Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday and Bryan Fuller (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) as show-runner. With a pedigree like this, a show cannot possibly fail.

I personally found this show awful. It just seemed slow and lacklustre. I have absolutely no caring about the main characters, Odin is okay but Shadow is really boring as hell. The episode diverge in to random really boring back stories and the finale was terrible....I will not be watching season 2

So i just got back from a special screening of the first episode and I can assure you this show is definitely going to be great. As a fan of both Fuller and the book, Gaiman being one of my favorite authors of all time and Hannibal, well, one of my favorite show of all time, everything I expected to see on screen was delivered here. The classyness of Fuller's aesthetic (that was already there in Hannibal) mixed with even more gore and blood serves Gaiman's work perfectly, if you've watched any of Fuller's previous work then you know that his way of telling stories lies deeply on the psychology of his characters and for an adaptation of American Gods you could not hope for someone better. This really is a perfect match and a fan of American Gods (the book) cannot possibly be disappointed in what he's going to find in this first episode. Oh and yeah, THAT scene with Bilquis is there, and.......well yeah, you have to see it. Don't hesitate for a second and watch the show as soon as it airs, Gaiman and Fuller are both geniuses and this series is sure to be incredible.

larry, seriously? have you read the books? this show has the potential to be amazing. I also like the casting. Shadow and Wednesday will be spot on. Mad Sweeney looks right. the Technical Boy is much thnner/less acne/less boogery then in my head. but overall i'm super excited.

Absolute RUBBISH !!!! I really struggled to watch the first 1 hour long episode and can honestly say I would rather have slit my throat and eaten my eyeballs at the same time.

The evolution of the story sucks, the writers are to blame.
The lighter parts of the series, which are meaned to be funny, arent, not in any (smart) way.
The actors arent likeble and they are all stuckup shit for brainz.
It could have been good, but it simply isnt.
I have seen season 1 fully now and its all boring shit and thats from someone who normally realy likes existentialism movies.
The show is too expensive to not be cancelled....

Great show. I'm sure we can all agree that the first season was fantastic while the second season had its moments but was overall incredibly slow and boring. And while the first season was also slow, it wasn't boring. I hope the third season is more along the lines of enjoyment the first season was.

Well, season 1 is fine. In season 2 the story is lost in political cheap talking points (Hollywood talking points, to be fair), pedantic pace, isn't entertainment anymore.

The first season was already chaotic, but the second is even worse. Nothing is happening, so boring and full of racism shit...

S1 was so strong, it's a shame S2 is having so many problems. The loss of Kristen Chenoweth and Gillian Anderson is truly tragic, they were outstanding in S1. You can tell S2 had a lot of problems with development and doesn't have a proper show runner, which is sad because this show had so much potential