The Borgias

'The Borgias' Renewed For Season 3

Posted 05.04.2012

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"The Borgias" will return for a Season 3 full of sin on Showtime. The cable network has ordered a third season of 10 episodes slated to premiere in 20...

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It's Not Porn. It's HBO.

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: House of Lies, Hbo, Game of Thrones, Girls, Female Nudity, Porn, Showtime, Californication, Violence Porn, The Borgias, Lena Dunham, Showtime Nudity, Hbo Nudity, Nudity on TV, Sex on Tv, Tv Nudity, TV Canada, TV News
Lorraine Devon Wilke

The bar for gratuitous, arbitrary, and generally female nudity is getting more and more extreme while appearing less and less essential. So let's go down the list at both networks, in no particular order, and flesh out a few of the more egregious examples.

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The Borgias Returns for More Scandalous Fun

Morgan Glennon | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Caterina Sfroza, Cesare Borgia, The Borgias Season Two, Game of Thrones, The Borgias, The Borgias Premiere, The Borgias Review, Tv, TV News
Morgan Glennon

Premiering last season amongst a crop of period fare, The Borgias managed to do well by flying mostly under the radar. Like most families, things in the Borgia household are far from perfect in the show's second season.

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What To Watch On TV This Week

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Blake Shelton, One Direction, Malcolm McDowell, Gabourey Sidibe, Dan Savage, Community Nbc, Magic City, Castle ABC, 50 Cent, Days of Our Lives, Fringe FOX, Modern Family, Nate Smith, What to Watch, Best Friends Forever Nbc, Video, Nurse Jackie Showtime, Scandal Premiere, Cougar Town Abc, One Direction SNL, One Tree Hill, Adam Levine, The Big C, Snl, New Girl Fox, Nbc, Fringe, Savage U Mtv, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Marc Anthony, Best Friends Forever, The Voice, Showtime, Bones Fox, Slidewide, Cee Lo Green, Luka Jones, One Tree Hill the CW, Starz, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Happy Endings, The Finder, Person of Interest, Mtv, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica St. Clair, Brett Tucker, Dance Moms Miami, CSI: Miami CBS, Q'Viva! Fox, The Borgias, Q'Viva! The Chosen, The Voice NBC, Savage U, Lennon Parham, Lifetime, The Finder Fox, Dance Moms Miami Lifetime, Spartacus, CSI: Miami, Castle, Magic City Starz, Charles Shaughnessy, David Boreanaz, The Big C Showtime, Abc, Person of Interest Cbs, One Tree Hill Finale, Bones, Dance Moms Lifetime, Sofia Vergara Snl, Dance Moms, New Girl, Scandal Abc, Tv, Scandal, Stephen Schneider, Jamie King, Cougar Town, TV Canada, Game of Thrones Hbo, Game of Thrones, Stephen Guarino, Brian Austin Green, Sofia Vergara, Happy Endings ABC, The Borgias Showtime, Christina Aguilera, Nurse Jackie, Saturday Night Live, Fox, The CW, TV News

This week kicks off with the return of "Bones" (Mon., April 2 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox) and the medical drama's comeback is full of juicy twists and turns:...

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WATCH: 'Nurse Jackie' & More Showtime Premieres Hit The Web

Posted 03.26.2012

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Showtime just couldn't wait to share its spring premieres! April's premieres of "Nurse Jackie," "The Big C" and "The Borgias" have hit YouTube earl...

