Suggesting that some New Gods might be even less pleasant than the ones the show has already showcased, Neil Gaiman has said that the upcoming second season of his Starz series American Gods will tackle the rise of fascism in America. Not the current one, mind you (at least, not directly), but by flashing back to the…

The first season of Starz’s Neil Gaiman adaptation American Gods was pretty good, but since it ended last summer, the show has been defined more by its behind-the-scenes chaos than its actual merits. Showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green both abruptly quit the series in November, with the official explanation…

Despite losing showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green last year, American Gods has made plenty of progress on season two. Neil Gaiman, who wrote the fantasy novel that was adapted for Starz, is now overseeing the series with Hannibal and Star Trek: Discovery writer Jesse Alexander. So, that solves that problem,…

Back in November, American Gods showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green announced that they’d be leaving the critically well-regarded Starz series after the end of its first season. At the time—and in subsequent discussions—everyone involved seems to have done their best to paint the split as amicable, with Starz…

Starz’s Neil Gaiman adaptation, American Gods, has been hit with a lot of bad news in recent weeks, with showrunners Michael Green and Bryan Fuller announcing that they’d be departing their high-profile roles on the series before its second season, and recurring guest stars Gillian Anderson and Kristin Chenoweth both…

Like an entire message board’s worth of ’90s internet forum members, Gillian Anderson just won’t stop breaking our hearts. Earlier this week, Anderson made it clear—in no uncertain terms—that she’s done with Fox’s X-Files reboot, and that the show’s eleventh season will be her last outing as stalwart FBI agent Dana…

Television provides so many units in which to appreciate the medium’s annual output. A series can leap to the forefront on the strengths of a single great season; if it’s running as part of the traditional broadcast calendar, those accolades might have two halves of separate seasons. Try as streaming services and…

Three staffers, three unabashed recommendations.

Bryan Fuller and Michael Green pulled off something of a miracle earlier this year, successfully adapting Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, the epic novel that’s long been deemed one the most unwieldy and un-filmable projects. Their well-received fantasy drama was renewed by Starz just weeks after the series premiere, and…

“This is all too big. Too much going on at once.” That’s how Mr. Nancy starts “Come To Jesus,” the season finale of American Gods. He looks up from his sewing machine and announces, “We should start with a story.”

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Kristin Chenoweth’s American Gods character doesn’t have a come-to-Jesus moment in this Sunday’s season-one finale, “Come To Jesus.” That’s because the Jesuses come to her: As Easter—or rather the Germanic goddess Ostara—she hosts a gathering of Christs on her holiday.

I’ve hugely enjoyed the first season of American Gods: admired its range and its technical daring, thrilled with its romances, been heartened by its compassion for one-off characters. But under all this pleasure, I’ve felt resistant to the show’s charms, or maybe it’s more precise to say I felt a resistance within the…

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“What the fuck are you?” Laura asks Mad Sweeney in “A Murder Of Gods.” “I mean, what the fuck are any of you, but first tell me, what the fuck are you?” Shadow asks Wednesday the same question after he wrenches a squirming, digging root (a parting gift from Mr. Wood, an old god turned new god) from the wound in…

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As a fan of Neil Gaiman’s novel, I’ve been looking forward to Starz’s American Gods adaptation since before it was hanging on by a wing and a prayer at HBO. So I jumped on the screeners as soon as they were available, published up my pre-air review, then was left to wait until the series actually premiered on April 30…

Compared to previous American Gods episodes, “Lemon-Scented You” is lighter on character establishment, heavier on explanations, and more clever than meaningful. With a smart teleplay by David Graziano and intelligently showy direction by Vincenzo F. Natali (best known for Cube and Splice, also director of six Hannibal

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