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?
American Odyssey is a great series. The people who quit the series early missed a good one. It sure beats all of those phony and mindless reality and zombie shows
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I loved that show. Why are those stupid mindless comedies renewed and the really good ones cancelled?? I am getting really disgusted with the reality shows and stupid 1/2 hour comedies that take their place,
The show was full of incredulous plot holes but watching the wonderful Anna Friel more than compensated for them, I’m missing Odelle already.
best TV show I’ve seen in years!!! Couldn’t get enough of it – guess people don’t like the good shows. And now, back to the mundane again!
R.I.P.
Why are y’all mad at NBC? Blame the 300 million people who didn’t like the show.
You mean the Kardashian fans?
I was not told about it until episode 7 …so I had to catch up all in one night! I love this show and I feel like it is a hidden gem!…it is spreading by word of mouth…bring it to cable and we will follow you!!!
There are few NBC shows I watch, but American Odyssey was one of the few. I was checking to see when it started again but found that it was cancelled. I agree with the rest of what Marilyn says in her post.
so sad to see cancelled!! We had no idea show even existed until the last episode and immediately started watching On demand which we have watched non sTop!! We are very disappointed in NBC on selling this show from beginning to end and NBC as a network for not putting in the effort to share and give American public more than a few episodes to discover!!
American Odyssey was one great show. I hope season 2 will eventually be released.
Why can’t everyone understand that there is no season 2. Never was filmed. Never will be. The cast and crew have packed their bags and moved on. Hint hint.
No season 2 was filmed. Season 1 is all there is.
I am so disappointed that NBC canceled this show. I have seen some shows continued that I couldn’t understand why and this is not one if them. There is so much not finished with this show. I hope someone else will pick it up or NBC changed their mind.
I can’t believe that NBC cancelled such a great show as American Odyssey. I can’t stand most of the shows that are on air today….comedy, reality, and sports……….but this one had me hooked right away……..and more so every episode……….I watched the original airings as well as Hulu………….I couldn’t get enough. I want to find out what happens……….what was wrong with Harrison’s arm?, Aslam?, Odelle, and I’m sure Luc isn’t finished. And the Col. needs to be dealt with!! If there isn’t a season 2………and another network doesn’t pick it up…….the only option I have is to never watch NBC again!… Read more »
Agree with Denise. Unfortunately, money is God when it comes to most everything. AO was very good, entertaining, good acting and kept my interest. Storyline was much easier to follow than other shows I’ve watched. What happens at the end??? Odelle? Aslam? Peter? We will never know…….:-(
I am totally done with TV. NBC has made a mistake cancelling a great show. Will probably take and replace it with yet another senseless comedy that is not even worth the electricity to turn tv on. I have been involved in this show since the start and will never find out the outcome aling with all that watched. I am no longer going to get involved in a series as this seems to he a trend. Going to library pick up book series at least i dont have to worry about greed taking away my book. Hope series is… Read more »
I totally agree. It was a great show and story. Shame on NBC
Really wanted to like it but found it boring and stopped around the third episode.
@Anonymous…Curious why the moderators let you personally attack someone?
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