Starz Chief Executive Officer, Chris Albrecht, announced today that Starz has once again partnered with Sony Pictures Television to greenlight a second season of Outlander, the critically-acclaimed original series adapted from Diana Gabaldon's international bestselling books. Season Two will be at least 13-episodes and based upon the second of eight books in the "Outlander" series, entitled "Dragonfly in Amber."The first 16-episode season of Outlander, filmed on location in Scotland, debuted on August 9th, 2014 at 9 p.m. PT/ET, with the first episode setting multiplatform viewing records, surpassing 5 million views in the first week alone, drawing equal male and female viewership (**SOURCE: Starz internal data and Nielsen audience figures as of 8/14/14). Additionally, the series premiere marked a notable media and social media success for the network, with fans hosting viewing parties around the country. It was No. 1 in Nielsen Ratings for Twitter conversation volume among all television series on premiere day, trended twice at No. 2 in U.S. Twitter Trends (**SOURCE: Sysomos).
