Why did American Gods get canceled?

Sources say the decision not to continue with a fourth season was made due to low viewership, with multiplatform viewership declining 65% from the show's first season to its third. “American Gods” stars Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon and Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday.
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Why did American Gods fail?

During its three seasons, American Gods has been a magnet for trouble at Starz. The show has had four showrunners over three seasons. Original showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green were pushed out after creative clashes with producers Fremantle that included disputes over the show's rapidly escalating budget.
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Will there be a 4th season of American Gods?

Starz released a press statement following the cancellation, and personally, it felt a bit underwhelming: “American Gods will not return for a fourth season.
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Is American Gods really Cancelled?

At the end of March, news broke that fantasy drama American Gods had been cancelled after three seasons, leaving fans around the world devastated. The show's most recent season premiered back in January and ended on a mammoth cliffhanger, making this abrupt axing rather frustrating for longtime viewers.
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Will there be a 3rd season of American Gods?

The series was renewed for a third season by Starz on March 15, 2019, and it was confirmed that Charles H. Eglee would serve as showrunner for the third season replacing Jesse Alexander.
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What god is Czernobog?

Chernobog (Latin: Zcerneboch, lit. "Black God", reconstructed as Proto-Slavic *Čьrnobogъ, from *čьrnъ ("black") + *bogъ ("god")) is the god of bad fate worshipped by the Polabian Slavs. He is first mentioned by Helmold in the Chronica Slavorum.
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What god is Shadow Moon?

Shadow Moon Is A Character In The American Gods Book

Turns out there is. Warning: Book spoilers from American Gods ahead! In the book, it's eventually revealed that Shadow is a demigod — the son of a god and a human woman, according to ScreenRant. Specifically, he's the son of Odin — aka, Mr.
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Is Netflix going to pick up American Gods?

It appears Netflix and Amazon are in the running. Of the two, Netflix makes the most sense since Gaiman is already working with them on an adaptation of his graphic novel The Sandman. That said, Amazon also makes sense considering it's been the show's home all around the world (besides the United States).
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Why did Starz remove season 2 and 3 of American Gods?

Sources say the decision not to continue with a fourth season was made due to low viewership, with multiplatform viewership declining 65% from the show's first season to its third. “American Gods” stars Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon and Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday.
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Did American Gods end on a cliffhanger?

It was announced last night that American Gods would not be returning for a fourth season, despite ending its third run on a major cliffhanger.
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Is Mr world a Loki?

As we learn in the climax of the novel, he is actually Loki in disguise, who's running a very long and elaborate con with Mr. Wednesday to pit Gods against one another and feed off the ensuing battle, which would be dedicated to Odin. “It's not about sides,” he says to Laura.
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Does Mad Sweeney come back?

I will not be coming back to American Gods, no. I love the character of Mad Sweeney and would be willing to revive him in a project that was built around him (mini-series or movie), at some point.
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How was American Gods supposed to end?

American Gods wrapped up its third season over the weekend with a big old cliffhanger: Mr Wednesday was dead, and as a God, tradition dictates that he has a vigil, which in this case involves Shadow being wrapped up in the vines of the World Tree, Yggdrasil. But it turns out, it's all been a trick.
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Who got fired from American Gods?

Orlando Jones says he was fired for sending the wrong message. Orlando Jones told Variety in 2019 that as far as he knew, there was no reason for Mr. Nancy to not appear in season 3 of American Gods.
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Why did actors leave American Gods?

We were in the process of reducing scope due to a dramatic budget reduction when we were fired." The series was renewed for a second season on May 10, 2017, and on November 29, 2017, an announcement was made that Fuller and Green were leaving after having written half of the episodes for season 2.
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Is Sweeney in season 3 of American Gods?

Though Laura returns Sweeney's lucky coin in the American Gods season 3 premiere, he remains dead. The main reason for it is revealed in a remark made by Maman Brigitte, one of the loa Laura and Sweeney meet in New Orleans.
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Will there be a spin off of American Gods?

Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman's literary spin-off to his acclaimed American Gods novel, is getting a TV adaptation after all these years — an interesting choice given everything that's happened with the American Gods show and the character known as Mr.
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What happens to Mad Sweeney in American Gods?

Mad Sweeney dies in America - west of where the sun sets relative to Ireland. His fate is sealed by the loss of his coin to Laura Moon, making it a dead woman's bauble. Mad Sweeney dies on the end of a spear, after he tries to throw Odin's spear Gungnir at Mr.
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Where is American Gods filmed?

Based on the 2001 bestseller novel by Neil Gaiman, American Gods was primarily filmed in Ontario (Canada), with a few locations situated in Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The Cinespace Studios in Toronto served as headquarters for the Starz series.
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Is Neil Gaiman Cancelled?

The announcement that TV insiders and Neil Gaiman fans alike have been dreading for years finally came down this week from Starz. After three embattled seasons and four different showrunners, the splashy TV adaptation of Gaiman's beloved and award-winning novel American Gods had been canceled.
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Is American Gods a book series?

The American Gods book series by Neil Gaiman includes books American Gods, The Monarch of the Glen, (American Gods, 2 of 2), and several more.
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Why is Odin called Mr. Wednesday?

The reason the character is called Mr. Wednesday is that Wednesday literally means Day of Woden. Woden is the Old English name of Odin. This is something the character refers to it as well when he tells Shadow Moon his name, referring to "Wednesday as his day" in the 1st episode.
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What god is Laura Moon?

Laura Moon didn't believe in any gods. Having been killed by a war god led her to acknowledge the existence of gods but she has never professed her faith in any of them.
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What is Shadow's real name?

In 1937 it was revealed that the Shadow's real name was Kent Allard, a World War I flying ace who had supposedly died years earlier. The magazine was very popular.
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