<P> Outlander is a British - American television drama series based on the Outlander series of historical time travel novels by Diana Gabaldon . Developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Left Bank Pictures for Starz, the show premiered on August 9, 2014 . It stars Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall, a married former World War II nurse who in 1946 finds herself transported back to the Scotland of 1743, where she meets the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite risings . </P> <P> On June 1, 2016, Starz renewed the series for a third and fourth season, which adapt the third and fourth Outlander novels . The 13 - episode third season premiered on September 10, 2017 . As of December 10, 2017, 42 episodes of Outlander have aired, concluding the third season . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First aired </Th> <Th> Last aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 16 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> August 9, 2014 (2014 - 08 - 09) </Td> <Td> September 27, 2014 (2014 - 09 - 27) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> April 4, 2015 (2015 - 04 - 04) </Td> <Td> May 30, 2015 (2015 - 05 - 30) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 13 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> April 9, 2016 (2016 - 04 - 09) </Td> <Td> July 9, 2016 (2016 - 07 - 09) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 13 </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> September 10, 2017 (2017 - 09 - 10) </Td> <Td> December 10, 2017 (2017 - 12 - 10) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr>

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