Well, the trouble with American Gods is they streeeetched the original material so much that I stopped watching somewhere at the beginning of the 2nd season.

Felt like the Hobbit - if you cut off 2/3 of it it may be a great movie but as it is it's a bore.

I came to Sandman expecting something approaching the early seasons of American Gods, was sorely disappointed. The storytelling is fine in Sandman, but the lack of graphic flamboyance really takes it somewhere else than where I hoped. Tale of the lost psychedelia I guess: what's on screen is readable TV, stable clear shots, not the focused freedom of the graphic novels.

I always felt it needed a different network that would be more willing to take more risks, like HBO