Boat Rocker’s American Rust has been cancelled at Showtime after one season, but that might not be the end of the road for the family drama.

The Toronto-based media company says while it’s disappointed the scripted series hasn’t been renewed for a second season at the the U.S. network, it’s “actively searching for a new home for it.”

“This is a premium piece of content, based on an acclaimed novel, that was hitting its stride with viewers. We are working to find a way to continue to tell this story,” said John Young, Boat Rocker CEO, in a statement.

A Boat Rocker spokesperson tells Playback Daily the company is “in discussions with a number of different buyers” for the show.

American Rust (pictured) debuted in September as one of Boat Rocker’s higher-budget TV properties and is also available on Bell Media’s Crave streaming service in Canada. Jeff Daniels stars as a police chief in a small Pennsylvania Rust Belt town filled with big secrets. Maura Tierney plays his love interest whose son is accused of murder. Dan Futterman created the series based on the Philipp Meyer novel of the same name.

Boat Rocker also provided an overall production update in a news release on Tuesday (Jan. 25), citing the recent renewal of its sci-fi drama Invasion for Apple TV+, the pick-up of a feature documentary by HBO Sports about the Bishop Sycamore school football scandal in Ohio, and pre-production on the new sci-fi series Beacon 23, starring Lena Headey.

“In addition to the range of other scripted series already announced, we have a strong and diverse range of premium shows across genres in funded development and being actively pitched to leading buyers,” said Young. “We anticipate announcing new greenlights later in Q1 across scripted, unscripted, and kids and family, setting us up well for a busy and productive 2022.”

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