It’s pretty rare that a TV show that’s launched very late in the season becomes a success in the ratings. Could American Odyssey on NBC be an exception? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a second season instead?
On the American Odyssey TV show, an international cover-up explodes when the lives of a female Special Forces soldier, a disillusioned corporate lawyer, and a political activist from a privileged family unexpectedly collide. The cast includes Anna Friel, Peter Facinelli, Jake Robinson, Jim True-Frost, Sadie Sink, Omar Ghazaoui, Nate Mooney, Elena Kampouris, Daniella Pineda, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Treat Williams.
The series debuted on April 4th to a 1.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.37 million total viewers. That was a very poor premiere but the ratings got much worse in week two, dropping more than 24%, to a 0.81 rating in the demo and 4.05 million.
The ratings for American Odyssey then plunged again in week three, falling to a 0.52 rating with 3.11 million. Last week’s episode held pretty steady in the demo but dropped another 10% in viewership.
Unless the numbers take a stunning change of course quickly, there’s little question that NBC will cancel this TV show. The ratings are just too terrible to justify a second season.
At this point, the real question is if the network will pull American Odyssey from the schedule before all of the remaining eight episodes have aired. They could go either way.
NBC cancelled and pulled low-rated Allegiance from the Thursday night schedule after five episodes but released the eight unaired installments online. Conversely, they let the remaining episodes of The Slap mini-series air. We’ll have to wait and see what they do.
But, what do you think? Do you like the American Odyssey TV show? Why is it performing so poorly? If you ran the network, would you cancel or renew this series for a second season?
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Love this show! Ratings may be low because many ppl record it like I do. Hope it doesn’t cancel.
Please don’t cancel American odyssey and if you do give it any ending
Please please renew this show! I’m totally hooked…….definitely don’t agree with
the comment about the story not making sense and the characters being idiots.
It’s a great story and very honest and realistic. If you’re screaming at the characters
in this show, then you are hooked too my friend!
Love the show. Please renew it.
Excellent show. Just learned about it and am hooked. DON’T CANCEL IT!!!
Please renew American Odyssey for another season. I love this show and don’t miss an episode. If they can keep renewing all these reality tv shows that’s full of drama then why not renew a good show like this. I don’t know why people are not watching it or just don’t like it cause I’ve been hooked since day 1.
I meant if your not going to renew it, at least give it closure.
Please keep this show. If your going to renew, at least give it a proper closure. I think this show is great and interesting.
I really enjoy American Odyssey. It’s one of the best series I have watched in a long time hope you don’t cancel it.
I want her to come home, but I do not want the series to end! I is too good!!
For an audience to connect with a TV show, there must be characters with whom one can identify, or at least sympathize. On this show all of the “good guy” characters are terminally clueless. It is sad when the most effective, best performance is from a secondary character, the perfectly portrayed “bad girl” Ruby. The rest of the show is an unfunny comedy of ineptitude.
I don’t agree.
To the people commenting that this show is terrible I for one would like to know what you think is a great show. For the life of me I can’t even imagine watching the #1 show NCIS or that other farce The Big Bang Theory. I tried. This show has good writing with a good story. But what I really don’t understand is people who are so bored ( I can’t say what I really want to) that they come on here and bash the show. JUST DON’T WATCH IT! HOW HARD IS THAT?
I recommend you watch Burn Notice, available on Netflix. It was on for 8 seasons, the final season was a little questionable. I consider American Odyssey more of a action soap opera, rather than an action drama.
You’re crying that your shown is going to get canceled and then are insulting people who don’t like it instead of convincing them to watch it. Yup, that’s going to work out real well for ya.
This show is horrible. Not only are all the military aspects of it laughable, the main characters are all whiney imbeciles.
Case in point, the main character. She’s supposedly trying to blend in, become invisible so she can escape. Yet, she’s still wearing dog tags on the outside of her clothes for the world to see.
Horribly written, ridiculous premise, unrelatable characters. Bye bye.
For me the big problem is the absurd naivete of All of the “white hat” characters. For an audience to connect with a TV show, there must be characters with whom one can identify, or at least sympathize. I find myself repeatedly screaming “get a clue you dumbass”.
I agree, how can everyone in the show be that gullible. If you want to keep people interested you have to make it somewhat believable. The little girl tells her new friend about the ring and the next day the Colonel shows up with an explanation. The so called investigative reporter who keeps trusting a woman who shows up at every secret meeting, who lied about her job and has a fake identity that his hacker friend exposed. The lawyer who was a US Attorney and doesn’t know when to shut up. A soldier who trusts a drug dealer after… Read more »
The kid seems to be the only one with a clue.
This show needs to go. The writing is horrible, the story makes no sense, most of the characters are idiots and it drags on forever. Buh bye.
Thank you, Sara
PLEASE RENEW THIS SHOW. IT’S GREAT.