A&E has cancelled their crime drama, Breakout Kings after two seasons and 23 episodes. It seems this case is closed.
Breakout Kings follows a squad of U.S. Marshals who make special deals with prisoners to catch escaped convicts. The cast includes Laz Alonso, Domenick Lombardozzi, Brooke Nevin, Malcolm Goodwin, Serinda Swan, and Jimmi Simpson.
The series debuted in March 2011 to a 1.2 rating in the demo with 2.8 million viewers. The ratings declined in later weeks and the first season finale drew a 0.8 rating with 2.01 million.
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In March 2012, the second season debuted with a 0.8 rating with 2.11 million. In that episode, many viewers were shocked to see Alonso’s lead character Charlie abruptly killed off. Alonso later told fans that leaving the show was not his idea.
Over the course of season two, the ratings for Breakout Kings further declined, hitting a low of a 0.5 rating with 1.27 million. The finale aired last month and A&E has decided they don’t want a third season.
Of the cancellation, Malcolm Goodwin (Shea on the series) tweeted, “So Breakout Kings is canceled. Thx to all 4 the luv & support over the last 2 seasons! It’s been a fun experience! Much luv! On to the next.”
The news comes soon after co-creator Matt Olmstead was signed to run NBC’s new fireman drama, Chicago Fire.
What do you think? Are you sorry that Breakout Kings won’t be back for a third season? Did Alonso leaving the series influence your watching the series?
Image courtesy A&E.
I really think that this show deserves a second chance. I really hope there is something someone can do to get this show up and running again. It might have a better chance now in 2014/2015- as a lot of people have started watching crime shows lately like Sherlock and that’s not coming back till 2016. Please bring it back
We need a season 3 !!
loved breakout kings, esp, jimmy simpson. so cute and interesting.
How about if you make a movie or mini series to rap up the ending. It was a great show and now we don’t get to see them not take the deal.
Come on even the freaking kardashian show has lasted longer than this!
We loved this show and cannot belive it was cancelled after only two seasons so dissapointing, it was a smart and intressting show.
How do they rate ratings so low this days when everyone is streaming like us for example.
Find me on Facebook, Oklahoma City, please put the show back on, I watched it every time it came on. thank you for your time I hope you put it back on
yeah don’t let us hanging like that !!! it’s cruel ! 😉
put it back on
I loved break out kings hey should consider putting it bak on they just left us hanging
My husband and I are so disappointed we loved this show. Could not believe there is not a 3rd season. There has been shows that have gone on for 6 or more series that we would not watch after the first because they were written so badly and the acting was terrible.My mom & grandson came to visit for 2 weeks and totally got hooked on it. This was a show many ages enjoyed. Someone made a bad choice by cancelling it.
I loved this show so much!! I’m so upset there is not going to be another season. With the way season 2 ended… There has to be another season:(
I agree! I loved the show too! While I was completely surprised that Charlie died, I thought the show still had momentum. The characters are really great and very consistent. Very sad there is no third season.
I am so disappointed I watched all two seasons looking forward to the third. They just left us with nothing…just the guy dying who killed Charlie and kidnapped ray’s daughter…when Charlie died it was heart breaking but it didn’t stop me from watching the show faithfully…it was still a very good show !!! It should have not been cancelled
I started watching on a whim one night with my girlfriend cuz we were done another series we usually watch. I fell in love with it, got my mother hooked and then we watched the final episode of season two together. I don’t understand how shows like Honey Boo – boo survive and great shows like this and Firefly get cancelled. Just goes to show the intelligence level of our society. So frustrating
I think the people who rated tis 0,5 etc, they maybe have seen one or two episodes, because when you’ve seen the whole two seasons, you will defenitaly rate tis 4-5 !!