Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whiwhi te waa i nga reiti teitei mo Showtime; ko te waahanga paerata i kukume i te neke atu i te kotahi miriona nga kaimatakitaki, i whakawhiwhia ki te hongere nga reiti teitei rawa atu i roto i te tata ki te rua tau, i te wa i kukume ai te mutunga "I whanau noa" i te 1.1 miriona nga kaimatakitaki i te US. I te toharite, e rua miriona nga kaimatakitaki i matakitaki i ia waahanga i te wa o tana rerenga taketake i te wa e aro ana ki nga kaimatakitaki DVR. Nā te
2007<unk>2008 Writers Guild strike and encouraged by the show's critical success and high ratings on Showtime, CBS, a national terrestrial broadcast network, announced in December 2007 that it was considering airing an edited version of the first season of "Dexter" for free-to-air broadcast. I te marama o Tihema 2007, i whakapuakihia e CBS, he whatunga pouaka whakaata whenua a motu, kei te whakaaro ia ki te whakaputa i tetahi waahanga whakariterite o te waa tuatahi o "Dexter" mo te pouaka whakaata koreutu. I tiimata te whakaputa i te Hui-tanguru 17, 2008, ana ko "Dexter" te kaupapa tuatahi i roto i nga tau 20 ki te rere i runga i te whatunga pouaka whakaata i muri i tana whakaaturanga i runga i te hongere taura premium. I te wa o te whakaaturanga i runga i te whatunga CBS i te tau 2008, he nui ake nga tohu, tae atu ki te 8.2 miriona nga kaimatakitaki i te wa o tana whakaaturanga tuatahi i te Hui-tanguru, i whakawhiwhia ai te whatunga ki tana tohu pai rawa atu i te waa 10 o te po mai i te Tihema o te tau kua hipa. I roto i ona wiki 12, i heke ki te 7.1 miriona i te timatanga o Paenga-whawha, ki te 6.6 miriona i te mutunga o te waa i te Mei 6.