AMC has already renewed Preacher for a second season, despite only having aired five episodes from its freshman run.
Preacher seems to be doing all right, especially considering its been airing at 9:00 p.m. ET on AMC opposite of Game of Thrones on HBO. Now that GoT is finished up, the number of people tuning in may increase its live numbers significantly.
According to Variety, Preacher “is the #2 new series on cable this year among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, and is currently averaging 3.3 million viewers per episode in Nielsen live plus 3 ratings.”
Preacher will have a 13-episode second season in 2017. Sundays at 9 are a bit of a sweet-spot for AMC, so it’s likely it won’t be moving any time soon.
If you’ve yet to catch Preacher but are intrigued by this renewal news, note that AMC will air a marathon of the first five episodes starting at 9 p.m. on June 30. You can also check out our spoiler-free review of the first four episodes.
The synopsis for Preacher reads, “Fulfilling a promise to his deceased father, one-time outlaw Jesse Custer returns home to West Texas to take over his dad’s church. Jesse’s mission, however, becomes twisted when his body is overcome by a cryptic force that unleashes within him a highly unconventional power. Together with hell-raising ex-girlfriend Tulip and Irish vagabond Cassidy, the preacher-in-training embarks on a journey to find God in a world inhabited by holy, hellish, and everything-in-between characters. The darkly comedic Preacher is based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s popular 1990s comic book franchise of the same name. Executive producers include Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad), and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Neighbors).”