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.
Great. Leave us all hanging out here after the marshalls asked the squad to give up Zanconelli. ( Spelling?) Big letdown.
That was one show I loved watching weekly. Are you crazy A&E?!?!?!?! Bring back that show! I wanna know what happens to the team and about the investigation they left us with in the season finale!
why???
bring it back pleasee
breakout kings is awesome show
bring it back
and don’t cancel longmire
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We watched it every week ….it was an awesome show….what are they thinking
To leave it hanging like that….bring it back…..
Charlie being killed off in the show, did not make me want to stop watching. It made it more interesting how Ray was going to handle things. The show should not be cancelled. They should have waited until each convict was able to be free from their sentence and see how they could cope with life outside of prison and US Marshal service. I think the writer just decided he could get more noticed by doing Chicago Fire on NBC
Yo killing off Charlie did hurt the show. but they should bring him back…
BRING IT BACK!
i like breakout kings, ill really miss it
BRING BREAKOUT KINGS BACK!!!!
Its one of the best tv shows i ever seen.I enjoyed the show and feel it was a big mistake to cancel it.
Its one of the best tv shows i ever seen. Itd stupid to cancel this. If people are sad because charlie died, why the producers dont make a 3rd season with him appearing? Saying that we wasn`t dead and was unvaiable and hide
because of another goverbment job?
Yo I’m witchu on that.
I enjoyed the show and feel it was a big mistake to cancel it
Tell me that this isn’t so!!!! I’ve been patiently waiting for one of the best shows on TV to return. I’m a senior citizen who prides herself on picking winners in the TV lineup and this seemed like a sure winner. Why, why, why?? The network owes us one more shot at this at least to tidy up the ending. I miss the quirkiness of the cast and the comedic parts. Also if I missed it on prime time, I always caught up on On Demand. Did the network factor that in?