“The Old Man” has been canceled after two seasons on FX.
The collection, based mostly on the novel of the identical title by Thomas Perry, starred Jeff Bridges as veteran and former CIA operative Dan Chase. Season 1 adopted Chase after he killed a house intruder and went into hiding. In Season 2, he and former FBI assistant director Harold Harper (John Lithgow) — who in Season 1 meant to arrest him — work to get well Chase’s daughter, Emily (Alia Shawkat), after she is kidnapped by highly effective Afghan tribal chief Faraz Hamzad (Navid Negahban), although Harper and Hamzad additionally declare her as their very own.
Along with Bridges, Lithgow, Shawkat and Negahban, the Season 2 forged of “The Old Man” included Jacqueline Antaramian as Khadija Hamzad, Amy Brenneman as Zoe McDonald and Gbenga Akinnagbe as Julian Carson. Season 1 additionally featured E.J. Bonilla as Raymond Waters and Bill Heck as younger Chase.
“The Old Man” premiered in June of 2022 and was successful amongst critics whereas reaching sturdy viewership. Season 2 wrapped its run in October of this yr and maintained the optimistic reception of the primary set up although the collection’ two years off the air introduced down the scale of its viewers.
Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine developed “The Old Man” for tv and served as govt producers alongside Dan Shotz, Warren Littlefield, Bridges, David Schiff, Craig Silverstein and Jon Watts. twentieth Television produced the collection in affiliation with the Littlefield Company.
Deadline was first to report new of the collection’ cancellation.
