Starz Unveils Debut Date for New Season of Black Sails

BEVERLY HILLS: The third season of the Emmy-winning original series Black Sails is slated to begin airing on Starz early next year.

Set two decades before the classic novel Treasure Island, Black Sails follows the adventures of Captain Flint and his pirates. The show is created by Jonathan E. Steinberg (Jericho) and Robert Levine (Touch), and is exec produced by Michael Bay (Transformers). The ten-episode third season is due to debut on Saturday, January 23, at 9 p.m.

The complete second season of Black Sails is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. The show's fourth season is about to begin filming in Cape Town, South Africa.