Hell on Wheels will return for a fifth and final season

Hell on Wheels will return for a fifth and final season
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AMC has announced that its Western drama Hell on Wheels will return for a fifth and final season of 14 episodes.

Like Breaking Bad and Mad Men, the network will split the final season of Hell on Wheels over two years; the first seven episodes will air in summer 2015, with the latter half airing one year later.

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.