AMC cancels Lodge 49 after two seasons

Variety

The critically beloved quirky dramedy starring Wyatt Russell is not getting a third season. The cancelation comes two weeks after Lodge 49's Season 2 finale. “We are so proud to have had Lodge 49 on our air,” AMC said in a statement. “This wonderful show gave audiences fresh and unforgettable characters in a world that did not exist anywhere else on television. Thanks to the stellar cast including Wyatt Russell, Sonya Cassidy and Brent Jennings and to our partners in this unique labor of love, Jim Gavin, Peter Ocko and Paul Giamatti for two remarkable seasons that initiated the world into The Ancient and Benevolent Order of the Lynx.” In a Vox article, published on Monday, Emily Todd VanDerWerff urged AMC to renew Lodge 49, calling it a working-class mirror image of HBO's Succession. "Lodge 49 feels a little like a miracle, like it shouldn’t exist and must be shielded from anything bad that might happen to it," wrote VanDerWerff. "Like all miracles, it feels fragile and new. To watch it is to doubt that what your eyes are seeing is real. But it is real. The AMC drama somehow combines the tones 'very weird' and 'very gentle' to create a show that feels like the opposite of HBO’s bigger, buzzier Succession. Both programs are ensemble dramas about people in unusual circumstances. But where Succession is about miserable rich people, Lodge 49 is about people who have very little but seem content with their lot in life." ALSO: Producers plan to shop Lodge 49 to other outlets.