<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Outlander is a television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of 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 World War II nurse who in 1945 finds herself transported back to the Scotland of 1743, where she encounters the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite risings . </P> <P> The second season of 13 episodes, based on Dragonfly in Amber, premiered on April 9, 2016 . On June 1, Starz renewed the series for a third and fourth season, which adapt the third and fourth Outlander novels, Voyager and Drums of Autumn . The 13 - episode third season premiered on September 10, 2017, and concluded on December 10, 2017 . The 13 - episode fourth season will premiere in November 2018, and Starz has renewed the series for a fifth and sixth 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>

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