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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?
VERY disappointed in another TV Show PRODIGAL SON being cancelled! I feel Networks are canceling shows too soon. This is why they keep rebooting old shows. Maybe they should rate the older demographics who are interested in more than Reality shows!
This is one of the best shows on TV. Please reconsider!
I am beyond disappointed. Maybe the ratings aren’t higher because Fox didn’t do enough to promote it. Hopefully, another network will pick it up. Fox is making a huge mistake by canceling this show.
NO NO NO!!!!!! Please don’t do that
This is a show that deserved a third season. Was the second season as good as the first? Maybe not, but given the pandemic and all it’s kind of understandable. I am with the others that Call me Kat should be cancelled because its just dumb.
No!! Please don’t cancel this show!! It’s original, entertaining, a little dark, and so very well acted. So are you going to replace it with yet another mindless reality show??? Shame on you for canceling this.!
It really does suck that fox cancelled this show. My favorite! Clever dark and just an awesome show. I would love another network to pick it up.
OMG how can they cancel this show? I want the network to bring it back. I was looking forward to seeing what happens to Martin. Please don’t cancel it.
I love the Prodigal Son and can’t believe it is being cancelled. I really hope they reconsider or that another network picks it up.
So i will never knew if bright will as Dani out for dinner dang
I love Prodigal Son and can’t believe its been cancelled. Its one of my favourite shows.
This series and Last Man Standing will be the last Fox series I will watch, ever!
Prodigal Son is/was one of my very favorite shows. I can’t believe they cancelled it. I am sick! I just wait in anticipation from episode to espisode. I hope Netflix or another streaming service will take it over.
This is one of the best shows on network tv – what are they thinking! I am so upset
I am heartbroken at the cancelation, this is by far my most favorite show. Love the characters and all the actors are amazing. We need to start a petition to get it back, as I will surely miss it