THE END OF AN EPIC ERA

The power-hungry Pope Alexander VI and his cunning children, Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia, sinned, sexed and scandalized their way through three seasons on THE BORGIAS.  With ambitious plans to create a hereditary kingdom across the heart of Italy, they must rely on their love and devotion to one another to continue their legacy.  Tune in to see how the dramatic saga of one of history’s most infamous dynastic families concludes on Sunday, June 16^th at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME. 

THE BORGIAS stars Oscar^® winner Jeremy Irons in his Golden Globe^®-nominated role as Pope Alexander VI, along with François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Joanne Whalley, Lotte Verbeek, Sean Harris, Thure Lindhart, Gina McKee, Peter Sullivan, Julian Bleach and Colm Feore.  The series is created by Academy Award^® winner and Emmy^® nominee Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire), who also serves as an executive producer, writer and director of select episodes.  Additionally, the third season is executive produced by Jack Rapke, Darryl Frank, John Weber, Sheila Hockin and James Flynn.  THE BORGIAS is a Canadian-Irish-Hungarian Treaty co-production. 

Here’s a clip from THE BORGIAS finale:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xj_Kchu024

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