Breakout Kings
| Breakout Kings | |
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Original promotional poster
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| Genre |
Action Crime Thriller |
| Created by |
Nick Santora Matt Olmstead |
| Starring |
Laz Alonso Domenick Lombardozzi Brooke Nevin Malcolm Goodwin Serinda Swan Jimmi Simpson |
| Composer(s) | Ramin Djawadi |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 23 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Peter Chernin Matt Olmstead Katherine Pope Nick Santora Gavin Hood |
| Producer(s) | Lauren Stein Ed Milkovich Joseph Patrick Finn |
| Location(s) |
Toronto Baton Rouge |
| Cinematography | Derick V. Underschultz Fernando Argüelles Jim Whitaker |
| Editor(s) | Etienne Des Lauriers Eric Seaburn Paul Trejo Scott Eilers Chris Conlee |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Matt Olmstead Productions Blackjack Films Chernin Entertainment Fox 21 |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | A&E |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | March 6, 2011 – April 29, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Prison Break |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Breakout Kings is an American drama television series that aired on the A&E network. It is a production of Fox 21. The series was created, written, and executive-produced by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead, who previously worked together on Prison Break. Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, and Gavin Hood also served as executive producers. The series premiered on March 6, 2011, and was the most-watched original drama series in A&E’s history among adults 25–54 and adults 18–49, delivering 1.6 million adults 25–54 and 1.5 million adults 18–49.
The series follows a task force assembled by the U.S. Marshals to capture prison escapees. Several current convicts are offered a chance to aid in this effort, with the promise of a transfer to a minimum-security prison and a reduction in their sentences for every fugitive they catch. However, if any of them tries to escape, they will all be returned to their original prisons and their sentences will be doubled.
The series was picked up for a second season which premiered on March 4, 2012. The second season finale aired on April 29, 2012, at 9 p.m. ET/PT and featured two back-to-back episodes, "Freakshow" and "Served Cold", instead of the usual one-hour installment at 10 p.m.
A&E canceled Breakout Kings on May 17, 2012, after two seasons.
Breakout Kings was originally in development for the Fox network. Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora wrote the pilot, after receiving a script commitment from Fox in August 2009. In January 2010, Fox greenlit a pilot episode. On May 12, 2010, it was announced that Fox did not pick up the series for the 2010–11 television season. Fox attempted to sell Breakout Kings to other networks, and in June 2010, it was reported that A&E had picked up the drama for 13 episodes.
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