Netflix’s new historical drama “American Primeval” is currently the No. 1 series on the site. But how much of the show and its characters are based on the 1857 Utah War?

With the western genre an increasingly difficult sell for audiences, the streamer’s gritty new series seems to have beaten the odds. Louis Chilton looks at the merits and significance of ‘American Pri

Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin led the gritty miniseries about a family's trek across the American West in 1857.

After sitting on top of the Netflix top 10 list for a while, American Primeval, the limited series starring Taylor Kitsch, is now down to #2 thanks to the arrival of Monday Night

Right now there's been no word on a second series of the show. American Primeval is listed as a "limited series" which would indicate it could only get a one season run. However, the series director and executive producer Peter Berg has revealed he is keen for the show to return, on one condition.

Netflix's "American Primeval" starring Taylor Kitsch is partly inspired by the true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.

Westerns – thanks to shows like Yellowstone – have come back in a huge way. And what’s more: American Primeval tackles a fascinating subject, which is America’s only indigenous religion: Mormonism and it’s (literal) war for legitimacy.

Here's everything you need to know about the possibility of 'American Primeval returning for a second season on Netflix.