AMC Renews Hell on Wheels for Season Four

Hell on Wheels Renewed for Season 4
Anson Mount stars in 'Hell on Wheels' (Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC)
Not only will AMC be bringing back the Western drama Hell on Wheels for season four, it’ll be doing so with an extended order. Seasons one, two and three were each 10 hours; season four has been given a 13 episode order for the summer of 2014.
 
Viewership of Hell on Wheels went up following the show’s move to Saturdays, and season three averaged 3.3 million viewers.
 
“John Wirth and his team on both sides of the camera delivered a remarkable third season and Hell On Wheels fans responded. We are so proud of this show and congratulate everyone who has contributed to its success,” said Charlie Collier, AMC president. “AMC has served passionate Western fans for three decades, so it is particularly gratifying to see these viewers capping off their Saturdays with an original Western on what has historically been a tough night of the week for television. Our commitment to the genre is unwavering and we look forward to continuing to super-serve this audience with an expanded fourth season of Hell on Wheels.”
 
The Plot for Season Three:
 
Season three lands in the year 1867, the third year of the building of the transcontinental railroad. Cullen Bohannon (Mount) leaves his vengeance-seeking behind and invests in the new American landscape-the beginnings of big business, big religion, and the new role of Wall Street in the White House. Bohannon must contend with racism, greed and murder as he single-mindedly leads the Union Pacific in its race across the country against the Central Pacific Railroad. The high stakes corporate race, the environmental costs and degradation of the native peoples’ way of life are themes that resonate deeply in today’s America.
 
Source: AMC
 
-Posted by Rebecca Murray

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