As was speculated earlier, the Showtime series Dexter is heading to CBS to patch some holes left by the writers' strike. The first-season premiere will air Feb. 17 at 10 p.m., with the next 11 episodes from the first season filling that time slot for the following 11 weeks. It's the first time a full season of a cable series has been broadcast on network TV.
So here's my question: Will you watch an edited-for-network-TV version of the serial killer series? Or would you rather hold out for the real thing?
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I have already seen all of the Dexter shows and I can't imagine how it will be edited for CBS. It just won't be the same
1I love Dexter and any opportunity to see Michael C. Hall in action, but I honestly don't know how the show can be edited for commercial broadcast. It definitely will not be the same!
2Really. I have no idea how they are going to edit it without chopping it to pieces -- no pun intended
3I'm with Lisa....they seriously will have to edit out like 3/4 of the show
I mean, the
credits alone creep me out! Anyways, I can watch the most recent season On Demand and I have Season 1 on DVD so I'm good. 
4I've already seen the whole first season on iTunes but I'll probably tune in to the CBS version when there's nothing else on. I'll be interested to see what the edited version looks like.
5I haven't seen any of this show, but I have heard such great things. What will probably happen is, I will see it on CBS, and then I'll get hooked, and I'll rent the un-edited versions on DVD. That's what happened with Sex and the City when they started showing it on TBS, I had never had HBO, so that was my first exposure.
6I LOVE Dexter, I have already seen all of the episodes on SHO. The massive editing will probably ruin the show.
7This is one of my favorite shows, I've seen both seasons but will probably tune in just to see how they've edited it.
8I have not seen it and be willing to watch the edited version. There has been so many good things written about it and I would like the chance to watch it.
9i think that's really great. this is how i got to watch Six Feet Under (and came to know Michael C. Hall in the first place) - Bravo aired edited versions of the show.
10i don't know - maybe. i've seen it on showtime now so i don't know if i could watch it edited. it's like sex and the city edited - it loses something
11I've already seen season one on DVD but I'd like to see how they can possibly edit this show and still maintain some of it's personality.
12I mean the opening credit sequence alone is pretty violent (and awesome).
@ LisaK! No kidding! I've been lucky enough to see Dexter unedited, and I won't watch it cut
up.
13I may watch one, just to see how bad it is.
Yeah, the opening credits are freaking brilliant. I usually fast forward through that kind of stuff but not on Dexter! It's too cool!
14I LOVE DEXTER! While I can't imagine how they'll edit it to fit with regular TV I'll probably still watch it just because I love it so much!
15Other, I already seen Dexter on Showtime, my favorite show on TV. If I hadn't, I would rent it or buy it on DVD, I can't imagine this show edited. But my parents will watch it now..LOL!
16AAH, I LOVE DEXTER (L).
17Okay, back to being normal, I have already seen the first season but I'll watch it if I have nothing better to do.
I'm not a huge fan of bloody stuff, so I'll be tuning into CBS to watch a "cleaned up" version that won't make me queasy! Can't wait to watch the show and know that I can keep my eyes open.
18I am so happy it came to CBS, since I have never seen it on Showtime. I am a new fan now. So once it comes to DVD I want to watch it.
19I've already watched the first and second season, and I will probably watch it again just for Michael C. Hall.
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