Kevin Bacon's 'The Bondsman' cancelled after one season

ANI May 17, 2025 248 views

Prime Video has axed Kevin Bacon’s supernatural series The Bondsman after just one season. The show initially ranked in Nielsen’s Top 10 but quickly lost momentum. Bacon played a resurrected bounty hunter hunting demons in the Blumhouse-produced series. Despite its star power, the show failed to secure a renewal.

"Hub Halloran gets a second shot at life when the Devil resurrects him to catch escaped demons." – Series Synopsis
Los Angeles, May 17: Action-horror series 'The Bondsman', which stars Kevin Bacon in the lead role, is not expanding.

Key Points

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The Bondsman debuted with 563M minutes watched

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Fell out of Nielsen’s Top 10 quickly

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Featured Jennifer Nettles and Damon Herriman

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Produced by Blumhouse and Amazon MGM Studios

As per The Hollywood Reporter, Prime Video has canceled the series after the first season.

The show debuted its first and only season via the popular streaming giant on April 3 with eight episodes. During its first week, Bondsman landed at No. 9 Nielsen's streaming charts for March 31-April 6 with 563 million minutes watched. However, it swiftly exited the charts and did not land in the Top 10 again.

Bacon stars as a "former country music star and murdered bounty hunter, Hub Halloran, who gets a second shot at life when the Devil resurrects him to catch demons who have escaped from Hell."

Jennifer Nettles, Damon Herriman, Beth Grant and Maxwell Jenkins also featured in the series.

Grainger David created the series and served as an executive producer alongside Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Chris Dickie, Chris McCumber, Bacon, Paul E Shapiro and Erik Oleson, who is also showrunner. Erik Holmberg served as co-executive producer. The Bondsman hails from Blumhouse Television, Marker 96, CrimeThink Production Company and Amazon MGM Studios.

Reader Comments

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Rahul K.
Honestly not surprised it got cancelled. The concept sounded interesting but the execution was weak. Indian audiences love supernatural shows (just see the success of Ashram), but this one didn't have the depth. Kevin Bacon deserved better writing! 🤷‍♂️
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Priya M.
I actually enjoyed the first few episodes! The mix of country music and demon hunting was unique. Maybe if they'd promoted it better in India it could have found its audience. We need more shows like this on Indian OTT platforms - tired of the same old saas-bahu dramas.
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Arjun S.
Shows getting cancelled after one season is becoming too common these days. Streaming platforms need to give shows time to grow. Remember how The Office struggled in its first season? This could have been the same case. #JusticeForTheBondsman
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Sunita P.
Kevin Bacon is such a versatile actor, but this role didn't do him justice. The Indian remake rights might be available now - imagine if someone like Nawazuddin Siddiqui played this character! That would be something worth watching. 😄
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Vikram J.
The Nielsen numbers show it had potential initially. Maybe the problem was too much competition from other shows releasing at the same time. Indian viewers have so many options now - shows need to grab attention immediately or they're doomed.
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Neha R.
I didn't even know this show existed until now! Prime Video needs better marketing in India. Meanwhile, they keep pushing the same old recommendations. Such a shame - the premise sounds like it could have been a fun watch for weekend binge sessions.

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