In 2009, the Prison Break TV show was cancelled after four seasons on FOX. Now the network is bringing back the crime drama thriller as a “limited event” series. While an ending has been crafted for the fifth season of Prison Break, the writers have said if this installment is a ratings success, there could be future seasons. Could Prison Break be cancelled again? Will it be renewed for season six? Stay tuned.
Airing on the FOX television network, 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 series centers on Michael Scofield (Miller), who once resolved to help his brother Lincoln Burrows (Purcell), escape from death row. In the revival, despite being presumed dead, clues indicate Michael may still be alive. Lincoln reunites with Michael’s wife, Sara (Callies), to engineer a huge escape.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/31 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
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Historical note: The network ratings game has changed a lot since Prison Break last aired on FOX as a regular series. The fourth season, which aired as part of the 2008-09 broadcast season, averaged a 1.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 5.33 million viewers. It ranked 115th for the season, out of 201 network shows.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like the Prison Break TV show? Should it be cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
5/15 update: Prison Break has been cancelled, again, by FOX. Details here.
“Wentnic” is screen gold. Now that Michael & Linc have finally hooked up, future eps are gonna be fun to watch. If TPTB can come up with a good S6, fine. If not, I sure hope to see them doing a lot of other work together. (Maybe Snart isn’t really dead, either?)
Prison break is awesome! Keep it going!
I LOVE Prison Break!!!! I can’t watch it live due to work (like many others), but I DVR it and watch it as soon as I can. KEEP IT GOING PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome show and there are so many questions. Renew the show for season 6 and many more. You can’t bring this show back then take it away. KEEP PRISON BREAK!
I don’t get why raitings are going down, every episode gets better and better and you just want to live in a week where everyday is Tuesday! I LOVE this show! I just wish they could do at least 9 more episodes for the season.
Fantastic show . Really hope all the cast are in season 6 if it happens
It needs to keep going!!! Very interesting TV show and I don’t watch shows but I am always watching Prison Break at 9pm on Tuesdays. Keep it going FOX PLEASE!!!!!
I love love love this show and wish it could continue for years to come! I will never get tired of it and look forward to seeing it! Please keep it going! It’s the best with the best actors ever!
This is one of the most ingenious tv shows ever written. We should be privileged to have witnessed such a fantastic tv series! This show should definitely continue!
Prison break is the best show out there i dont have cable but u watch it on playstation vue they should take that into account when they do there rating like others have said alot of people got rid of cable a switched to something cheaper do your ratings off of that and i bet it will be millions of people higher
I binge watched the previous 4 seasons and season 5 is just as exciting as the previous ones. It is one of the most exciting and well cast that has ever been on tv. Hopefully it will be renewed for many more seasons
Show should continue, it is thrilling, excellent…It still has a lot of followers that will watch on other streaming services…
If they are only looking at live TV, they’re excluding a large group. An increasing number of people don’t have cable anymore, so they watch their shows through Hulu and other streaming services
I don’t watch live TV. I don’t watch most TV Shows. Tuesdays at 9PM I’m in front of my TV. This series for me is enough for my to change the channel from the Mets game that I’m probably watching at 9PM on a Tuesday night and anyone who knows me, knows that means something. Not only do I watch it live, I DVR it so I can watch it again. If Fox continues to bring back Prison Break and the writers continue to write a suspense-filled, edge of your seat script, I will always watch Prison Break. I did… Read more »
Definitely should be renewed, AWESOME SHOW!!!!!!!