'Prison' Break Ends in January - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 11-22-2006, 12:00 AM

"Prison Break" has its fall season finale next Monday (Nov. 27), but the show's winter hiatus won't be a long one.

FOX announced today that "Prison Break" will only be away until Monday, Jan. 22, when the second-year series returns with an hour-long clip show recapping the events of the first 13 episodes.

The winter's first new episode of "Prison Break" will show the following Monday and the rest of the season will run without repeats through to the finale.

"Prison Break" will settle back into its standard 8 p.m. ET time period the week after the two-night, four-hour sixth season premiere of the network's Emmy-winning "24" (that's a lot of numbers).

This marks a shorter-than-expected hiatus for "Prison Break." Last season, "Prison Break" departed on Nov. 28 with a big cliffhanger that kept viewers on edge until a March 20 return.

A hiatus of a similar length was anticipated when the network originally announced its January line-up to advertisers at the spring upfront presentation. At the time "Standoff" was slated to take that Monday lead-off position. While "Standoff" is one of only two new FOX shows to get an addition episode order, FOX probably cast aside the idea of a Monday move a while back.

Mr. Television · 11-22-2006, 12:14 AM

Yes that is great news. 24 and Prison Break make a great Monday night lineup.

11-22-2006, 12:00 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	'Prison' Break Ends in January "Prison Break" has its fall season finale next Monday (Nov. 27), but the show's winter hiatus won't be a long one. FOX announced today that "Prison Break" will only be away until Monday, Jan. 22, when the second-year series returns with an hour-long clip show recapping the events of the first 13 episodes. The winter's first new episode of "Prison Break" will show the following Monday and the rest of the season will run without repeats through to the finale. "Prison Break" will settle back into its standard 8 p.m. ET time period the week after the two-night, four-hour sixth season premiere of the network's Emmy-winning "24" (that's a lot of numbers). This marks a shorter-than-expected hiatus for "Prison Break." Last season, "Prison Break" departed on Nov. 28 with a big cliffhanger that kept viewers on edge until a March 20 return. A hiatus of a similar length was anticipated when the network originally announced its January line-up to advertisers at the spring upfront presentation. At the time "Standoff" was slated to take that Monday lead-off position. While "Standoff" is one of only two new FOX shows to get an addition episode order, FOX probably cast aside the idea of a Monday move a while back.
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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	Yes that is great news. 24 and Prison Break make a great Monday night lineup.
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