Showtime's HOMELAND To End With Season 8, Confirmed by Clare Danes

According to Deadline, Clare Danes has confirmed today on Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio show that the hit series HOMELAND will end after the upcoming eighth season. The series is currently in it's seventh season on Showtime. In additional news, Danes' pregnancy is not expected to conflict with the shows production. Read more about it from Deadline here!

Starring Emmy, Screen Actors Guild® and Golden Globe winner Claire Danes and Emmy and Tony® winner Mandy Patinkin, the cast of series regulars also includes returning actors Elizabeth Marvel, Linus Roache, Maury Sterling and Jake Weber, and joining the cast this season is acclaimed actor Morgan Spector (Boardwalk Empire). The network's No. 1 drama series, HOMELAND is currently filming in Richmond, Virginia.

Produced by FOX 21 Television Studios for SHOWTIME, HOMELAND was developed for American television by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, and is based on the original Israeli series Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff. Along with Gansa and Gordon, the executive producers for season seven will be Chip Johannessen, Lesli Linka Glatter, Patrick Harbinson, Claire Danes, Michael Klick, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir and Ran Telem.

Listen to Danes share the news to Howard Stern here: