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The Borgias - General Information
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Status: Airing Season 2
Premiere: April 03, 2011
Classification: Scripted
Genre: Crime | Drama | Family | History
Network: Showtime (USA)
Airs: Sundays at 10:00 pm
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Early Release: The Borgias S02E01 DVDSCR -- April 03, 2012
Season 2 -- 10 episodes -- Apr 8, 2012 to Jun 17, 2012
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About the show
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The Borgias is the sordid saga of one of the most remarkable and legendary families in history. Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia (Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons) to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.
Outsiders from Spain, the Borgias go up against the most powerful and established families in Renaissance Italy and come out on top. Through the masterful use of bribery, extortion, blackmail, and shocking forms of torture and murder, Rodrigo Borgia rises to the position of pope, the most venerated in the Western World. Aiding him in his endeavors are his sons Cesare, a ruthless operator who yearns fruitlessly to be released from the priesthood, and Juan, a feckless dilettante whom Rodrigo appoints to head the papal armies. Daughter Lucrezia and son Joffre are married off in early adolescence to members of powerful rival families
