Breakout Kings is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the A&E Network on March 6, 2011.
The series was created by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead, who previously worked together on Prison Break.
[1] The series was picked up for a second season on July 6, 2011.
[2] The season finale of the second season aired on April 29, 2012 at 9 p.m. ET/PT featured two hours of back-to-back episodes "Freakshow" and "Served Cold" instead of the usual one-hour episode at 10 p.m.[3][4] Executive producer and creator Nick Santora once opined, "Our DVR+7 day numbers are really strong.
"[5] On May 17, 2012, A&E canceled Breakout Kings after two seasons, with co-creator Matt Olmstead choosing to move on to another series.