American Gods is an American fantasy drama television series based on Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel of the same name and developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green for the premium cable network Starz.
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Only days before his scheduled release from prison, Shadow Moon is told
his wife has been killed in a car accident, and he is released early to
attend the funeral. A series of events delays his trip home, during
which time he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday.
Wednesday repeatedly offers Shadow a job, which he refuses until
Wednesday reveals that the job waiting for him at home no longer exists.
Shadow accepts the offer to become Wednesday's
driver/assistant/bodyguard. Shadow finds himself in a hidden world where
magic is real and the Old Gods fear irrelevance in the face of the
growing power of the New Gods, who include Technology and Media.
In a grand plan to combat this deadly threat, Mr. Wednesday attempts to
unite the Old Gods to defend their existence and rebuild the influence
they have lost, leaving Shadow struggling to accept this new world and
his place in it.