The Old Man, the thriller series starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow, has been cancelled by FX after two seasons.
Deadline reports that FX has cancelled The Old Man after two seasons. The series, which is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, stars Jeff Bridges as former CIA agent Dan Chase and John Lithgow as former FBI Assistant Director Harold Harper.
The cancellation largely stems from the multiple delays the series has experienced. Production was first shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When production resumed months later, it had to halt soon after when Bridges was diagnosed with lymphoma and contracted COVID-19 while in treatment. Nearly a year later, Bridges announced he was in remission, and work on the first season was finally completed. Production on the second season was also brought to a halt due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes. Although the first season of The Old Man became the most-watched FX series debut on Hulu on its opening weekend, there was a gap of over two years between seasons thanks to all the delays and the audience wasn’t there anymore.
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