American Gods (TV series)
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American Gods is an American fantasy drama television series based on Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel and developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for the premium cable network Starz. Produced by Fremantle North America and distributed by Lionsgate Television, the first season premiered on April 30, 2017. Fuller and Green served as the showrunners for the first season and were replaced by Jesse Alexander for the second season. Charles H. Eglee served as showrunner for the third season. Gaiman served as an executive producer. Ricky Whittle plays the series' lead Shadow Moon, who meets a strange man named Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane) after being released from prison and soon becomes embroiled in a large-scale conflict between the Old Gods and the New Gods, who grow stronger each day. In May 2017, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on March 10, 2019. The following week, Starz renewed American Gods for the third season, which premiered on January 10, 2021. In March 2021, the series was canceled after three seasons. The series, mainly the first season, received praise for its visual style and acting and received two nominations at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Main Title Design and Outstanding Special Visual Effects. It also received three nominations at the 8th Critics' Choice Television Awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for McShane, and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Gillian Anderson.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 8 | April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) | June 18, 2017 (2017-06-18) | |
| 2 | 8 | March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10) | April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28) | |
| 3 | 10 | January 10, 2021 (2021-01-10) | March 21, 2021 (2021-03-21) | |
| No.overall | No. inseason | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date | viewers(millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "The Bone Orchard" | David Slade | Bryan Fuller & Michael Green | April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) | 0.975 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Secret of Spoons" | David Slade | Michael Green & Bryan Fuller | May 7, 2017 (2017-05-07) | 0.710 |
| 3 | 3 | "Head Full of Snow" | David Slade | Bryan Fuller & Michael Green | May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14) | 0.716 |
| 4 | 4 | "Git Gone" | Craig Zobel | Michael Green & Bryan Fuller | May 21, 2017 (2017-05-21) | 0.631 |
| 5 | 5 | "Lemon Scented You" | Vincenzo Natali | David Graziano | May 28, 2017 (2017-05-28) | 0.666 |
| 6 | 6 | "A Murder of Gods" | Adam Kane | Seamus Kevin Fahey and Michael Green & Bryan Fuller | June 4, 2017 (2017-06-04) | 0.607 |
| 7 | 7 | "A Prayer for Mad Sweeney" | Adam Kane | Maria Melnik | June 11, 2017 (2017-06-11) | 0.629 |
| 8 | 8 | "Come to Jesus" | Floria Sigismondi | Bekah Brunstetter and Michael Green & Bryan Fuller | June 18, 2017 (2017-06-18) | 0.774 |
| No.overall | No. inseason | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date | viewers(millions) |
| 9 | 1 | "House on the Rock" | Christopher J. Byrne | Jesse Alexander & Neil Gaiman | March 10, 2019 (2019-03-10) | 0.520 |
| 10 | 2 | "The Beguiling Man" | Frederick E.O. Toye | Tyler Dinucci & Andres Fischer-Centeno | March 17, 2019 (2019-03-17) | 0.348 |
| 11 | 3 | "Muninn" | Deborah Chow | Heather Bellson | March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24) | 0.329 |
| 12 | 4 | "The Greatest Story Ever Told" | Stacie Passon | Peter Calloway & Aditi Brennan Kapil | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) | 0.336 |
| 13 | 5 | "The Ways of the Dead" | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Rodney Barnes | April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07) | 0.306 |
| 14 | 6 | "Donar the Great" | Rachel Talalay | Adria Lang | April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14) | 0.240 |
| 15 | 7 | "Treasure of the Sun" | Paco Cabezas | Heather Bellson | April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21) | 0.318 |
| 16 | 8 | "Moon Shadow" | Christopher J. Byrne | Aditi Brennan Kapil & Jim Danger Gray | April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28) | 0.272 |
| No.overall | No. inseason | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original release date | viewers(millions) |
| 17 | 1 | "A Winter's Tale" | Jon Amiel | David Paul Francis | January 10, 2021 (2021-01-10) | 0.209 |
| 18 | 2 | "Serious Moonlight" | Julian Holmes | Moises Verneau | January 17, 2021 (2021-01-17) | 0.185 |
| 19 | 3 | "Ashes and Demons" | Thomas Carter | Anne Kenney | January 24, 2021 (2021-01-24) | 0.160 |
| 20 | 4 | "The Unseen" | Eva Sørhaug | Nick Gillie | January 31, 2021 (2021-01-31) | 0.204 |
| 21 | 5 | "Sister Rising" | Nick Copus | Damian Kindler | February 14, 2021 (2021-02-14) | 0.123 |
| 22 | 6 | "Conscience of the King" | Mark Tinker | Aric Avelino | February 21, 2021 (2021-02-21) | 0.197 |
| 23 | 7 | "Fire and Ice" | Rachel Goldberg | Anne Kenney & David Paul Francis | February 28, 2021 (2021-02-28) | 0.180 |
| 24 | 8 | "The Rapture of Burning" | Tim Southam | Holly Moyer | March 7, 2021 (2021-03-07) | 0.110 |
| 25 | 9 | "The Lake Effect" | Metin Hüseyin | Laura Pusey & Damian Kindler | March 14, 2021 (2021-03-14) | 0.153 |
| 26 | 10 | "Tears of the Wrath-Bearing Tree" | Russell Fine | Laura Pusey & Ryan Spencer | March 21, 2021 (2021-03-21) | 0.182 |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Main Title Design | Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks, Devin Maurer and Jeff Han | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Kevin Tod Haug, David Stump, Jeremy Ball, Bernice Charlotte Howes, Jessica Smith, Josh Carlton, Pierre Buffin, James Cooper and Aymeric Perceval (for "The Bone Orchard") | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Guest Performer: Drama Series | Orlando Jones | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Drama Series | American Gods | Nominated | |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Ian McShane | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Gillian Anderson | Nominated | |||
| Satellite Awards | Best Television Series – Genre | American Gods | Nominated | ||
| Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Television Series | American Gods | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor on Television | Ricky Whittle | Nominated | |||
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Television Release | American Gods: Season One | Won | |||
| 2019 | Saturn Awards | Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series | American Gods | Nominated |
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