Prison Break Canceled

by Elizabeth Fairview | January 13th, 2009

Prison Break has been canceled. (Fox Images)

The Fox show Prison Break has just been axed.

Yes, sadly Prison Break fans, this will be the final season and Fox will shift the show to the TV wasteland of Friday nights this spring for its final run of episodes.

Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly said, "Prison Break had a hell of a run but it's at the end of its run. We'll put that one in the win column."

Reilly added, "The show is just played out. Creatively everybody feels enough stories have been told – we want to finish strong and not just give out next season."

This will be the fourth and final season for the FOX show, which began in 2005. Prison Break has four more episodes set to air, and producers are toying with the idea of shooting extra series-ending episodes as well.

"They have a cool ending," Reilly said.