History Trivia / HellOnWheels

** Aussie Robin [=McLeavy=] as, American frontier girl Eva.

** Aussie Robin [=McLeavy=] as an American frontier girl.

** Aussie Robin McLeavy as an American frontier girl.

** "The Swede" is actually Norwegian. Not only that, Christopher Heyerdahl, the actor that portrays him, is Canadian (although he does have Norwegian heritage).
** Irish actor Colm Meaney playing New Yorker 'Doc' Durant (although the character does have Irish heritage).

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: AMC tried to kill it for good by dumping season three on [[FridayNightDeathSlot Saturday nights]], pretty much the worst night on the schedule for anyone. Ironically, it actually outdid ''Series/LowWinterSun'' despite the latter having the suddenly cushy post-''Series/BreakingBad'' slot, and ended up getting a fourth season because of that (although still on Saturdays).

** Irish actor Colm Meaney playing New Yorker Doc Durant.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: AMC tried to kill it for good by dumping season three on [[FridayNightDeathSlot Saturday nights]], pretty much the worst night on the schedule for anyone. Ironically, it actually outdid ''Series/LowWinterSun'' despite the latter having the suddenly cushy post-''Series/BreakingBad'' slot, and ended up getting a fourth season because of that (although it's still on Saturdays).

* IronyAsSheIsCast: According to an article in TV Guide, one of the reasons Anson Mount got the role of Bohannon was that the producers thought he had a rugged look to him and wasn't a typical Hollywood PrettyBoy. However, One of Mount's first major roles was as the PrettyBoy love interest (to BritneySpears, no less) in Britney's best-forgotten film début ''Crossroads.''

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Hey look! It's [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Chief O'Brien]] as the RailroadBaron! Made even funnier in episode three when the very Irish Colm Meaney (but playing a New Yorker) asks the [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] [=McGinnes=] brothers why they left such a "beautiful country."
** [[Series/{{Monk}} Captan Leland Stottlemeyer]] as Daniel Johnson in the pilot
** Our favorite Wraith [[Series/StargateAtlantis Todd]] is the Swede
** [[{{Series/Sanctuary}} John Druitt]] as the Swede (made even more pronounced when he shaves his head), and Henry shows up as a ex-Confederate bandit. Sadly, they don't share any scenes together

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: AMC tried to kill it for good by dumping season three on [[FridayNightDeathSlot Saturday nights]], pretty much the worst night on the schedule for anyone. Ironically, it actually outdoing ''Series/LowWinterSun'' despite the latter having the suddenly cushy post-''Series/BreakingBad'' slot, and ended up getting a fourth season because of that (although it's still on Saturdays).

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: AMC tried to kill it for good by dumping season three on [[FridayNightDeathSlot Saturday nights]], pretty much the worst night on the schedule for anyone. Ironically, it's actually outdoing ''Series/LowWinterSun'' despite the latter having the suddenly cushy post-''Series/BreakingBad'' slot, and may end up getting season four anyway.
** However, it still got a fourth season, so not all hope is lost.

* FridayNightDeathSlot: AMC tried to kill it for good by dumping season three on Saturday nights, pretty much the worst night on the schedule for anyone. Ironically, it's actually outdoing ''Series/LowWinterSun'' despite the latter having the suddenly cushy post-''Series/BreakingBad'' slot, and it's somehow still in the running for renewal as a result.

* FridayNightDeathSlot: AMC tried to kill it for good by dumping it on Saturday nights, pretty much the worst night on the schedule for anyone. Ironically, it's actually outdoing ''Series/LowWinterSun'' despite the latter having the suddenly cushy post-''Series/BreakingBad'' slot, and it's somehow still in the running for renewal as a result.

** [[Series/Sanctuary John Druitt]] as the Swede (made even more pronounced when he shaves his head), and Henry shows up as a ex-Confederate bandit. Sadly, they don't share any scenes together

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey look! It's [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Chief O'Brien]] as the RailroadBaron!
** Made even funnier in episode three when the very Irish Colm Meaney (but playing a New Yorker) asks the [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] [=McGinnes=] brothers why they left such a "beautiful country."
** [[{{Monk}} Captan Leland Stottlemeyer]] as Daniel Johnson in the pilot
** Our favorite Wraith [[{{StargateAtlantis}} Todd]] is the Swede
* IronyAsHeIsCast: According to an article in TV Guide, one of the reasons Anson Mount got the role of Bohannon was that the producers thought he had a rugged look to him and wasn't a typical Hollywood PrettyBoy. However, One of Mount's first major roles was as the PrettyBoy love interest (to BritneySpears, no less) in Britney's best-forgotten film début ''Crossroads.''

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey look! It's [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Chief O'Brien]] as the RailroadBaron!

** [[''{{Monk}}'' Captan Leland Stottlemeyer]] as Daniel Johnson in the pilot

* IronyAsHeIsCast: According to an article in TV Guide, one of the reasons Anson Mount got the role of Bohannon was that the producers thought he had a rugged look to him and wasn't a typical Hollywood PrettyBoy. However, One of Mount's first major roles was as the PrettyBoy love interest (to BritneySpears, no less) in Britney's best-forgotten film debut ''Crossroads.''

** Made even funnier in episode three when the very Irish Colm Meaney (but playing a New Yorker) asks the {{Oirish}} [=McGinnes=] brothers why they left such a "beautiful country."

** Made eve nfunnier in episode three when the very Irish Colm Meaney (but playing a New Yorker) asks the {{Oirish}} McGinnes borthers why they left such a "beautiful country"

* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey look! It's [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Chief O'Brien]] as the RailroadBaron!