Amazon Renews 'The Man in the High Castle'

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Amazon’s freshman drama series The Man In The High Castle has been renewed for a second season after becoming the most streamed original series ever, according to company officials.

The series—which stars Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell, Rupert Evans, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Joel de la Fuente and DJ Qualls and chronicles events if the Axis powers won World War II—broke the previous Amazon Prime streaming record set by Original Series Bosch, although Amazon would not reveal specific viewership numbers.

The Man In The High Castle is executively produced by Scott Free Productions’ Ridley Scott and David Zucker, along with Isa Dick Hackett.

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R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.