The new British-American TV drama series "Outlander," which is based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon of the same title, is a new show on Starz. It premiered on Aug. 9 and has already been renewed for another season, TV Line reports.

The show is about a married combat nurse by the name of Claire Beauchamp Randall, who goes back to civilian life after the end of WWII. In 1945, she was visiting Inverness with her husband Frank Randall, who was researching his family history. She had just finished watching a modern Druid ritual when she was transported back in time to 1743 Scotland where a civil war was raging between the Highland rebels and the redcoats. There she meets Jamie Fraser, a gallant Scottish warrior who was injured and needed medical attention.

After watching the ritual, Claire and her husband left the area, but she wanted to go back to pick some flowers while her husband had to look for some old books with Rev. Wakefield. They decided to meet later.

Claire was back at the circle and was picking flowers when she heard a buzzing sound. While placing her palms against one of the stones in the circle, all of a sudden everything went black. When she came to, she was still in the same place but the setting was different and she was witnessing a skirmish between the Redcoats and the rebels.

She tried to run away but met a British soldier who looked exactly like her husband. He introduced himself as Jonathan Wolverton Randall, one of her husband's ancestors. He called Claire a whore and tried to rape her, but a rebel rescued her. He knocked her out and when she came to her senses, she was at a rebel hideout where she had to tend to the hero, James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser.

The premiere episode was a success, according to Zap2It's TV by the Numbers. More than 2.3 million viewers watched the premiere episode on STARZ Flagship and about 3.7 million saw it from other platforms. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an average rating of 7.8 out of 10 and a "certified fresh" critics rating of 89 percent. Several other critics have also praised the show highly.