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It’s 2009 all over again. The Prison Break TV show has been cancelled by FOX. Again. Although the network revived the crime drama for a limited fifth season, there will be no season six, at least not in the near future. FOX CEO Gary Newman did tell Deadline the network is open to future installments, however. Newman noted that, if the producers “came back” with an idea for another season down the line, the network could be open to it.
An action thriller, Prison Break stars Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, Mark Feuerstein, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar, Paul Adelstein, Augustus Prew, Rick Yune, and Inbar Lavi.
The FOX TV series revolves around Michael Scofield (Miller), who vowed to help his brother Lincoln Burrows (Purcell), escape from death row.
Prison Break: A Look at the Ratings
The fifth season of Prison Break averaged a 1.03 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.82 million viewers. It landed near the middle of the pack, among FOX TV shows where its demo is concerned, and in the lower third, in terms of total audience size.
Although they wrote the revival as a single season story, the writers had said additional seasons were possible. Apparently, the mediocre ratings did not tempt the network to order more for the 2017-18 season.
What do you think? Did you watch the Prison Break TV series revival? Should FOX have cancelled or renewed this TV show for a sixth season?
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299 Comments on "Prison Break: Cancelled; FOX Event Series Not Returning for 2017-18"
I love this show. Please bring it back. The cast is awesome and this show has never received the recognition that I felt it deserved. It is better than a lot of shows currently on TV. What’s not to like? I still watch the old ones on Netflix. That’s how good it is.
yes, bring it back, I watched the original Prison Break, and watched Session 5, always kept me on the edge of my seat.
Yes! More episodes! It would be a crime to cancel this show. It’s amazing and has amazing actors in it.
One of the best and most original shows on tv please renew
This show has to come back!! Easily best show on TV. It’s ridiculous to cancel it!! Give us more streaming options and you’ll get more ratings.
I really hope fox renews prison break because without this show there are barely any other good tv shows
I think it’s absolutely absurd for you to bring it back after all these years and then cancel it!
So excited when it came back on and now you’re cancelling it again. You guys are crazy. You cancel the good shows and keep the crappy ones. Who makes these decisions?
My husband and I loved this show when it was on before. Then when they brought it back was great! Now I am sad that they cancelled it again! I really hope they bring it back!
OMG why isn’t this coming back. Why. Other for one season?!? Bring it back
I love Wentworth Miller. I love MS. I could never get enough of MS. Fox is a piece of the **** network station. I hope some other network decides to renew Prison Break for a sixth and seventh season.
I couldn’t agree more! I just can’t get enough of MS. I started from season one almost a week ago. I’ve been stuck ever since. I]m on season five, episode six. Now that it’s almost over, I just don’t know what to do with myself.
I have watched prison break since it first started airing on FOX. Season 4 ending did not sit right with me, and neither did season 5! We need to see more of Sara, Michael, and Mike finally being a family after all this time! There are a hundred different ways you could spin another season off the ending season 5 had. Always been my favorite show & I am devastated they have cancelled yet again! COME ON FOX. Ratings don’t matter when there are apps, DVR, and all other sorts of ways to watch the series!