Homeland Season 1

The first season of the American television drama series [[Homeland]] premiered on October 2, 2011 on [[Showtime]] and concluded on December 18, 2011, consisting of 12 episodes. The series is loosely based on the [[Israel]]i television series [[Hatufim]] (English: Prisoners of War) created by [[Gideon Raff]] and is developed for American television by [[Howard Gordon]] and [[Alex Gansa]]. The first season follows Carrie Mathison, a CIA operations officer who has come to believe that Nicholas Brody, an [[U.S. Marine]] [[Sergeant]], who was held captive by [[al-Qaeda]] as a prisoner of war, was turned by the enemy and now poses a significant risk to national security.The season received universal acclaim, scoring a [[Metacritic]] rating of 91 out of 100 from 28 critics. [[TV Guide]] named it the best TV show of 2011 and highly applauded the performances by [[Damian Lewis]] and [[Claire Danes]]. [[Metacritic]] determined Homeland to be the second best TV show of 2011 according to major TV critics, by aggregating the critics' year-end top ten lists. The series won both the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama]] and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series]] for this season.The original broadcast of the pilot episode on October 2, 2011 received 1.08 million viewers, becoming Showtime's highest-rated drama premiere in eight years. The episode received a total of 2.78 million viewers with additional broadcasts and [[on demand]] views. The finale episode of season one received 1.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched season finale of any first-year Showtime series. The series also performed well in the UK, where it aired on [[Channel 4]], with the pilot episode drawing 3.10 million viewers, and the finale drawing 4.01 million viewers.