PITTSBURGH — It looks like we won’t be finding out how the citizens of Buell, Pennsylvania, dealt with the fallout from the violence that defined the last few months of their lives — at least not on Showtime.
Showtime confirmed to the Post-Gazette on Tuesday morning that it would not be ordering a second season of “American Rust,” which was set in western Pennsylvania and shot here last year over the course of five months. The show was created by Dan Futterman and starred Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney in the television adaptation of Philipp Meyer’s 2009 novel of the same name.
“We can confirm that ‘American Rust’ will not be moving forward with a second season,” Showtime said in an emailed statement. “We would like to thank our partners at Boat Rocker, our talented showrunner Dan Futterman and the rest of the wonderful writers, and our amazing cast led by Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney.”
