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 Starz announced today it has picked up a second season of its 
 deity-driven, critically-acclaimed original series "American Gods," 
 produced by FremantleMedia North America (FMNA), following its premiere 
 on STARZ on April 30, which has garnered more than 5 million 
 multiplatform viewers to-date and growing.*
 
 
 Carmi Zlotnik, president of programming for Starz, said, "Bryan Fuller, 
 Michael Green and Neil Gaiman have evolved the art form of television 
 narratively, structurally and graphically with ‘American Gods,' and 
 we're thrilled to be working again with these artists as they continue 
 to build the worlds and wars of the gods."
 
 
 "American Gods has been a ground-breaking series born out of belief and 
 it's thrilling to be partnered with Starz to continue this ambitious 
 story. Neil Gaiman, Bryan Fuller and Michael Green have ignited a 
 conversation through cinematic magic, presented through a diverse 
 ensemble of actors that continue to keep us engaged and inspired," said 
 Craig Cegielski, Co-CEO of FremantleMedia North America.
 
 
 The series debuted on April 30th at 9PM ET/PT to the most Live+SD series 
 premiere viewers (975K) amongst all current STARZ Original series and 
 1.575 Million viewers Live +7, a STARZ series premiere record.** The 
 premiere of "American Gods" placed #1 on Nielsen Social Ratings for all 
 scripted broadcast and cable television series on Sunday, 4/30/2017. (1)
 
 
 About "American Gods"
 
 
 Adapted from the award-winning novel, "American Gods" posits a different 
 kind of war brewing—one between Old Gods and New. The traditional Old 
 Gods, with mythological roots from around the world, fear irrelevance as 
 their believers die off or are seduced by the money, technology, and 
 celebrity offered by the New Gods. Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) is an 
 ex-con who, left adrift by the recent death of his wife, becomes 
 bodyguard and traveling partner to conman Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane). 
 But in truth, Mr. Wednesday is a powerful old deity, on a cross-country 
 mission to build an army and reclaim his lost glory.
 
 
 "American Gods" also stars Emily Browning ("Sucker Punch," "Legend") as 
 Laura Moon and Pablo Schreiber ("Orange is the New Black") as Mad 
 Sweeney. Other cast members include Yetide Badaki ("Aquarius," "Masters 
 of Sex") as Bilquis; Bruce Langley ("Deadly Waters") as Technical Boy; 
 Crispin Glover ("Back to the Future") as Mr. World; and Orlando Jones 
 ("Madiba," "Sleepy Hollow") as Mr. Nancy.
 
 
 Additional cast include Gillian Anderson ("The X-Files," "The Fall") as 
 Media; Kristin Chenoweth ("Pushing Daisies," "Wicked") as Easter; 
 Jonathan Tucker ("Kingdom") as Low Key Lyesmith; Cloris Leachman 
 ("Malcom in The Middle," "Raising Hope") as Zorya Vechernyaya; Peter 
 Stormare ("Fargo," "Prison Break") as Czernobog; Chris Obi ("Snow White 
 and the Huntsman," "The Counselor") as Anubis; Demore Barnes ("12 
 Monkeys") as Mr. Ibis; Corbin Bernsen ("L.A. Law") as Vulcan; and Mousa 
 Kraish ("Superbad," "Fast &amp; Furious") as The Jinn.
 
 
 "American Gods" is produced by FremantleMedia North America. Bryan 
 Fuller ("Hannibal," "Pushing Daisies," "Heroes") and Michael Green 
 ("Logan," "Blade Runner 2049," "Alien: Covenant," "Murder on the Orient 
 Express," "Kings," "Heroes") are writers and showrunners. David Slade 
 ("Hannibal," "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse") directed the pilot and 
 additional episodes. FMNA's Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk are 
 executive producers along with Fuller, Green, Slade, Adam Kane and Neil 
 Gaiman. Senior Vice Presidents of Original Programming Marta Fernandez 
 and Ken Segna are the Starz executives in charge of "American Gods."
 
 
 Starz retains all network pay TV and SVOD rights, as well as certain DVD 
 distribution rights in the US and Canada, to the project. FremantleMedia 
 International is distributing the series in all other media worldwide.
 
 
 Written by Neil Gaiman in 2001, American Gods has been translated 
 into over 30 languages and earned numerous accolades including Hugo, 
 Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards for Best Novel.
 
 
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 About Starz
 
 
 Starz (<a xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starz.com&amp;esheet=51557722&amp;newsitemid=20170511006325&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.starz.com&amp;index=5&amp;md5=5b9f4ed4393709dbdfb5d0555cd87567" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">www.starz.com</a>), 
 a Lionsgate company LGF LGF.B))), is a leading global media and 
 entertainment company that provides premium subscription video 
 programming on domestic U.S. pay television networks and produces and 
 distributes content for worldwide audiences, including its investment in 
 the STARZ PLAY Arabia OTT service. Starz is home to the flagship STARZ® 
 brand with 24.3 million subscribers in the United States as of December 
 31, 2016, with the STARZ ENCORESM network at 31 million 
 subscribers. Starz provides high-quality, entertaining premium 
 subscription video programming with 17 premium pay TV channels and 
 associated on-demand and online services, including the STARZ app. Sold 
 through U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, 
 satellite television providers, telecommunications companies, and other 
 online and digital platforms, Starz offers subscribers more than 5,000 
 distinct premium television episodes and feature films every year and up 
 to 1,500 every month, including STARZ Original series, first-run movies 
 and other popular movie and television programming.
 
 
 About FremantleMedia North America
 
 
 FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) is the U.S. arm of global media 
 giant FremantleMedia, which includes a distribution arm, FremantleMedia 
 International, a digital and branded entertainment division and a kids &amp; 
 family entertainment business. As one of the world's largest and most 
 successful creators, producers and distributors of TV brands in the 
 world, FremantleMedia's comprehensive global network has operations in 
 31 countries, creating over 10,000 hours of programming a year, rolling 
 out more than 45 formats and managing over 350 individual titles. The 
 company also distributes more than 20,000 hours of content in over 200 
 territories. For more information follow us @FMNATV and visit our 
 Facebook page.
 
 
 All sources subject to further qualifications available upon request.
 
 
 *Source: Based on Starz internal estimates of linear and non-linear / 
 time shifted results from Nielsen (NPower) as well as internal analysis 
 of broadband data. Subject to further qualifications available upon 
 request.
 
 
 ** Source: Nielsen NPower of series premiere telecasts Live +SD, Live 
 +7 P2+ Projections (000s)
 
 
 (1) Source: Nielsen, Social Content Ratings data
 
 
 
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