No Season 2 for Kevin Bacon's 'Bondsman'
May 17 (UPI) -- Tremors and Hollow Man star Kevin Bacon's new horror-comedy, The Bondsman, has been canceled after one season.
Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter reported the news Friday.
"This outlandish idea of becoming a bondsman, a bounty hunter for the devil and sending demons back, was so crazy," Bacon told UPI ahead of the eight-episode series' premiere on Prime Video last month.
"And, yet, the show has these very kind of grounded, regular scenes between regular family members," he added.
Kevin Bacon turns 60: A look back
Kevin Bacon joins wife Kyra Sedgwick at the first annual Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards in Los Angeles on January 22, 1996. Bacon was named Best Actor by the BFCA for his role in the film "Murder in the First." UPI File Photo | License Photo
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