American Primeval takes a detailed look at life on the American frontier in Utah during 1857. It follows an ensemble cast of characters from various backgrounds, including Mormons, Native Americans, ...

For decades, Hollywood has shaped the myth of the American West through its fixation on cowboys and Indians — a genre that has dominated cinema and television with romanticized portrayals of frontier ...

Netflix’s new Western series is a bleak and bloody affair. American Primeval pulls no punches in its six-episode limited run. Murder, rape and mayhem and suicide fill this relentlessly brutal world.

The streamer's fictional limited series from Pete Berg, Mark L. Smith and Eric Newman is set in the brutal American frontier of 1857. By Jackie Strause Managing Editor, East Coast The trailer for ...

Preston Mota and Betty Gilpin in 'American Primeval' (2025) (Credit: Netflix via IMDb). Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the ...