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?
Sooooooo disappointed this series got canceled. Makes no sense to me! Good acting, very interesting current day plot and a good strong female lead character! A real shame
I enjoyed watching american odyssey and its hearing that’s not coming back on the screens
Too bad this quality series wasn’t renewed. I guess it was difficult for most viewers to follow. . I’ll chalk it up to a Parenthood disappointment..
I found this show to be very entertaining, well written and very suspenceful. The acting was first rate. I am sad that it will not be back next season. I saw every installment in the series.
I finally saw the finale. Man I don’t know what Millennial wrote this crap. But they obviously never served in combat. Not not to mention the idiotic actions by Odelle. She has access to 20 different phones. Not only does she not dial home once. She continually calls the one guy who called the drone strike and tells him where she is. Sheesh. This needed to be cancelled.
Thank you Bob, it’s what I have been saying all along. Even if some viewers thought that the plot reflected “our corrupt government” or “our corrupt banks” or allegedly showed “Islam for what it is” (a Gross misrepresentation), in spite of some good acting, some interesting location filming, timely subject matter, what killed it for me was the never ending absurd and naive and idiotic choices/decisions made by the main characters. They were too stupid to be believed.
I loved this show and if you are to cancel it we need a proper ending… must hit to close to home with its truths.
Interesting that American Odyssey has run on Canadian Netflix but not on US netfilx . Is the topic of corruption in the US military/government too sensitive – too close to home? I thought it was a great show – any chance that a sequel can be picked up by another party?
Loved the show sorry to see it go.
stupid Idea. Sorry to tell NBC but 18-45 yr olds don’t watch tv, they are out living. We Little bit older folks (I’m 55) watch tv. I’m sick of NBC, ABC and CBS canceling things without giving a proper ending. They need to be like cable stations and give a show an ending. What would happen if “Who shot JR” never told us “who shot JR”.
How can you cancel this series? It was really interesting. For the first time there was a series that the whole family managed to watch together. It doesn ´t make sense to cancel this.
This was a great show with so many shows not worth watching makes one wonder why this one was canceled i am very disappointed that it ws canceled.
Enjoyed the series very much. Evidently it was in a bad time slot.
It was the ONLY show we watched! Very sad it’s gone!!!!
I loved this show. Sorry to see it cancelled.
I loved this show and am very disappointed it was cancelled!!