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                <p>LOS ANGELES – Two new series are coming to the Showtime channel, one starring Claire Danes and the other Don Cheadle.</p>
                <p>Danes' series, "Homeland," is described as a psychological thriller about a CIA officer trying to unravel a suspected terrorist plot. The cast includes Damian Lewis ("Band of Brothers") and Mandy Patinkin.</p>
                <p>"House of Lies," a half-hour comedy set in the world of management consultants, stars Cheadle as a schemer who does anything to win. Kristin Bell ("Veronica Mars") co-stars as a sharp Ivy League grad who works with him.</p>
                <p>Showtime said Thursday that it has ordered 12 episodes of each series, with production starting this summer. Air dates were not announced.</p>
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