After scoring the highest-rated new fall show to date on Fox, Prodigal Son scores a full-season order.
Prodigal Son is just two episodes into its freshman season, but Fox has already handed it an additional 9-episode order, which will bring its Season 1 count to 22 episodes.
The serial killer drama follows Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne), a psychologist who has a gift for understanding how serial killers think, because well his father, Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen), was a notorious serial killer called The Surgeon.
“Prodigal Son delivers a fantastic crime procedural with a complicated and compelling father-son relationship at its core, thanks to the stellar performances from Tom Payne and Michael Sheen,” said Michael Thorn, president of Fox Entertainment. “The series has razor-sharp writing, cinematic visuals and is an inventive twist on the genre. We want to thank our executive producers, Greg [Berlanti], Sarah [Schechter], Chris [Fedak] and Sam [Sklaver], Peter Roth and our partners at Warner Bros. and the entire cast and crew. We can’t wait to see how this twisted journey continues to unfold.”
