‘The Borgias’ renewed for third season on Showtime

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‘The Borgias,’ Showtime’s drama about Vatican intrigue during the Italian Renaissance, has just been renewed for a third season.

The series stars Jeremy Irons as Pope Alexancer VI, the patriarch of the infamous family that uses less than honable ways to muscle its way into the papacy.

Neil Jordan (‘The Crying Game’), who create the series, will continue to serve as executive producer and to write and direct select episodes.

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