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 agree, was just looking to see when it would be airing. Good show and disappointed it won’t be back on. It was sometimes hard to follow which kept me intrigued.
Very sad Odyssey is not having a second series, they are so many bits which need further answering, like showing her cleared, what happened to Luke, what happened to Harrison, what happened to the boy. too many unanswered questions. We want a another series of odyssey.
I agree with some of the comments about watching the series not when it is broadcast but when I have the time so are the ratings collected world wide.
I watch this fantastic series on catch up via BBC iplayer very disappointed no second series let’s hope BBC takes it on.
The “CABALS” will not be happy with the kind of revelations Season 1 of the movie made. Every government across the nations of the earth is guilty of the same offence of killing their citizenry as a result of ulterior and selfish motives and then cover the evil they did with lies. God bless the producers of this movie!
Just finished watching American Odyssey on Netflix. We are so disappointed that there is no Season 2. It was a great series with some strong acting in the female lead, in the role of Aslam and especially in the role of Luc. So sad 🙁
I liked this show, like said best show for Sunday night in a while , also love AD
Another case in point that this show could have had ad least a season 2.
I really liked this show and am disappointed it has been canx.
Love the show, easily one of my favorites, but I saw it on Netflix. I haven’t watched a single minute of NBC since the NFL football season ended! Similar to ‘House of Cards’, if ‘American Odyssey’ was a adult rated Netflix original I think it could have rivaled HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’, because it depicted real life content.
Oh no. One of the few shows I actually look forward to
cancelling is disappointing.
I enjoyed this series and it has been the talk of many I know. I cannot understand why they would not continue this and yet continue so much other rubbish. OK it wasn’t quite as good as Homeland 1 but it was better than most and it provokes debate. Perhaps America is scared of the debate and its reliance on war to stay as the World number one. Whatever the reason I don’t believe its poor ratings, this was a decent programme with scope for more…
Very disappointed that this show was cancelled. I was looking forward to another season.
Very disappointed this show was cancelled. I would have liked it if there had been a better ending though.
I was not surprised it was cancelled but I would have liked it to have been renewed if the actor who played Odelle had been replaced or killed off even though the character was integral to the plot. It is so important to have a strong actor when a show has to exemplify a strong female lead, and this one just didn’t come through for me.
Peter Facinelli is one of my favorite actors and he, along with many of the others, did awesome work.
I wonder if the so called poor ratings are accurate. This was an outstanding series. One of the very best. One theory is that it was cancelled for political reasons – too critical of corporations’ involvement in affaires of smaller counties – too critical of governmental/military corruption. One piece of evidence is that it airs on Canadian Netflix but not American
Are you Freaking kidding me? im in shock and so disappointed. No the ratings are not accurate. They decide based on who is watching while its airing. they forget in this world now most people don’t always have time to sit down when its on. instead record or watch via the internet. They are killing off all the best shows. and i doubt they even look at sites like these to see how upset people are.we are wasting our time posting.