There won’t be a second season of American Odyssey. To little surprise, NBC has cancelled the dramatic TV series after 13 episodes.
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 had a lackluster debut and the ratings got much worse as the weeks progressed. The 13 installments ended up averaging a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic with fewer than three million viewers. The finale aired this past Sunday.
Series creator Adam Armus tweeted, “Thanks to the devoted fans of #AmericanOdyssey. I loved the tweets, the artwork and the emotional support. #odellelives in our [heart]️ always!” and “#AmericanOdyssey is not renewed for next season. The stories live on in here [head] and in here [heart]️! [Bravo] to the fantastic cast, crew and the fans!”
Of the cancellation, executive producer Peter Horton tweeted, “As you all know we have bn canceled. Had we been on cable wld have bn a hit Thx to all of u for bing our audience #thebest #AmericanOdyssey” and then, “#AmericanOdyssey Heartbreaking. But you all have been the best. xo”
Actor Treat Williams wrote, “American Odyssey has been a great experience. Thank you Peter, Adam, Kay,and a lovely cast for a great season. Thank you NBC for the gig.”
What do you think? Did you like the American Odyssey TV show? If you ran the network, would you have cancelled it or renewed the series for a second season?
I liked it a lot!!
My wife and I just binge watched the whole season today on Netflix. We had not heard of this series until this morning. We are so glad that we found it because we were hooked 10 minutes into the first episode. We are huge Homeland fans, but we found that American Odyssey was much more intriguing than Homeland. We often found ourselves confused and not always understanding the plotline of each episode when we watched Homeland. We felt like the three separate stories of American Odyssey were so cleverly interwoven, and allowed us to fall in love with each of… Read more »
We loved it. Please bring to netflix.
I almost didn’t even show up to class to finish watching this series. This was the first series i’ve ever binged 10+ hours to finish watching in a day. This series was too relative to the truth to continue. That’s why it was cancelled. I don’t even watch TV and if I loved it, it was good. (seen it on netflix)
This was the best new series I’ve seen in a while. It had everything you want to see in a drama, amazing how the networks don’t promote the really good show, so the junk ones that you don’t need much of a brain to watch keep getting more seasons. I’m not going to support NBC shows in the future.So dissapointed they cancelled a great show, I would have bought it on dvd when the series came out.
We loved it! Please bring to Netflix!
Yes…please bring it back!
Bring it back
I am so disappointed. I have been looking forward to coming back on. I think it is great, Hope another network or cable will pick it up. Maybe the problem was not being on cable or the time slot. Needs to be brought back.
It started slow and stumbled along to long before they picked up the plot. By episode 11 they pulled it out, and the last ones were top notch. American networks are to fickle and orientated to the bean counters. No good story development can ever occur. It’s back to the bbc for me.
Intelligent shows with good intrigue. Mistake ho cancel especially for older demographic
I really liked the show a lot it had a good outcome I don’t think it should be cancelled
Just finished American o on Netflix and was so impressed This series has to be continued on cable or any network. fabulous writing, great acting and edge of the seat storyline. somebody please pick this series up.
WE think that American Odyssey is one of the best, intelligent (and probably realistic) TV series we have ever seen and the reason i am on this website was to find out about season 2 – which we are so sad to see isn’t going happen. Too bad a great venues like FX or Showtime wouldn’t pick it up!! How about Netflix – then we could have 3 or 4 more seasons!
American Odyssey is one of the best shows I’ve watched!!! Awesome acting & plenty of on the edge excitement!! As good as Homeland!! I can’t believe it was cancelled!! I’ve been binge watching & am completely hooked! Please someone do something & bring this show back!!!!!