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The Old Man will not have a third season. FX has cancelled the drama series after two seasons on the cable network. Season two premiered in September.
Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, Amy Brenneman, Alia Shawkat, and Gbenga Akinnagbe star in The Old Man series, inspired by Thomas Perry’s novel. The story follows former CIA operative Dan Chase (Bridges), who abandoned the agency decades ago and has been living off the grid ever since.
According to Deadline, the seven-episode second season did not perform as well ratings-wise as season one.
The first season of The Old Man was released in 2022 and was a success for the network. However, the industry strikes of 2023 caused a delay in production for season two, and that was likely a factor in the series’ ratings decline.
What do you think? Are you a fan of this FX series? Were you hoping for a third season of this drama?
No surprises here. Season two was flat.
This series is great! Let’s hope that it’s picked up by another network.
So so so disappointed!!! We loved this series.
I’m from Europe and think this is bad choice, the old man was a very good serie, so think it over!
This show is fantastic! Very disappointed not to be getting a season 3. So much of the story left to be told.
Hopefully Netflix can pick it up! Awesome show!
It is very disheartening to see a series killed off before the full story is told.
I stopped watching anything produced by A+E after killing off ‘Glades’ and ‘Longmire’. The former left the main character bleeding out on his kitchen floor and fortunately the latter was picked up by another network and ran for a lot longer.
Fx, you are putting yourself into the same boat as far as I’m concerned. Maybe I’ll start watching “reality shows” as boring as they are, at least they just keep on running.
Super bummed this show is cancelled! Loved this story line, not predictable or boring at all. Great actors!
I thought was well written, intriguing, well acted. They take off good stories & allow ‘junk’, crap to stay on! Reality TV is Not good acting or storylines. Is moron TV. Can be made cheaper than having true written & acted storytellers!
Totally enjoyed this series and hoped that it would have been renewed for season 3 – darn!
Sad, Good series, actors and story line…
Rats, we enjoyed that series….enough of the young actors wobbling through their rough tough fights!
Is there any chance that a petition by would-be watchers of a Season 3 might influence the muka-muks? Does anyone reading this know how to mount one? I’ll bet it would get a hell of a response. Just read all of the responses to this announcement!