'Hell on Wheels' gets a 2nd

"Hell on Wheels," AMC's aptly named pre-apolcalyptic Western set amid the raucous and highly libidinous railroad-building crews of post-Civil War-19th century America, even though it is filmed in Alberta (phew, tired just writing that) got a second season pickup.

Good for it: A worthy, based on my (still so far only) sampling. AMC says it's averaged 3.2 million viewers, which is very good by any standards (save the benchmarks now established by USA).