Copper suffered from airing on an increasingly crowded Sunday night and concluding its season during a time when the focus is primarily on the upcoming fall offerings. Certainly not helping the show’s case was following in the footsteps of Orphan Black, the Tatiana Maslany-fronted genre series that received rave critical reviews and word-of-mouth unlike any other BBC America series.

Created by Tom Fontana (Oz), Copper starred Tom Weston-Jones (World Without End) as Kevin Corcoran, an Irish immigrant working as a cop in New York’s rough Five Points neighborhood while trying to learn the truth about what happened to his wife and daughter. The series also starred the likes of Kyle Schmid (A History of Violence) as Robert Morehouse, son of a wealthy industrialist; Ato Essandoh (Django Unchained) as physician Matthew Freeman; Anastasia Griffith (Alfie) as high society woman Elizabeth Haverford; and Franka Potente (American Horror Story) as Madam Eva Heissen. Alfre Woodard (True Blood) and Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy) joined the show for its second season as Matthew’s mother-in-law and a Civil War Brigadier General, respectively.

The series finale of Copper airs Sunday, September 29th at 10:00 on BBC America.

Are you disappointed with the cancellation of Copper? Do you think the show could have gone on following Lincoln’s death? Should cable networks announce cancellations before seasons have completed or should they wait until every episode has aired?

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“We wanted to find a song in the classic American musical cannon that still resonated today, but also spoke to the world of Copper, and give it a modern twist,” says Matt Stein, SVP Marketing, Promotions and Creative, BBC America.  “Sam’s ethereal voice has exactly the perfect blend of soul and sorrow, which conveys what’s in store for our characters in the second season.”

Copper tells the story of Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish cop currently working in Five Points, a dangerous immigrant neighborhood in 1864 Manhattan. He’s joined by two men he fought alongside in the Civil War (including a physician that helps the detective with forensic matters), though his ultimate goal is to exact revenge on whoever is responsible for the death of his wife and daughter.

New to Copper this season are Donal Logue (Sons Of Anarchy, Max Payne), Eamonn Walker (Chicago Fire, Oz), Lee Tergesen (The Big C, Oz) and Andrew Howard (Hatfield & McCoys, The Hangover), with Kyle Schmid (Arrow, Being Human), Anastasia Griffith (Once Upon A Time, Damages), Franka Potente (American Horror Story, The Bourne Supremacy), Ato Essandoh (Django Unchained,Elementary), Kevin Ryan (Tripping Tommy, RAW), Dylan Taylor (Covert Affairs, Charlie Bartlett), Kiara Glasco (Haven, I’ll Follow You Down), and Tessa Thompson (For Colored Girls, Heroes) all returning.

The first teaser trailer for the second season of Copper will be released tomorrow and will feature Iron & Wine’s cover of “Hard Times Come Again No More”, which you can listen to at RollingStone.com.

Will you be watching Copper this season? Which new cast member are you most looking forward to seeing? What are your expectations for the second season?

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