ðə ɹˈɛbəl wʌzɐ ɹˈeɪɾɪŋz səksˈɛs fɔːɹ ˌeɪbˌiːsˈiː, kəmˈændɪŋ ɐ θˈɜːɾi fˈaɪv pɚsˈɛnt ʃˈɛɹ ʌvðə sˈʌndeɪˈiːvnɪŋ ˈɔːdiəns ɪn ɪts tˈaɪm slˈɑːt, ænd wʌz ˈæktʃuːəli skˈɛdʒuːld təbi ɹᵻnˈuːd fɚɹə θˈɜːd sˈiːzən, æz pˈɑːɹt əvə nˈuː ˈaʊɚlˈɔŋ sˈɪɹiz ɛntˈaɪɾəld ðə ɹˈɛbəl ænd ðə jˈæŋk, wˌɪtʃ wʊdhɐv ɐɡˈɛn stˈɑːɹd nˈɪk ˈædəmz æz ðə ɹˈɛbəl, ænd fjˈuːtʃɚ ðə vɜːdʒˈɪniən stˈɑːɹ dʒˈeɪmz dɹˈʌɹi stˈɑːɹɹɪŋ æz "ðə jˈæŋk", ɐ fˈɔːɹmɚ jˈuːniən sˈoʊldʒɚ wˈɜːkɪŋ æz ɐ dˈɑːktɚɹ ɪnðə sˈʌðɚn juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts.
The Rebel was a ratings success for ABC, commanding a 35% share of the Sunday-evening audience in its time slot, and was actually scheduled to be renewed for a third season, as part of a new hour-long series entitled The Rebel and The Yank, which would have again starred Nick Adams as the Rebel, and future The Virginian star James Drury starring as "the Yank", a former Union soldier working as a doctor in the Southern United States.