American Primeval ’s director and executive producer Peter Berg ( Friday Night Lights) knows that depicting real events isn’t ...

While Brigham Young (Kim Coates) succeeds in burning down Jim Bridger’s (Shea Whigham) beloved fort, Bridger survives the ...

T he perpetrators of the Mountain Meadows Massacre have spent much of American Primeval talking about tying up loose ends.

This unsparingly grim Netflix western draws from a tradition of works eager to push beyond sanitized frontier myths. Here’s a ...

Netflix's limited series starring Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch plays out against the background of the so-called Utah War.

A brutally violent but compelling Western starring Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin, Netflix's ‘American Primeval’ is a ...

Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval is based on a handful of real-life events and historical figures with ...

The series, now streaming on Netflix, depicts the brutality with which the Mormons sought to create a new world for their ...

American Primeval, the new Netflix series, is a gripping portrayal of survival on the American frontier in 1857. While it isn't based on a true story, the show tries to keep things as real as possible ...

With a historical setting and real-life inspiration, it’s fair for Netflix viewers to ask: is American Primeval based on a true story?

The new Netflix series American Primeval follows as one woman tries ... But is it actually based on a true story? No. However, although the series is not technically based on a true story ...

If you've been binge-watching Netflix's Western miniseries American Primeval, you might be wondering if Crooks Springs is a real part of the 1857 American landscape.