan after Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) receives a coveted new assignment on the frontline of the War on Terror. Peter Quinn (Rupert Friend) and Fara Sherazi (Nazanin Boniadi) join Carrie on her new assignment under CIA Director Andrew Lockhart (Tracy Letts), but Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin) and Dar Adal (F. Murray Abraham) will be back at some point.
One of the new additions for this season’s cast include Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma as a Pakistani medical student.Aayan Ibrahim, who finds himself targeted by Carrie as a CIA asset. “House of Cards” and “The Strain” star Corey Stoll also has a recurring role as Sandy Bachman, the chief of station for the CIA in Pakistan.
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