Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [NEWS] 'The Bondsman' Canceled After One Season Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 22:19:34 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 Message-ID: <1008rnn$5stt$1@dont-email.me> References: <1008rc4$5son$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 04:19:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2e291a523788eb3354a27584ac8d4b85"; logging-data="193469"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/8m1hvzxpixcDYBt5fGy9luzSe1eO6CC4=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:IpUvXemR7743hM6vKj13wTG8JMU= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <1008rc4$5son$1@dont-email.me> On 5/16/2025 10:13 PM, Your Name wrote: > > >    'The Bondsman' Canceled After One Season at Amazon >    -------------------------------------------------- >    "The Bondsman" has been canceled at Amazon after just one season, >    Variety has learned. > >    The action horror series originally debuted its entire >    eight-episode first season on Prime Video on April 3. Amazon has >    not released any viewership information for the show, but it did >    make one appearance on the Nielsen streaming charts the week it >    debuted. > >    For the week of March 31-Apr. 6, "The Bondsman" made it to the >    number nine spot on the Nielsen streaming originals top 10 with >    563 million minutes viewed, equivalent to approximately >    9.38 million hours. > >    Kevin Bacon starred as the titular bondsman, with Jennifer >    Nettles, Damon Herriman, Beth Grant, Maxwell Jenkins, and Jolene >    Purdy also starring. The official description of the series >    states: > >    "Murdered bounty hunter Hub Halloran (Bacon) is resurrected by >    the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from >    the prison of Hell. By chasing down those demons with the help >    and hinderance of his estranged family, Hub learns how his own >    sins got his soul condemned - which pushes him to seek a second >    chance at life, love, and country music." > >    Grainger David created "The Bondsman" and executive produced. >    Erik Oleson was the executive producer and showrunner via his >    company Crimethink. Bacon executive produced in addition to >    starring. Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold and Chris >    Dickie executive produce for Blumhouse Television. Paul Shapiro >    of CrimeThink also executive produces. > >    The show received mostly good reviews from critics upon its >    release, but Variety's Alison Herman wrote, "[With] just eight >    half-hour episodes in its first season, 'The Bondsman' has to >    move from setup to payoff before it can comfortably settle into >    a prolonged middle stretch." > > >    amazon-1236400954/> Half-hours are for comedies and eccentric vignettes, not fantasy.