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Malcolm’s work and family struggles are over. FOX has cancelled the Prodigal Son TV series so there won’t be a third season.
A crime thriller series, the Prodigal Son TV series stars Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Aurora Perrineau, Frank Harts, Keiko Agena, Bellamy Young, Halston Sage, Michael Sheen, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Season two guest stars include Christian Borle and Michael Potts. In the story, Malcolm Bright (Payne) is an extraordinary criminal psychologist who knows how killers think and how their minds work. In the 1990s, his father, Dr. Martin Whitly (Sheen), was a notorious serial killer called “The Surgeon” who killed at least 23 people. Since murder is “the family business”, Malcolm uses his twisted genius for good, to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers. He works alongside his longtime mentor, Gil Arroyo (Phillips), and two detectives — no-nonsense Dani Powell (Perrineau) and JT Tarmel (Harts), a born-and-bred New Yorker who questions whether Bright is a psychopath himself. In season two, Malcolm must deal with the repercussions of the first season finale and his father seeks to deepen his relationship with his prodigal son.
Airing on Tuesday nights, the second season of Prodigal Son averages a 0.41 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.09 million viewers in the live+same day ratings. Compared to season one, that’s down by 45% in the demo and down by 38% in viewership.
The last episode of the second season (and the series) will air on May 18th. According to Variety, the decision to cancel the show was a tough one and noted that the network brass just didn’t feel that the ratings justified a third year. It’s not known yet if the show will be shopped to other outlets.
Cast and crew reactions can be found here.
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What do you think? Have you kept up with the Prodigal Son TV show on FOX? Were you looking forward to season three?
IM SOOOO SHOCKED!!!!! You MUST BRING THIS SHOW BACK!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SHOW❣❣❣❣❣
Why is it when there is a good captivating show on it gets cancelled! How do you really tract how a show is doing? I’ve never been polled and I sure there are a lot more people who looked forward to this show haven’t been polled either! Good lord give us a break! What a travesty to loyal followers of this show! Boo on your network
I love the Prodigal Son. I left off watching conventional TV so I lost track of it but now I’m streaming it and I love it
I love Prodigal Son. What the hell is going on.
I have at least five shows ending or being cancelled.
The Prodigal Son gets better week after week, they can’t cancel it!
We keep stupid programs like Shazam and call me Kate while we Shockwave programs like Prodigal Son. The resident is nice but to be honest it doesn’t keep up with the medical field there’s so many things that are discrepant you must keep Prodigal Son
Enjoyed the show I hooe some station picks it up.
So disappointed this show has been cancelled. I looked forward to it every week. Perhaps if the networks didn’t allow weeks to go by between episodes, viewers could keep up with their favorite shows.
Prodigal Son is the most exciting t.v. series in a long time. Great story line, acting and humour. PLEASE DON’T CANCEL.
Can’t believe you would cancel such a great show. Love being left ‘up in the air’ to see what happens next. Great actors…PLEASE, PLEASE DON’T CANCEL. I don’t like sit coms want to watch a interesting show that I look fwd to each week.
LOVED this show and all the characters.Sad it’s always about the rating and the money, and never the viewers or customers.
What on earth are you guy’s thinking, canceling the prodigal son It was one of the few series that I couldn’t wait to watch the next episode grrrrr bring it back please !!!!!
CBS isn’t thinking. This show is great! Every week I would be sitting on the edge of my seat. I am a senior citizen and enjoy it tremendously.
I love the show Prodigal Son, the writing, casting, acting and story lines are creative, funny and suspenseful. Please continue this show! But get rid of Big Sky it’s terrible, bad writing, casting, acting.
I cant believe they cancelled Prodi cal Son. Don’t know why im surprised all the great shows get cancelled. Made a big mistake you really did. My husband and I have agreed not to watch any shows on your network. Extremely disappointed.
Can’t believe they canceled this show. One of the few shows on fox that I like. Hope another network picks it up, great show, great actors, stupid network.