Prison Break Finale: ''There will be deaths'' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 01-14-2009, 12:50 AM

Prison Break is going to that great, big slammer in the sky: Fox has announced that its once-signature drama will end its four-season run later this year. Exec producer Matt Olmstead tells EW 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 17 percent from last year.

Luckily, fans will get some closure. Break returns April 17 to air its remaining six episodes. Lincoln and Michael (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.

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/...son-break.html

R.jsheedy · 01-19-2009, 06:34 PM

I can't beleve it's ending, but hey, i did kinda see this one comeing. Next one up for cancellation know, Termanator, The Sara Conner Cronicles and Til Death, but that sitcom is nevar going to die at the rate it's going.

01-14-2009, 12:50 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: 63,108	Prison Break Finale: ''There will be deaths'' Prison Break is going to that great, big slammer in the sky: Fox has announced that its once-signature drama will end its four-season run later this year. Exec producer Matt Olmstead tells EW 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 17 percent from last year. Luckily, fans will get some closure. Break returns April 17 to air its remaining six episodes. Lincoln and Michael (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. http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/...son-break.html
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01-19-2009, 06:34 PM	#2
R.jsheedy Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 06, 2008 Posts: 1,035	I can't beleve it's ending, but hey, i did kinda see this one comeing. Next one up for cancellation know, Termanator, The Sara Conner Cronicles and Til Death, but that sitcom is nevar going to die at the rate it's going.