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15 TV Stars Who've Won Oscars

Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Pbs, Oscars 2012, Tnt, Jeremy Irons, Academy Awards, Fx, Mary Steenburgen, Downton Abbey, Treme, Academy Awards 2012, NCIS LA, Cbs, Leverage, American Horror Story, Marlee Matlin, Outlaw Country, True Blood, Anna Paquin, Video, Anjelica Houston Smash, Abc, Nbc, NCIS Los Angeles, Dustin Hoffman, Luck, Switched at Birth, Cloris Leachman FOX, Academy Award Winners, Oscar Winners, Hbo, Linda Hunt, Masterpiece, The View, Maggie Smith, Jessica Lange, Tv, Bored to Death, Whoopi Goldberg, TV Canada, Shirley MacLaine, 30 Rock, Kathy Bates, ABC Family, Oscars, Harry's Law, Raising Hope, Melissa Leo, Timothy Hutton, The Borgias, TV News

The Oscars will crown a new crop of Hollywood royalty when the winners are announced during the Sun., Feb. 26 ceremony (8 p.m. EST on ABC); but many p...

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Torturing The World's First Megachurch Pastor

Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Renaissance, The Borgias, Savonarola, Catholic Church, Megachurch, Vatican, Roman Catholic Church, Girolamo Savonarola, Religion News
Jon M. Sweeney

The world's first "megachurch" did not originate in 1950s America. Instead, it sprouted in 15th century Florence. It was called San Marco and was led by a fiery preacher and friar named Girolamo Savonarola.

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'Nurse Jackie' Is Back!

Posted 01.12.2012

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April showers will be bringing episodes of Showtime's "Nurse Jackie," "The Big C" and "The Borgias." All three shows will premiere on Sun., April 8. ...

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The Borgias' David Oakes Interview: Part Two

Morgan Glennon | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: David Oakes Interview, Golden Globes 2011, David Oakes, TV News, Golden Globes, Cesare Borgia, The Borgias Interview, Showtime, Francois Arnaud, The Borgias, TV News
Morgan Glennon

In part two of our interview we discuss with Oakes the other Borgia show, what it's like working with Jeremy Irons, cast pranks and Juan Borgia, the musical.

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DVD: Woody Allen Back on Top, Ready for Oscar Love

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.01.2012

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Michael Giltz

Oh the DVDs are piling up, and these are the dog days of late December and early January when DVD releases slow to a trickle. Let's get to it.

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The Borgias' David Oakes Talks About What's Next for Juan in Season Two

Morgan Glennon | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: David Oakes, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2011, The Borgias Interview, Showtime, David Oakes Interview, Cesare Borgia, Francois Arnaud, The Borgias, TV News
Morgan Glennon

Like all good soapy historical dramas The Borgias is full of sex, murder, inappropriate sibling relationships and very pretty costumes.

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The Beatification Of John Paul II And The Express Canonization Protection Program

Michele Somerville | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Canonization, Beatification Process, Roman Catholic Church, Pope Alexander VI, Saint Mary MacKillop, Beatification, Dorothy Day, Sainthood, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, The Borgias, Catholic Church, Religion News
Michele Somerville

The current pope has much to gain by expediting the canonization of his predecessor. The fanfare that accompanies canonization promises to create a useful diversion for Ratzinger.

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Showtime Reveals Skeletons In The Catholic Church's Closet

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Showtime, New York Catholic League, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia, Catholic League, Pope Innocent VII, The Borgias, Vatican Secrets, Pope Alexander VI, The Vatican, Religion News
Cathleen Falsani

In its new Sunday night series, The Borgias, Showtime has found the magic combination for ultimate crowd appeal in a scintillating soap opera about a bad-boy pope.

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Showtime Soap Opera Features History's Bad-Boy Pope

Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Showtime Pope, Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, Showtime, Cesare Borgia, Lives of the Popes, Saints and Sinners, The Borgias, Religion News

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Modern popes have had their fans and detractors, but few would dispute their reputati...

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Spring Thaw 2011: Television Finally Comes to Life

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Justified, Face Off, Archer, The Walking Dead, Friday Night Lights, United States of Tara, Boardwalk Empire, The Killing, Nurse Jackie, American Idol, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Dancing With the Stars, Doctor Who, Camelot, The Borgias, Entertainment News
Ed Martin

Is April the new September? The official season may have been an only sporadically satisfying slog so far, but a host of uncommonly ambitious programs are about to make spring the new fall.

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