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**The Ratman** · 01-14-2013, 12:13 AM

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'Dexter' season 8 premiering this summer
April Chieffo
1/13/2013
'Dexter' will premiere June 30 at 9 p.m.

Dexter fans don’t have to wait until the fall to find out what will happen to Deb and Dexter following the December season finale because, as it was announced by Showtime, the eighth, and what’s looking to be the final season of Dexter will premiere this summer.

“Fall seems so far away, doesn’t it?” it was teased on the Dexter Twitter and Facebook pages over the weekend. An official announcement soon followed.

“We have some EXCITING NEWS… Get ready to spend your summer with Dexter! Returning for an eighth season on Sunday, June 30th at 9PM.”

According to Hitfix, Dexter’s summer premiere was announced by Showtime Entertainment President David Nevins during the Television Critics Association press tour on Saturday.

Dexter’s summer premiere is in place to help launch new shows premiering on the network. The series premiere of Ray Donovan will directly follow the Dexter season 8 premiere. Homeland will still get a fall premiere date, but two new shows will follow.

It has been said that season 8 will be the final season of Dexter, yet there has been no confirmation as of yet.

Said David Nevins, "I'm not making any announcements today about when Dexter will end. I think I will clarify before Dexter goes on the air for this next season. There's a clear end game in place. I can't talk about it just yet.”

What direction will the show be taken this season? We'll soon find out. As many fans already know, season 7 ended with the death of Maria LaGuerta, who grew increasingly suspicious of Dexter Morgan as the season progressed. In the final moments of the season, Dexter’s foster sister, Deb, was forced to choose between her brother and LaGuerta. It was in that moment she became responsible for a murder.

With that being said, do you like the switch with it coming out in the Summer instead of the fall? Also what are your predictions for season 8? What is Dexter and Deb going to do about LaGuerta? What do you think Hannah McKay is going to do to Dexter now that she escaped prison?

MysticRVD · 01-14-2013, 12:41 AM

I'm a little worried that this may not be the last season. They really need to go ahead and wrap the series up.

The quality of the show has dropped severely since season 4. Up until that point is was the best thing on TV imo. All of the side characters became irrelevant and unlikeable and while this season was somewhat better than 5 and 6 it still wasn't anywhere near where it used to be even with Deb finding out. They should've just had Deb find out at the end of 5 due to her detective skills and just skipped the Doomsday killer crap and her finding out by dumb luck. At least it would've dragged less. I still love the show and will stay with it until the end to see what happens but I'm ready for it to be over.

AntiFlag607 · 01-15-2013, 08:36 AM

I agree, its time for this show to come to an end. Its still an interesting show, but there really isn't anywhere else it can go that will be half as interesting as wrapping it up with a solid final season. I like that we don't have to wait as long this time though, I think its a smart move on the part of the network to keep peoples interest level from dropping.

**Seabs** · 01-15-2013, 03:21 PM

It will be the last season. This basically confirms so too. Showtime wouldn't move it to the summer if it had legs left past this season.

Borias · 01-15-2013, 08:30 PM

I hope it's the final season. Then they can write it to finish, instead of puttering around for another year or more.

I have high hopes that however they finish the show, it will be amazing.