American Rust Saved — Season 2 of Cancelled Jeff Daniels/Maura Tierney Drama Finds New Home on Freevee
Almost five months after being cancelled at Showtime, American Rust has found a new home — on Amazon’s Freevee (fka IMDb TV).
Starring Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney and adapted by Dan Futterman and Adam Rapp from Philipp Meyer’s novel of the same name, Season 1 of American Rust aired last fall and explored the tattered American Dream in a Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania through the eyes of police chief Del Harris (played by Daniels).
Harris became compromised when the son of the woman he loves, Grace Poe (Tierney), was accused of murder, and he was forced to decide what he’s willing to do to protect him.
Production on Season 2 is scheduled to begin later this year, with Daniels (who also serves as an executive producer) and Tierney both returning.
“I’m grateful to Amazon Freevee for giving us the chance to make Season 2 of American Rust,” Daniels said in a statement. “Set inside a struggling American small town, our authentic, realistically told story is built for streaming. The movies they don’t make anymore are being made as series at places like Amazon Freevee. It’s where I want to be.”
Lauren Anderson and Ryan Pirozzi, co-heads of content and programming at Freevee, said in a statement, “American Rust is exactly the type of gritty and engaging storytelling Amazon Freevee audiences love, and we could not be more excited to bring this prestige series to our customers, free of charge. We can’t wait to dive in with Boat Rocker and Dan Futterman to continue the story that intrigued audiences during the first season, and to see the evolution of characters so expertly portrayed by Jeff and Maura in this next chapter.”
Are you happy/shocked to see American Rust be un-cancelled, by Freevee?
Yayyy! Loved American Rust. As an Amazon subscriber hopefully I can view it.
From Pay-Per-View to Free to Watch. Interesting.
of course you can…you can watch all FREEVEE shows
Shocking…love Jeff, but disliked the show
This is nice to hear. Would prefer them just to do this second season to conclude any storylines that were left up in the air.
Glad it’s getting a second season, but, not glad about the commercials!
Very happy that American Rust is given another chance.
Great news!
I’m thrilled! Loved the show and the cast. Thanks FREEVEE
First Bosch, now AR. Personally, I appreciate any opportunity to experience quality work. No matter the forum. The ads in Bosch weren’t that disruptive versus no Bosch at all!!
agree
Troppo is a great show on Freevee as well
Agreed. Looking forward to a Troppo season two.
Agree. I don’t mind 30-90 second commercials during program. Minimal intrusion in exchange for excellent programming!
YES!! I’m so glad this series was saved, it is actually quite good!!
Elated that American Rust has been renewed for season 2!!
So happy to hear “American Rust” is being picked-up by another source. My partner and I are big fans of the lead actors and liked the storyline VERY much. We were both VERY disappointed that Showtime severed ties with the series.
They are going to make new shows! I’m so glad that it was picked up. I can’t wait. Nice to see a worthwhile show be made!!
I thought that American Rust was a fabulous show and the performances by Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney were extraordinary.
Is season 1 going to be on freevee?
Yeah👍👍Finally! Thanks Freevee‼️
loved that show so much i am willing to watch commercials to see a second season!
Excellent News! This is a fantastic show
Love FreeVee first Bosch now American Rust!!! Way to go FreeVee!!!! FV originals worth looking into as well❤️
Yes I am very happy this great show got picked up! Shows how committed the cast was to keep it going as well! Love.
Glad to see a second season. Too many unanswered questions. Great acting
Fantastic! Finally!
Love this show- American Rust – Jeff Daniel and Cast were excellent and great content !!!! Was wondering when Season 2 was coming back – Now I know !!!!
I am delighted… thought Showtime was dumb to cancel it, and often felt disappointed since to be miss the chance to see what happens next…it was like being left on the cliff… hanging. Now we get to find out… can’t wait.
So I have Amazon prime ? Does that mean I can watch it ? I never heard of freevee tv ??
Honestly, season 1 of American Rust was super boring. I am happy it will give Pittsburgh actors more opportunities, but after season 1, I will not be watching.