Netflix’s American Primeval wasted no time climbing the charts, racking up an impressive 14.3 million views shortly after its release. Eric Newman, the mastermind behind the series, has yet ...

With its unapologetically in-your-face depiction of the extreme violence and cruelty of the Wild West, American Primeval is definitely not for the faint-hearted. But if the show's gritty realism ...

However, “American Primeval,” a new limited series on Netflix from Mark L. Smith — the writer of the Academy Award-winning “The Revenant” — takes a different approach. Much like how ...

Preston Mota and Betty Gilpin in 'American Primeval' (2025) (Credit: Netflix via IMDb). Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the ...

In the first few minutes of Episode 1 of American Primeval, a man is suddenly shot dead. Sara (Betty Gilpin), who is travelling with her son, Devin (Preston Mota), reaches Fort Bridger ...

“I don’t know if you caught this, but we avoided black,” “American Primeval” assistant costume designer Mila Hermanovski told IndieWire. “For the most part, black was reserved only ...

Though highly fictionalized and only loosely based on actual history and geography, the popular new Netflix series “American Primeval” is stirring up national interest in a long-forgotten but ...

EXCLUSIVE: With American Primeval, Eric Newman now has six Netflix hits under his belt. The western miniseries was the most-watched TV series on the streamer last week with 14.3M views from ...

Netflix’s American Primeval is an exploration of the American West set against the backdrop of intense conflict during the Utah War in 1857. The limited series combines a fictional storyline ...

(RNS) — What does the popular new Netflix series, “American Primeval,” get wrong about the Utah War? Just about everything. Utah historian and author Barbara Jones Brown explains why that ...

Mary Pickford’s Santa Cruz hideaway Alligator that starred in ‘Happy Gilmore’ dies of old age in Colorado “American Primeval”: Nothing sentimental nor kind happens in director/ executive ...

American Primeval, Netflix’s flashy (and quite gory) new series depicts the clash between zealous Mormons, imperial federal troops, crude trappers, and bloodthirsty Natives. Think Under the Banner of ...