Sad news for fans of Kevin Bacon's Amazon Prime Video series The Bondsman. On Friday, Deadline reported that the streaming service had chosen not to renew the series for another season.
Bacon took to his Instagram to commiserate with show fans, admitting that he feels "really bummed out" about the cancellation. The star said he loved doing the show and playing Hub, along with working with the talented cast and crew.
Even the actor couldn't provide a reason behind the cancellation, saying, "I wish I had an explanation for you, but I honestly don't."
He then goes on to thank his fans and everyone who reached out to him about it. You can watch the entire video below.
Premiering this past April, The Bondsman was the latest collaboration between Amazon and Blumhouse Television. The series consisted of eight, half-hour episodes and appeared to perform well for the platform as it climbed up the Neilsen Top 10 streaming chart during its first week, though it did fall off by week two. Still, despite not maintaining a spot on the Nielsen chart, The Bondsman has done well on the Prime Video app itself where it currently holds a No. 5 spot in the United States.
The series also performed well with critics, earning mostly positive reviews, but it didn't seem to generate much buzz outside of that, which may have contributed to its cancellation.
As of now, it doesn't seem like Amazon will try to sell the show to another streamer. Bacon's statement makes it sound like it's the end of the road for the series, though fans in his comments on Instagram have been encouraging him to look to other streaming services like Netflix. The odds of it getting picked up are slim.
Bacon played lead character Hub Halloran, who starts the show getting yanked out of Hell and tasked with hunting down demons for the Devil. By the end of the first season (SPOILERS!), Hub has made a deal with Lilith to get another chance at life, keeping Cheryl Dawson alive (the woman he mistakenly murdered, thus getting him sent to Hell in the first place). In exchange, Hub has to let Lilith go which turns out to be a mistake as the last time we see her she's taken possession of Hub's ex, and the mother of his son, Maryanne.
Apart from Bacon, the series also starred Jennifer Nettles, Beth Grant, Damon Herriman, Maxwell Jenkins, and Jolene Purdy.
Even though Bacon might not be returning as Hub, he is continuing to work within the horror genre. 1428 Elm previously reported that he and wife Kyra Sedgwick are developing a horror film together with their two children, Travis and Sosie Bacon (Smile).