Dexter season 4 kills

Showtime's spectacular show Dexter premiered its fourth season on Sunday September 27th. The first airing had 1.5 million viewers, which is an all time high for the series. This is 25% more viewers than last season's premiere as well as the most watched series airing for any show in 5+ years.

Californication's third season premiere also hit a viewer peak with 821,000. This is a 57% increase over last season's premiere. Read the full article here.

Dexter is a fantastic show, and clearly there are many people who agree with me. The show has been nominated at the Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series the last three years, and Michael C. Hall has been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series all those years as well. He nor the show have ever won. I have the feeling that the show's subject matter may have something to do with it.

For those of you who aren't familiar with it, Dexter is about the title character, Dexter Morgan, who is a serial killer. But he only kills bad people. His adoptive father recognized that he was...different, and knowing that he would have to kill to satiate his "Dark Passenger", he taught Dex a code to define who he should kill. Although plenty of twisted and open-minded people such as myself (hehe) watch and love the show, I'm pretty sure even more people would complain that it is offensive and should be taken off the air. There's always some group of people trying to squash the entertainment people enjoy instead of simply not watching the show they claim to hate so much. Trust me, the show is truly phenomenal, as is Michael C. Hall's acting, as well as the rest of the cast. In my opinion, it is the best show on television.

Dexter has already been renewed for a fifth season as well. So at least there are now two more chances the show has to win the awards it definitely deserves.

Californication (which is awesome as well, but I've been an inconsistent viewer) is on Sundays at 10 pm on Showtime, following Dexter at 9 pm. Visit Dexter on myspace, facebook, twitter, the show's official site, and check out its online store, which has lots of goodies.