Dark Winds Renewed for Season 3 — Find Out When It Will Premiere
Dark Winds has been renewed for a third season on AMC and AMC+, TVLine has learned. The good news comes just weeks after the acclaimed drama released its Season 2 finale.
Season 3 is targeting an “early 2025” premiere date, we hear. A confirmed episode count was not yet available, though the first two seasons spanned six each.
Based on the Leaphorn & Chee series of novels by Tony Hillerman, Dark Winds was created for television by Graham Roland, with John Wirth (Hell of Wheels) serving as Season 2’s showrunner. Other executive producers include star Zahn McClarnon, Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin, Anne Hillerman, Chris Eyre, Vince Gerardis and Tina Elmo.
Though the aforementioned finale, titled “Hózhó náhásdlii (Beauty Is Restored),” left viewers with a good amount of closure, EP Chris Eyre — who directed Season 2’s first two episodes and then the finale — believes there are many more tales to tell.
“I don’t feel like we’ve hit our stride with this series,” Eyre told TVLine. “There are 18 [Leaphorn & Chee] books by Tony Hillerman and there are five by Anne Hillerman, so there’s enough detective/Navajo police drama” to continue bringing to the small screen.
TVLine readers gave Season 2 a rare average grade of “A+.”
Dark Winds Season 2 was a Top 10 cable drama this season (averaging 1.7 million viewers in Live+3 ratings), and it also delivered significant acquisition gains vs. Season 1 on AMC+.
Also of note, more than 90% of the production team on both sides of the camera for Season 2 were Indigenous.
“We started this journey with very high hopes for this series, given the remarkable source material and extraordinary creative team behind it, and it has delivered on every level,” Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, said in a statement. “From the beloved novels, to an incredibly collaborative producing team that includes Robert Redford, George R. R. Martin, showrunner John Wirth and star Zahn McClarnon, to the entire cast and crew, there is so much storytelling yet to come in this universe. Thanks to the fans for embracing this series and the critics for celebrating and shining a light on it.”
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Awesome NEWS!!!
I just happened to find Dark Winds and so glad I did. Its an excellent program.
YAY!!! Love the show, this is great news!
Thank the TV gods!
Thx for reporting this & making my day, MWM! 😍
Agree with everyone else, this is really good news, looking forward to season 3. Of course that’s *a year and a half* from now, but better than not at all.
Excellent show, so excited to get another season
A year and a half is a long time to wait, but it is definitely good news.
Excellent. I really like the show and I hope it goes on for many seasons.
This is very good news! So happy we will get more of this great show!
I had heard about this show and was interested, but I don’t have cable and I’m not willing to subscribe to yet another streaming service (AMC+) so I had been unable to watch it until the first season came on Max this month. Hopefully the season 2 gets added sometime soon!
BEST NEWS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
Great show. Thank you AMC.
This is wonderful news!!! I love Dark Winds and
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Finally, a good decision about a good show. But a year and a half? Yikes. Things could change between now and then. Meanwhile I think I’ll read some of the books.
Dark Winds is a wonderful show with wonderful acting and I am very pleased to see that such a good deserving show has been renewed.
Fantastic news
Don’t mind that the wait is a bit longer – just glad to have a wait at all! Such fantastic news, and congrats to the cast and crew!
Didn’t start watching until S2 aired but I’m stoked to hear this! It’s a great show!
Thrilled with the news. I don’t mind the wait for quality tv and Dark Winds is certainly that. This is very common with a lot of British shows.
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Matt – I think that you meant John Wirth of Hell ON Wheels not of. Easy typo which we all make but since I watch HoW at least a couple times a year (because we all know I love me a cowboy) so that’s the only reason I noticed.😉
This is great news! With that ending, I was convinced it was dead. Glad I was wrong!
This is awesome news! Dark Winds is a great series. It deserves all of the praise.
This is wonderful news! I made a petition to get this show renewed and I’m so happy that there are enough fans that keep this show going. Really looking forward to season 3, Chee, Bernadette and Leaphorn. I hope they also bring back Jeri Ryan as Rosemary Vines. She was a great addition to the show.
I love stories of others’ cultures and this series is a fine example of good storytelling and acting.
It goes by too fast, so 8-10 eps would be good, especially since we’re waiting.