Prison Break Is Cancelled, Peek Inside The Final Episodes
Some people see commercials for the once hit show, Prison Break and wonder, “Haven’t they escaped yet?”. Well, it appears that enough people have had those thoughts. the ratings have gone down and the show will be closing it’s “prison gates” permanently.
Entertainment Weekly talked with Prison Break’s executive producer Matt Olmstead:
Executive producer Matt Olmstead tells Entertainment Weekly exclusively that there was ”nowhere to go beyond this season,” adding that he ”didn’t want the show to become a parody of itself.”
Ratings-wise, the decision was easy since viewership is down 22 percent from last year. Luckily, fans will get some closure. Break returns April 17 to air its remaining six episodes. Michael and Lincoln (Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell) will finally catch a break — at a huge cost — in May’s finale. Says Olmstead, ”There will be deaths.” But since Fox extended Break’s 22-episode order by two hours earlier this year, that ”finale” may not even be the show’s last gasp.
Olmstead has filmed a couple of extra segments that he says ”address a couple of other storylines [and] can play as a standalone [movie].” What’s more, there are rumblings that Break might get a stay of execution under somewhat different circumstances. Explains exec producer Dawn Parouse, ”I would love to do a show about a women’s prison. It would have to be a fresh start — if not by us, then somebody.” Given that L Word creator Ilene Chaiken is planning, oh, the exact same thing for the proposed spinoff to her Showtime drama, perhaps Parouse should think about a different approach.
So, we say goodbye to another show. It was fun while it lasted. Farewell, Prison Break. Life and death. It’s all part of the TV living experience, isn’t it?
I think it will be interesting to see what happens next. Will there be a women’s prison spin off? I think that idea could actually work! I think the male audience would enjoy seeing a bunch of women locked up in tight quarters. They just better make sure to cast a couple of babes.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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