Le reigne des 'Tudors' continue sur Showtime

Le reigne des 'Tudors' continue sur Showtime


La Serie a été renouvelée pour une troisième saison en 2009




April 22, 2008


Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Natalie Dormer of 'The Tudors'



Henry VIII is only on its second wife in the timeline of "The Tudors," so there's plenty more story left to tell. Showtime agrees.

The pay-cable network has picked up the Golden Globe-nominated show for
a third season, it announced Tuesday (April 22). Production is
scheduled to begin in June for a 2009 premiere.

"'The Tudors' is now a fixture for us at Showtime, and we're on our way
to completing the entire saga of all six wives of Henry VIII," says
Robert Greenblatt, head of Showtime Entertainment. "We are enormously
proud of this show, the extraordinary cast, and the production team
that recreates the grandeur of the Renaissance year in and year out."

The current season of "The Tudors" focuses on the marriage of
Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) and
the king's split with the Catholic Church, much to the anger of Pope
Paul III (Peter O'Toole). Anne was Henry's second wife, meaning there
are four to go before the show reaches the end of its tale.

Showtime keeps its ratings close to the vest, but the season two
premiere in March drew 768,000 viewers. That was off by about 12
percent from the series premiere last year, but online viewing made up
for that shortfall. Showtime says the premiere, which was available
online before it aired was streamed more than a million times on its
own site and elsewhere.