No Season 3 for the crime drama.
May 10, 2021
It is being reported that Fox has cancelled Prodigal Son after two seasons. The sad news comes two weeks ahead of the crime drama's May 18 sophomore finale, which will now serve as its series ender.
The show stars Tom Payne as Malcolm Bright, a criminal psychologist with a special gift of knowing how the minds of killers work. This is because in the 1990s, his father, played by Michael Sheen, was a notorious serial killer known as "The Surgeon". Malcolm uses his ability to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with his manipulative mother , played by Bellamy Young, and homicidal father, who is still looking to bond with his prodigal son.
The cancellation of Prodigal Son does not come as a complete surprise, as the show struggled to draw a sizeable audience even back in Season 1. Considered on the bubble at the time, it was the network's last series of 2020 to earn a pickup. As its numbers fell further in Season 2, Fox ultimately could not justify extending its run any further.
Klgcle
05/11/21 at 04:23pm
Unbelievable. Why aren't well written shows w a great cast given a chance anymore? I'm sick of these reality tv shows, I want to be entertained by inyerlligent TV, not the crap on most networks. Shame on you for canceling this.
Jennifer Kidd
05/11/21 at 02:16pm
NOOOOO!!! Why did they have to cancel this show I absolutely loved it...Michael Sheen is an amazing actor and the rest of the cast was amazing as well...I loved it because it was so different and entertaining please let someone else pick it up.
Lynn
05/11/21 at 12:28pm
Absolutely love this show! It was different, at times demented, and always entertaining. I loved the actors and their relationships and the show will be missed. Unless! Could another network PLEASE pick this up and continue? They have only scratched the surface of where this show could go.
Roni
05/11/21 at 11:58am
Why do they always cancel the shows I really like??? #ihatefox
Aethn
05/11/21 at 11:58am
FOX ... that says it all. [This was a pretty good show, one I looked forward to each week.]
Martin
05/11/21 at 10:56am
Let's just hope they finish it off without a cliff hanger. It's one of the things I hate with a lot of US shows. They always have to end with a cliff hanger instead of just conclued the season instead.
If the show is good, it's not a problem to keep watching eventhough they don't have an open season ending - special when they don't know if it gets cancelled or not...
Byteme
05/11/21 at 08:10am
Not surprised, the first season was great, but the second season sucked.
anthony c watkins
05/11/21 at 07:59am
this show was awesome not everyone will enjoy the show but i did the one liner jokes from micheal sheen character was awesome better than grey anatomy and rescue 19
pablo
05/11/21 at 07:37am
WTF fox
Lee Peacock
05/11/21 at 07:26am
Current live tv requires product placement (like cameros on Hawaii 5-0) which leads to crap television that makes the production company money...
I suppose they could get Chicago Cutlery to pay for some ad placement maybe??
It was a fun show I enjoyed watching. Dissapointing for sure
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