The series' popularity also proves that the Western genre is still as relevant as ever. Viewers of the latest Netflix series seem to enjoy it primarily because of its unique backdrop. Mark L. Smith, who wrote all six episodes of American Primeval,

A new Netflix series breaks "with the historical record in ways that may bemuse the average viewer but will likely displease any Latter-day Saints," a New York Times reviewer says.

It seems The Osmonds may not have been the worst outrage perpetrated on an unsuspecting public by the Mormons. American Primeval is set in the 1850s, and is based around the real-life massacre of settlers travelling from Arkansas to California by the Mormon militia known as as the Nauvoo Legion.